Bubbling Cauldron (hot Cheese Dip)

Total Time: 25 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 20
• 1 (16 ounce) package processed cheese with jalapeno peppers
• 2 (15 ounce) cans black beans, well drained
• 1 cup mild salsa or 1 cup hot salsa
• 2 loaves round marbled rye bread, unsliced (18 ounces each)
• pretzel rod
• rye cocktail bread or pumpernickel bread

Recipe

• 1 melt cheese in medium saucepan over low heat, stirring occasionally.
• 2 remove from heat, stir in beans and salsa.
• 3 carefully cut center out of bread, leaving 1-1/2-inch shell.
• 4 cut bread center into pieces for dipping.
• 5 reserve 1 pretzel rod, arrange remaining pretzel rods on serving plate to resemble campfire logs.
• 6 place bread cauldron on pretzels, fill with cheese dip, allowing some to spill over top of bread cauldron.
• 7 arrange bread pieces and cocktail bread around cauldron.
• 8 place reserved pretzel rod in cheese dip and serve immediately.