Cheddar Bay Sausage Balls (Only 4 Ingredients)

Cheddar Bay Sausage Balls – combines two of my favorite foods- Cheddar Bay Biscuits and my Cream Cheese Sausage Balls! Super easy to make with only 4 ingredients! Sausage, Red Lobster biscuit mix, cream cheese, and cheddar cheese. I absolutely LOVE the flavor in these! You can make the sausage balls and freeze unbaked for later. Also, get the secret to easily mix sausage balls and avoiding messy hands!

Originally posted 9/26/14

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Red Lobster Cheddar Bay Sausage Balls

I first shared a version of this recipe back in 2014. I’ve since updated and improved the recipe, so I had to share it with you! This recipe combines two of my favorite foods – Cheddar Bay Biscuits and Cream Cheese Sausage Balls! These sausage balls are highly addictive! I could not stop eating them. I loved the garlic flavor. These are great for breakfast, snacks, and parties. Heck, I could make a meal out of these things. They are dangerously delicious!

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How to Make Sausage Balls with Red Lobster Biscuit Mix

These sausage balls are super easy to make with only 4 ingredients. Simply combine uncooked sausage, cream cheese, biscuit mix, and cheese. Roll into balls and bake.

I’m going to give you my secret for making sausage balls, are you ready? Use your stand mixer with the dough hook. It mixes everything quickly and easily. It also keeps your hands clean!

  • If you don’t have a stand mixer, you can mix together the ingredients by hand.
  • I used a box of the Red Lobster Biscuit mix for the Cheddar Bay part of the sausage balls. You can find the biscuit mix in the baking aisle at the grocery store. 
  • I used a roll of Jimmy Dean hot sausage. You can use any brand of breakfast sausage or Italian sausage.
  • Do NOT cook the sausage. You are using the sausage raw.
  • If you want spicy sausage balls, add some red pepper flakes. I call this version Firecracker Cheddar Bay Sausage Balls.
  • I used sharp cheddar cheese in the sausage balls. Feel free to use any shredded cheese you prefer.
  • I use a small cookie scoop to portion out the dough.
  • You make the sausage mixture and shape it into balls ahead of time and refrigerate overnight.
  • You can make the sausage balls ahead of time and freeze unbaked for later. I always have a bag in the freezer for a quick snack. You can bake them frozen. Just add a couple of minutes to the cooking time so they can thaw in the oven. 
  • For gluten-free sausage balls, use a box of the gluten-free Red Lobster biscuit mix.
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What to Dip Sausage Balls In

These sausage balls are dangerously delicious. They are my go-to party appetizer. These and Crack Dip, of course! I also love them on Christmas morning! We eat the balls plain. If you like to serve them with a dipping sauce, I suggest some Homemade Ranch Dressing, BBQ sauce, honey mustard, or warm pizza sauce.

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Cheddar Bay Sausage Balls

Yield: 5 dozen
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Cheddar Bay Sausage Balls – combines two of my favorite foods- Cheddar Bay Biscuits and Sausage Balls! Love the flavor in these! Can make and freeze unbaked for later. Also, get the secret to easily mixing sausage balls and avoiding messy hands!

Ingredients:

Instructions:

  • Preheat oven to 400ºF.
  • In the bowl of an electric stand mixer fitted with a dough hook, combine biscuit mix and seasoning packet, sausage, cream cheese, and cheddar cheese. Mix until everything is incorporated into the sausage.
  • Shape into 1-inch balls. Place on a parchment-lined baking sheet. (Can freeze at this point)
  • Bake for 15-20 minutes, until golden brown.

Notes:

  • If you don’t have a stand mixer, you can mix together the ingredients by hand.
  • I used a box of the Red Lobster Biscuit mix for the Cheddar Bay part of the sausage balls. You can find the biscuit mix in the baking aisle at the grocery store. 
  • I used a roll of Jimmy Dean hot sausage. You can use any brand of breakfast sausage or Italian sausage.
  • Do NOT cook the sausage. You are using the sausage raw.
  • If you want spicy sausage balls, add some red pepper flakes. I call this version Firecracker Cheddar Bay Sausage Balls.
  • I used sharp cheddar cheese in the sausage balls. Feel free to use any shredded cheese you prefer.
  • I use a small cookie scoop to portion out the dough.
  • You make the sausage mixture and shape it into balls ahead of time and refrigerate overnight.
  • You can make the sausage balls ahead of time and freeze unbaked for later. I always have a bag in the freezer for a quick snack. You can bake them frozen. Just add a couple of minutes to the cooking time so they can thaw in the oven.  
  • For gluten-free sausage balls, use a box of the gluten-free Red Lobster biscuit mix.

Steph

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Comments

  1. I’m looking to make these for a snack for my daughter to munch on throughout the day at a volleyball tournament. Will these be okay to keep that way? Or will they get nasty?

