Thursday, December 11, 2008

Oreo Truffles

Ingredients:
1 pkg. (1 lb. 2 oz.) OREO Cookies, finely crushed, divided
1 pkg. (8 oz.) Cream Cheese, softened
2 pkg. (8 squares each) BAKER'S Semi-Sweet Chocolate, melted

Directions:
MIX 3 cups of the cookie crumbs and the cream cheese until well blended. Shape into 1-inch balls. (I placed them in the freezer to harden them so that they would not get too mushy once you put them in the chocolate and this was a huge help!)

DIP balls in melted chocolate (I would melt only a few bars of chocolate at a time); place on waxed paper-covered baking sheet. (Any leftover melted chocolate can be stored in tightly covered container at room temperature and saved for another use.) Sprinkle truffle tops with remaining cookie crumbs.

REFRIGERATE 1 hour or until firm. Store any leftover truffles in tightly covered container in refrigerator.

Outcome: This was an easy recipe and they were good! I used reduced-fat cream cheese and they came out just fine. I also got away with only using 1 pkg. of chocolate! It made about 50 truffles, too. For a twist, I might use the Mint Oreos next time. I think that would make them even more fabulous!

1 comment:

Unknown said...

These are excellent. I tried peanut butter instead of cream cheese, the result was tasted like Reeses Peanutbutter Cup.
I also tried white chocolate to coat it, yummy.
Thank you so much for passing this on!
Happy and Healthy New Year!
Selena