Oreo Balls AKA Oreo Truffles are the perfect treat for whatever occasion! They solely need THREE ingredients, they couldn’t live easier to make in addition to they taste unbelievably delicious. They’re e'er the get-go matter to get at parties and I’k nevertheless to come across somebody who doesn’t dear them!
Oreo Balls Made Two Ways
These actually are i of our favorite treats! People become crazy over them and they’re e'er amazed to larn how unproblematic they are.
Everywhere I accept them they are always loved by people of all ages. My brother who doesn’t tending for desserts is always asking me to makes these.
You merely can’t get incorrect amongst this recipe. It solely makes feel because they’re made upwards of all delicious things – Oreos, cream cheese and chocolate!
If you lot’ve never made truffles earlier or dipped candies inward chocolate this is a neat place to first! The recipe is so straight forwards. Once you attempt these you’ll live hooked!
These truffles are deliciously rich, perfectly chocolatey too the improver of cream cheese just makes them sing. Who new something so incredibly slow could live so incredibly tasty?
My personal favorite are the Oreo balls dipped inward white chocolate, it’s keeps that classic cookies as well as cream flavor going. But of grade chocolate is delicious as well, y'all get a double chocolate season.
For the Christmas season y'all should endeavour the peppermint version (run across photograph at the bottom of this mail), all yous have to make is add a petty peppermint extract to the truffle mixture and so garnish alongside crushed candy canes earlier the chocolate sets.
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Ingredients Needed for Oreo Truffles:
The bang-up matter nearly this recipe? You exclusively call for THREE ingredients:
- Oreos – don’t use double material or flavored Oreos, merely the touchstone go best hither.
- Cream cheese – avoid using depression fatty. Standard total fat cream cheese will hand the best season too consistency.
- Chocolate melts – I like to purpose Ghirardelli but for a cheaper alternative y'all can use the Wilton candy melts or almond bark.
Want to Make the Peppermint Version?
- You’ll also ask peppermint extract and crushed candy canes for garnish.
What Equipment is Needed for Oreo Balls?
There are three ways Oreo Balls tin can live mixed upward:
- food processor (my preferred method)
- stand mixer or electric hand mixer
- past manus inward a mixing bowl with a wooden spoon
How to Make Oreo Balls:
- Prepare a baking sheet: Line an eighteen past xiii-inch baking sheet with wax newspaper or parchment paper.
- Crush Oreos: Place 36 Oreos inwards a nutrient processor (entire cookie, don’t take away cream filling) together with pulse besides fine crumbs. Alternatively this can be done past hand past placing Oreos in a gallon size resealable handbag as well as crushing to fine crumbs.
- Mix Oreos with cream cheese: add together cream cheese to nutrient processor, pulse inward bursts until mixture is combined. Alliteratively y'all tin make this using a stand up mixer (attack low speed), electrical mixer or past hand, simply mix until mixture is good blended.
- Shape mixture into balls: Scoop mixture out near 1 Tbsp at a time too class into one inch balls and so align on prepared cookie canvass.
- Chill: Place truffles in freezer for fifteen minutes. Meanwhile shell remaining 3 Oreos.
- Melt chocolate: Melt almond bark or chocolate according to directions on bundle.
- Dip truffles: Remove truffles from freezer in addition to dip in melted chocolate too function a spoon to pour some chocolate over the summit and then elevator and permit excess chocolate to operate off.
- Let prepare: Return to baking sail, straightaway sprinkle tops amongst crushed Oreos if desired, then let chocolate to gear up. Alternatively yous tin can drizzle alongside melted chocolate for a dainty finishing touch on.
How Should Oreo Truffles Be Stored?
Because of the cream cheese they contain Oreo balls should be stored in the refrigerator in an are tight container. Then can sit down at room temperature upwardly to 2 hours when serving.
Can They be Frozen?
Yes, they tin can be frozen inward an airtight container upward to 3 months. Thaw inwards the fridge overnight.
Tips for This Recipe
- Use regular, not Double Stuf Oreos. Double material has also much cream filling for these.
- Don’t purpose calorie-free cream cheese, stick amongst the regular material hither. Light is thinner and not equally rich.
- Don’t accept a nutrient processor? You tin besides finely beat out the Oreos in a large resealable purse using a rolling pivot.
- Be certain to chill the Oreo filling before you endeavor to dip them, otherwise bits of Oreos volition suspension off into the chocolate.
- I similar to purpose a fork or dipping tool to dip in chocolate, and then role a spoon to pour more than chocolate over them, so elevator in addition to permit excess go off.
More Easy Treats to Try!
- Pretzel Turtles (3 Ingredients)
- Chewy Caramel Popcorn
- Raspberry Thumbprint Cookies
- Mexican Wedding Cookies
- Sweet Holiday Chex Mix
- Pretzel Hugs
Oreo Balls - Oreo Truffles
Ingredients
- 36 Oreos (master not doublestuf), summation three more than, crushed, for topping if desired
- i (viii oz) packet cream cheese, softened
- sixteen oz vanilla or chocolate candy melts, or melted white chocolate, milk chocolate or night chocolate
- See notes for peppermint variation
Instructions
- Line an 18 by thirteen-inch baking canvas alongside wax newspaper or parchment paper.
- Place 36 Oreos inward a nutrient processor (entire cookie, don't take away cream filling) too pulse also fine crumbs.*
- Add cream cheese and pulse inwards bursts until well combined**.
- Scoop mixture out nigh one Tbsp at a fourth dimension in addition to class into i inch balls and so align on prepared cookie sail.
- Place truffles inward freezer for fifteen minutes. Meanwhile beat out remaining iii Oreos.
- Melt almond bark or chocolate according to directions on package.
- Remove truffles from freezer too dip inwards melted chocolate as well as use a spoon to pour around chocolate over the elevation then elevator as well as let excess chocolate to work off.
- Return to baking sheet, at once sprinkle tops amongst crushed Oreos if desired, then permit chocolate to set.
- Store inwards an airtight container in fridge.
Notes
- *Alternately if you lot don't ain a food processor you lot can place Oreos inward a big resealable bag, seal handbag as well as vanquish alongside a rolling pin until finely crushed.
- **If yous don't ain a mixer you can just blend mixer inward a mixing bowl alongside a spoon.
- Recipe adapted from Kraft
For The Peppermint Version
- Mix one 1/ii tsp of peppermint extract with the cream cheese inwards a stand mixer commencement, so add the Oreo crumbs too proceed equally directed.
- Dip chocolates then straight off sprinkle tops alongside peppermint bits crushed candy canes or crushed starlight mints (instead of more than crushed Oreos).
Amount Per Serving
Calories 149
Calories from Fat 72
% Daily Value*
Recipe originally published December 2012, photos together with text accept been updated December 2019.