  2. Haven’t tried them yet, but I’m certain they are going to be wonderful! Question: can these be cooked, then frozen? My baking sheets were too big for the freezer, so maybe I can cook, place in a baggie or container, then frozen and reheat before I serve??

  3. I’m going to make these for the first time and bring them to a pot luck luncheon. Can they be eaten at room temp? Or would they be just as good if I microwaved them when I get to the party. Thank you

  4. I have made these several times and love them. I find the normal sausage balls are dry and these are not dry at all. The only issue I have is I used the dough hook and they didn’t seem to mix all the way. I ended up using the regular attachment and mixed it up in minute.

  5. This sounded great and they turned out tasty, but you left out one key bit of information. The Red Lobster biscuit mix comes with a separate flavor packet that needs to be incorporated. I (uninformed) just used the packet of biscuit mix, not noticing the packet of flavoring agent. It’s on me, I had never made the Red Lobster biscuits. Please make note of this ingredient in your recipe. Mine turned out to be tasty sausage balls, but no different than one of my party guests’ who said that she loved those sausage balls made from Bisquick that she had eaten as a child. That was not my goal.

  6. always like to try new recipes and you always amaze me. I will now try these red bay sausage balls, and love how I can keep them warm in a crockpot, last time I made sausage balls they got cold, (but still were a hit) and I never even thought about the crockpot!!!! Thanks everyone!

  7. Absolutely AMAZING! Used my hands (with gloves) and got my workout 😆 I did brush with the garlic butter mixture because I love garlic butter.

  8. I feel so sorry for you- your recipe is very clear cut and easy and delicious. Why do people question every ingredient and ask how to incorporate them into a very simple recipe? Jeesh.

  9. I follow recipe except I save the garlic pack and mix with 1 stick of butter and pour it over the top while cooking. Oh my word! Delish

  10. Better than the original recipe with Bisquick! First you elevated that recipe with cream cheese, now this?! We love them!

    We use Chi Fil A sauce for dipping and everyone loves it.

    Thanks for another winning recipe!

  11. We make these every New Year`s Eve. My daughter`s request. We always dunk ours in syrup the next morning for breakfast!

      1. Just saved this recipe! Going to grocery store tomorrow, will get ingredients. So glad these can be frozen. Only 2 of us and hubs doesn’t like spicy. I can see grabbing a few from the freezer, heating them up and serving a few on the side with a bowl of tomato basil soup on a cold winter’s day! Yum!!

  12. Do you think this might do well with the gluten free version of the cheddar bay biscuit mix? Also, I hope it’s good excluding the cream cheese. Someone in our group cannot have that.

    1. I used GF the first time I made them. They turned out awesome. They didn’t rise as much as the others but it could be that I didn’t chill them first. (Chilling the balls helps them keep their shape)

  13. My test batch for tomorrow taste delicious but they flattened out rather than staying in ball shape. I have a batch in the fridge for tomorrow. Should I try freezing them to keep their shape? Cook at high temp?

  14. Is there any way I can find the original recipe with the garlic bisquick instead of the cheddar bay biscuit mix? I loved the original and thought I saved it somewhere and cannot find it now. 😩

    1. Here are the ingredients:
      1 (7.5-oz) package Bisquick Complete Cheese Garlic biscuit mix
      3/4 cup Bisquick
      1-1/4 cups (10-oz) shredded cheddar cheese
      1 lb sausage, uncooked

      1. I made these this morning. Hands down the best sausage balls I have ever eaten. My son thought they were my best yet! Thanks for sharing this recipe!

    1. You can, but I prefer to freeze them uncooked and just add a few minutes to the cooking time. I think they taste better freshly cooked.

    2. Hi! Mine look like flat biscuits not balls? Did I do something wrong?

      I notice in another comment you say “not” to use the dry powder biscuit mix, but in the ingredients and directions it says to use it as well as the seasoning packet? Was I only supposed to use the seasoning packet??

      1. You use both the biscuit mix and the seasoning. I said do not make the biscuits as directed on the box. Only use the dry powder biscuit mix.

  15. Do you just put the dry ingredients of the biscuit with the others or do you mix up the ingredients first of the biscuit?

  16. Love your original sausage balls recipe with cream cheese added!! I was planning to make them for a get together this weekend, but then I saw this recipe and switched my game plan! However, I wasn't sure if I should add cream cheese to this recipe (because it's an awesome addition to the other recipe)? Thanks for sharing this recipe! 🙂

  17. I have just enough time to finish up a batch of these before the football game comes on. Thanks for the idea!

  18. You absolutely just SHOT to the top of my favorite people list with that dough hook tip. Why have I never thought of that?! I l-o-v-e sausage balls but I despise mixing them. I will be trying this immediately, like tomorrow.

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