Description
Chocolate-covered Oreo Balls bring indulgent sweetness to dessert tables everywhere. Creamy crushed cookies blend with cream cheese, then dip in melted chocolate for an irresistible treat you’ll crave again and again.
Ingredients
Scale
Main Ingredients:
- 36 Oreo cookies (crushed)
- 8 ounces (226 grams) cream cheese, softened
- 12 ounces (340 grams) chocolate (dark or milk), melted
Coating/Topping:
- Optional chocolate sprinkles or additional crushed Oreo cookies for decoration
Instructions
- Pulverize Oreo cookies into ultrafine crumbs using a food processor, ensuring no large chunks remain.
- Transfer cookie crumbs to a mixing bowl and incorporate softened cream cheese, thoroughly blending until a uniform consistency develops.
- Shape the mixture into compact, uniform spheres approximately one inch in diameter, positioning each carefully on a parchment-lined baking sheet.
- Transfer the baking sheet to the freezer and chill for 15-20 minutes, allowing the balls to solidify and maintain their structured form.
- Melt chocolate using a double boiler or microwave, maintaining a smooth, glossy texture.
- Delicately immerse each chilled Oreo ball into the melted chocolate, ensuring complete and even coating using a dipping fork or spoon.
- Return chocolate-coated balls to the parchment-lined baking sheet, allowing excess chocolate to drip off.
- Refrigerate for 10-15 minutes at 40°F until chocolate hardens completely, creating a crisp exterior shell.
- Once set, transfer Oreo balls to a serving platter and store in a cool environment until ready to serve.
Notes
- Select full-fat cream cheese for the creamiest texture and best binding of Oreo crumbs.
- Use a cookie scoop or melon baller to create uniform, perfectly round Oreo balls that look professional.
- Chill the mixture before rolling to prevent sticky hands and ensure easier ball formation.
- Melt chocolate using a double boiler or microwave in short bursts to prevent burning, stirring until smooth for an even coating.
- For gluten-free version, swap regular Oreos with gluten-free chocolate sandwich cookies.
- Add festive sprinkles or drizzle contrasting chocolate immediately after dipping for elegant decoration.
- Keep Oreo balls refrigerated to maintain their shape and prevent chocolate from melting.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 35 minutes
- Category: Snacks, Desserts
- Method: Freezing
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 24
- Calories: 129
- Sugar: 9 g
- Sodium: 45 mg
- Fat: 7 g
- Saturated Fat: 4 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 3 g
- Trans Fat: 0.1 g
- Carbohydrates: 15 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 1 g
- Cholesterol: 8 mg