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Cheater Chocolates: Easy Oreo Truffles in Peppermint and Orange
These easy Oreo truffles are what we refer to as cheater chocolates at our house. My sister-in-law makes them around Christmas, along with several other “cheater” goodies like Wheat Thins with peanut butter sandwiched in between and then the whole thing dipped into chocolate until you can only tell it’s a square and not crackers and everyday peanut butter. My favorites remain chocolate-dipped pretzels, just for the record.
These simple truffles take your ordinary Oreo cookies, mix them with a bit of flavoring to give them that homemade flavor, and look impressive on the cookie tray — cheater chocolate or not. My favorite flavors are peppermint dipped in white chocolate and orange dipped in dark chocolate.
Oreo Truffles
1 16-ounce package Oreo Cookies
1 8-ounce package Philadelphia Cream Cheese
1 teaspoon flavored extract: orange, peppermint, almond, etc.
16 ounces dark chocolate or white melting discs
candies for garnish
In a food processor, pulse Oreo cookies until no large chunks remain. Add in cream cheese cut into small chunks and extract of your choice. Pulse until combined. Using a small scoop, scoop Oreo mixture onto a parchment-lined baking sheet. Freeze for 20 minutes. Remove from freezer and roll into neat balls. Freeze again while you wait for the dipping chocolate to melt.
Melt chocolate or white melts in a double boiler until smooth and no lumps remain. Remove from heat. Dip frozen Oreo balls into the chocolate and place on parchment. Sprinkle with desired garnish. Freeze or refrigerate to help harden faster when all balls have been dipped. Store at room temperature or in the fridge until ready to serve.
Makes 30-40 truffles.
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Send Your Merry Christmas Wishes with Cookies | The Family Kitchen commented on Dec 22 10 at 10:20 amAmber @ Bluebonnetsandbrownies.com commented on Dec 09 10 at 5:42 amWow! I never would have guessed these were so easy! Definitely going to attempt these when we get back from Florida
Wenderly commented on Dec 09 10 at 7:13 amI’ve never made truffles with Oreo cookies! What a fun idea!
Cookbook Queen commented on Dec 09 10 at 9:42 amThese look so pretty!!
I love recipes like this…not everyone has time to put together something super complicated.
And sometimes, simple stuff tastes the best, anyways!!
Katie | GoodLife Eats commented on Dec 09 10 at 12:37 pmI’ll take one of these right now please. YUMMY!
naomi commented on Dec 09 10 at 3:06 pmI’ll take a dozen! YUM!! Seriously, I have to make this for the holidays to give out at the office. my co-workers are going to love it.
Jamie | My Baking Addiction commented on Dec 09 10 at 11:05 pmLove these…so very festive!
Jean commented on Dec 12 10 at 8:37 amHaving a dinner party saturday night….and these will be made and included with their little party favor. It looks wonderful and I think I am going to do the orange with dark chocolate! Thanks!
mohamed commented on Jul 30 11 at 8:24 amhey good post take a look to http://cheaptruffles.blogspot.com
Leyna commented on Dec 15 11 at 3:44 amHow far in advance can this be kept (in the fridge and in room tempreature) pls? Need to make a batch for Christmas gift & not sure if I can start now in case they don’t finish it on Xmas day itself & another batch to go to Afghanistan (it’s winter there so wouldn’t melt easily) but it sometimes takes 2 weeks to get there. Thanks in advance :) Looks great btw!
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