Pintrocious or Pinspirational? Lazy Girls' Guide to a 20-Minute, Festive Cheese Ball

The holidays are approaching quickly like the end of the world (Wasn't that supposed to happen?). Shine set out to tackle a popular pin on Pinterest, so you wouldn't have to find out for yourself if this was just another Pinterest fail or success (a rare occasion, in our opinion). In need of a quick, crowd-pleasing appetizer for a holiday dinner party, we chose the popular pinecone cheese ball. We combined the festive look of a cheese ball re-pinned hundreds of times on Pinterest with a super easy recipe from a cheese ball that used pecans instead of almonds. Would we succeed with a tasty, festive cheese ball to share with friends, or would we have another Pintrocious monstrosity on our hands?
- Ali Swank and Tracy Stientjes