These Oreo Truffles are absolutely delicious and incredibly easy to make! They're made with cream cheese, crushed Oreos, and then coated with melted chocolate.
Course Cookies
Cuisine American, Italian
Keyword Easy Oreo Truffles, Oreo Truffles
Servings 34
Author Valya's Taste of Home
Ingredients
8oz.– softened cream cheese
4drops – peppermint extract
3packs(39 pieces – Oreo cookies)
1cup– white chocolate discs
1cup– dark chocolate discs
Crushed peppermint candy canes for decorations
Instructions
How to Make Oreos Mixture for Oreo Truffles
Start by crushing Oreo cookies (including the cream) in a food processor for 2 minutes. Pulse the Oreos until they all turned into a fine crumb. Set aside until ready for use.
Another way to crush them is to use a rolling pin to finely crush them in a large resealable bag.
Next, beat cream cheese on high, and add peppermint extract to it. Scrape the sides of the bowl (to incorporate all cream cheese) and beat again for a minute or two until the cream is fluffy.
Time to add in our Oreos! Mix in crushed Oreos on the lowest speed for a minute or until the cream cheese and crushed cookies are well combined.
How to Shape Oreo Balls for Oreo Truffles
Using a tablespoon measuring spoon or cookie scoop, scoop some Oreo mixture and shape it into 1-inch balls. Repeat until all the Oreo mixture is used.
Place Oreo spheres into the fridge for 15 minutes.
Tip: Just the outer part of the sphere should be cold, so when dipped, the chocolate sets quickly.
How to Coat Oreo Truffles with Melted Chocolate
While the first half of the Oreo cookie balls are in the freezer, prep the chocolate dip. Melt chocolate disks in a glass bowl over a pot of boiling water. You can also pop it in the microwave for 10 seconds at a time till it's completely melted.
Take the Oreo cookie balls out of the fridge and dip one sphere at a time into the chocolate using a fork.
Tip: Keep the bowl with melted chocolate over the steaming pot the entire time while keeping the water simmering on low to prevent the chocolate from thickening. Too much thickening of the chocolate will result in lumps on truffles, instead of the round and smooth look you want.
Place the dipped truffles onto a lined cookie sheet and sprinkle crushed peppermint candy cane (or any other decoration you like) on top of the spheres immediately so it sticks to the wet chocolate.
Keep in mind that once the chocolate begins to set, the sprinkles will not stick.
Repeat the same steps with the second half of the batch, using white chocolate, as with dark chocolate.
Let truffles cool completely before you begin the trimming process.