As we start heading into the holiday seasons, I thought it was a good time to revisit my Oreo Cookie Truffle recipe. These things are awesome and impressive (and simple too).
Here is the recipe:
Take one package of Oreos (or in my case about 1 LB of the cheapest off brand version you can pick up at Aldi’s, Save a Lot etc) and throw it in your food processor. Pulverize totally. Add an entire block of cream cheese. Pulverise again until it forms a dough. Roll dough into walnut sized balls. Stick in fridge for 1 hour to firm up. Melt white chocolate (or regular chocolate) in a double boiler or the microwave. Dip balls into the chocolate and lay on wax paper to harden.
Tada! That’s it! Admittedly, if you don’t have a big food processor and have to do it in batches, or a few at a time in a blender, then mix it up in a mixing bowl (I’d cut the cream cheese into chunks and let it soften up on the counter first for that) it would be a bit more time intensive and messy. Plus the chocolate thing takes a little bit. You can eat them without the chocolate dip (Buddy and DH ate plenty that way) but it just makes them SOOOO good.
I made this with the chocolate cookies and white filling (dipped in white chocolate), and with the white cookies with white filling (dipped in dark chocolate). I bet if you bought something like nutter butters you would wind up with something that tasted pretty awesome too!
With the store brand cookies and cream cheese the price isn’t too bad (more expensive than other cookies that you cook from scratch, but much more decadent too). I was able to buy both Hershey and Ghiradelli chocolate chips at our local dollar store (I bought about a years supply too!) so that wasn’t so bad. The white chips I bought full price at AC Moore-less than $2 a bag I think and one bag covered all the truffles, as well as 6 pretzel logs and 6 mini pretzel twists (I wasn’t going to waste that melted chocolate.)
The pretzel logs dipped in white chocolate and rolled in sprinkles look like something out of a Harry and David catalog and taste way too good. I had to put all the completed truffles and pretzels into a plastic tub and then into the fridge we keep out in the garage-maybe that way they won’t all be gone by tomorrow!
OK, for those of you who would like this in actual recipe form to print out, I found the exact same thing at Recipezaar. Just click on Oreo Balls and you’ll be redirected. There is even a picture.
Thanks that sounds yummy. Have a nice week. Annette
This recipe sounds awesome. How do you do the pretzel logs? Do you use the big pretzel sticks? the ones that are 6-8″ long? or the small ones?
Every year I say that I am going to try these and every year I forget. Thank you for the reminder 🙂
Annette-Thanks, they are yummy.
Anita-I just dipped those big pretzel sticks into the melted chocolate and then either rolled or sprinkled them with stuff-sprinkles, chopped nuts etc.
Amy-They are so yummy and easy. I recommend making them rather shortly before you are going to bring them to someone else’s house to be consumed. .. .If you have them hanging around the house too long they are likely to all get eaten!
lol. did you know that chocolate was banned in switzerland for many years. read this
Do these need to stay refrigerated because of the cream cheese? There were comments online that said they would be great as gifts for coworkers, but I don’t think they would if they have to stay refrigerated. I can see how they would be great for parties though.
Those sound amazing… and with Target’s Oreo and Philly cream cheese deals, I should make some. Oh, yum!
Martha-not sure about the refridgeration-I always keep them in there until we are ready to use them, but then I’ve left them out for several hours. ..
Bethany-They are addictive, so be warned!