Oreo Truffles

Two weekends ago I was combing through my favorite food magazines and websites trying to find something I could enter into the Quaker Holiday Bite-Sized Bake-Off and was coming up empty.  You have to strike a fine balance between something mainstream that everyone will like, but not too mainstream that it’s just blends in with the other entries.  I had a few options but not one that I thought could have a real chance at winning, when out of the blue my inbox pinged.  My best friend Tamara tried a fun treat a co-worker brought into work and thought it would be a great one to add to the blog.  Little did she know I was looking for a bite-sized holiday treat for the contest.  I saw it as a sign!!  I am proud to say that I won Best Overall in the contest…THANKS Tam…and thought I would share this awesome and easy recipe.  There is no baking involved, so if you are not a cook, this recipe is for you (fast direction: smash, mix, ball, freeze, dip, freeze).

 Ingredients:

1 Package Oreos

6oz Cream Cheese

1 Package of Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips

Directions:

Crush Oreos in a food processor.  If you don’t have a food processor, no problem, I don’t either. You can place Oreos in a Ziploc bag, and with a hammer, crush the Oreos over a cutting board.  Add cream cheese to the Oreos and mix well (cream cheese mixes easier when it isn’t straight out of the fridge). Roll into bite size balls and place on wax paper and put into the freezer for an hour.  After balls have set, melt chocolate chips in small saucepan until creamy. Dunk Oreo balls to cover in the melted chocolate. Place on cookie sheet lined with wax paper to dry. Place in freezer to expedite the process.

                                                                                    Hammering the Oreos

                                                                                                Tamara & Me

Recipe Source: Tamara Gibbs

Picture Source: Lindsay Klindt