Description
Indulgent peppermint oreo truffles dance with festive holiday charm, blending crushed cookies and creamy cheese into delightful bite-sized treats. Chocolate-dipped and sprinkled with candy cane pieces, these truffles deliver pure seasonal bliss you can’t resist.
Ingredients
Scale
Main Ingredients:
- 1 package (14.3 ounces or 405 grams) Oreo cookies
- 8 ounces (225 grams) cream cheese, softened
- 12 ounces (340 grams) white chocolate or white candy melts
Flavoring Ingredients:
- ½ teaspoon peppermint extract
Garnish Ingredients:
- ¼ cup crushed candy canes or peppermint candies
Instructions
- Pulverize Oreo cookies into fine, uniform crumbs using a food processor, carefully setting aside a small portion for decorative garnishing.
- Incorporate softened cream cheese and aromatic peppermint extract directly into the cookie crumb mixture, blending thoroughly until a cohesive, velvety consistency emerges.
- Using clean hands or a small scoop, shape the mixture into uniform bite-sized spheres, ensuring each truffle maintains a consistent size and smooth exterior.
- Position the formed truffles on a parchment-lined tray, then transfer to the refrigerator for approximately 30 minutes to firm and solidify their structure.
- Melt white chocolate in a microwave-safe bowl, stirring at intervals to prevent scorching and achieve a silky, smooth texture.
- Delicately submerge each chilled truffle into the melted white chocolate, using a fork to ensure complete and even coating while allowing excess chocolate to drip away.
- Sprinkle the reserved Oreo crumbs atop the freshly dipped truffles as a decorative and textural element before the chocolate sets.
- Return the chocolate-coated truffles to the refrigerator, allowing them to chill and solidify for an additional 15-20 minutes until the exterior becomes firm and glossy.
Notes
- Crush Oreos extra fine for a smoother, more elegant truffle texture that melts perfectly in your mouth.
- Chill the cream cheese before mixing to ensure a firmer, easier-to-handle truffle mixture that won’t stick to your hands.
- Sprinkle reserved cookie crumbs immediately after dipping truffles in chocolate to create a professional, bakery-style finish.
- For dairy-free alternatives, swap cream cheese with coconut cream or vegan cream cheese to accommodate different dietary needs.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 30 minutes
- Category: Desserts, Snacks
- Method: Blending
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 36
- Calories: 150
- Sugar: 12 g
- Sodium: 90 mg
- Fat: 8 g
- Saturated Fat: 5 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 3 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 20 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 2 g
- Cholesterol: 15 mg