A couple of months ago, I attended a Girl’s Night Out with several playgroup moms (without the kids). One of the women brought “Oreo Balls,” also known as “Oreo Truffles.” Everyone loved them, myself included. They are so rich and decadent! I decided to make them for my friends and family. It was surprisingly easy, especially if you have a food processor.
OREO Truffles
Makes approx. 50 one-inch truffles or 100 half-inch mini-truffles
Ingredients:
18 oz. package of OREO Chocolate Sandwich Cookies
8 oz. package of Cream Cheese, softened *
16 oz. Semi-Sweet Baking Chocolate or Chocolate Chips, melted **
Directions:
- Crush the cookies into fine crumbs in a food processor or zip top bag.
- Add softened cream cheese; mix until well blended. As my playgroup friend says, “until you have mud.”
- Roll cookie mixture into balls, about 1-inch in diameter for full size truffles or 1/2 inch diameter for mini-truffles. I used a cookie disher for uniform sized balls.
- Refrigerate until firm, about 30 minutes.
- Melt the chocolate over a double boiler or in the microwave. Stir until smooth.
- Roll the balls in chocolate to coat completely; use two toothpicks or forks to remove the balls from the chocolate, allowing the extra chocolate to drip off.
- Place on a wax paper-lined baking sheet.
- Refrigerate another 30 minutes until the chocolate forms a hard shell.
- Store leftover truffles (if any) in an airtight container in the refrigerator.
* I doubled the recipe and used one package each of regular cream cheese and low fat cream cheese. It turned out great!
** I ran out of semi-sweet chocolate and coated the last batch of truffles in dark chocolate. Mmmm!
My son Sammy loved helping me clean up afterwards!
Update: Please take a look at my follow-up post to this recipe.
Links of Interest: chocolate truffles can be bought from a variety of chocolate shops. You can fill your own box with fresh belgian chocolate truffles.
13 responses so far ↓
1 brandie // Dec 14, 2006 at 8:59 am
wow great recipe! i think i’ll have to try this for the holidays
2 Marlo // Dec 18, 2006 at 5:45 pm
The best part is the clean up!
3 Oreo Truffles Recipe Update at MarloElaine // Mar 6, 2007 at 12:43 am
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4 JENNY FACUSSE // Sep 30, 2007 at 2:06 pm
Deliciously great,and super duper easy to do thank’s alot!!
5 Elaine // Sep 30, 2007 at 6:23 pm
Glad you enjoyed it, Jenny!
6 jalona // Dec 9, 2007 at 3:53 pm
Can you use oreo double-stuft for this recipe? Got double-stuft by mistake.
Thanks
7 Elaine // Dec 9, 2007 at 9:13 pm
Jalona, I’ve only used the regular Oreos before, but I’d imagine the double stuft ones would work just fine. Maybe try using a little bit less cream cheese to get the desired consistency. Let me know how it turns out!
8 ashley // Dec 11, 2007 at 11:32 am
Double stuff works just fine i’ve used them several times
9 Elaine // Dec 11, 2007 at 6:10 pm
Good to know Ashley, thanks! Next time maybe I’ll try Peanut Butter Oreo Truffles!
10 Amanda // Dec 21, 2007 at 11:21 am
For the holidays I sprinkle crushed up candy in the Oreo mix, plus on top of of the melted chocolate.
11 Amanda // Dec 21, 2007 at 11:22 am
I ment Candy Cane! blah can’t type and talk on the phone at the same time
12 Elaine // Dec 28, 2007 at 2:39 am
Amanda, that sounds great! I’ll have to try it next time. Thanks for the comments.
13 STEVE // Feb 21, 2008 at 5:46 pm
im putting on weight looking at that pic, great recipe -thnkx !
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