I love to pass out treats to friends and family during the holidays. Some of my greatest hits dessert recipes are Christmas crack, chocolate covered cherries, crock pot candy and peppermint patties. These fun and festive Oreo balls also get rave reviews and you can decorate them for any holiday or special occasion. When the holidays roll around I’m always looking for new fun and festive treats to add into my baking rotation. These Oreo balls only contain 4 ingredients, are great to make with the kids, and taste as good as they look.
Oreo Balls Ingredients
To make this recipe, you will need Oreo cookies, cream cheese, candy melts or chocolate chips, vegetable shortening if you’re using chocolate chips and sprinkles.
How Do You Make Oreo Balls?
Place the cookies in a food processor and blend until you have fine crumbs. Transfer the Oreo crumbs to a large bowl and add the cream cheese. Stir until you have a dough. Roll the dough mixture into balls, then freeze them until they get firm. Heat your chocolate chips or candy melts in the microwave to melt them. If you’re using chocolate chips, add a little shortening which thins the chocolate and makes dipping easier. Use a fork to dip each ball in chocolate, then transfer the balls to parchment paper and add sprinkles. Chill the balls until the chocolate sets, then serve and enjoy.
Tips For The Perfect Dessert
You can use chocolate chips or candy melts to dip your balls in. I highly recommend using Ghirardelli Melting Wafers which you can find in the baking aisle of most grocery stores. They melt smooth and thin and are so easy to work with, but they taste like real chocolate. If you opt for chocolate chips, you’ll need to add a bit of shortening to thin out your melted chocolate to make it more suitable for dipping. You can make the Oreo truffle centers up to a day in advance. Cover them loosely with plastic wrap and refrigerate until you’re ready to dip them in chocolate. Use a tablespoon or cookie dough scoop to make sure your balls are all the same size.
Flavor Variations
There are so many different ways to customize this recipe to suit your taste!
Chocolate: Dip your cookie balls in semi sweet chocolate, milk chocolate or white chocolate. You can also use colored candy melts to go with a certain theme for a holiday or party. Cookies: You can use any flavor of Oreo in this recipe, and there are so many different flavors out there these days! I’ve used golden, chocolate peanut butter and chocolate mint cookies with good success. Toppings: Instead of sprinkles, top your balls with crushed nuts, toasted coconut. more crushed Oreos or add a drizzle of a different type of chocolate.
Oreo truffles are the perfect bite size dessert for a crowd. I love that you can make them ahead of time so that you’re not scrambling the day of the party trying to get everything done. They’re rich, fudgy and full of chocolate flavor. If you love Oreo cookies, you’ll adore these Oreo cookie balls.
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