Description
Sweet snowman Oreo balls offer a whimsical winter dessert that delights with creamy chocolate and playful design. Guests will love these charming no-bake treats perfect for holiday gatherings or festive celebrations.
Ingredients
Scale
Oreo Balls Base:
- 36 Oreo cookies (about 1 standard package)
- 8 ounces (225 grams) cream cheese, softened
Coating and Decoration:
- 2 cups (350 grams) white chocolate or white candy melts
- Mini chocolate chips
- Orange sprinkles
- Black decorating gel
- Pretzel sticks (optional)
Garnish:
- Candy-coated sunflower seeds
Instructions
- Crush Oreo cookies into fine, uniform crumbs using a food processor, ensuring no large chunks remain.
- Incorporate softened cream cheese into the cookie crumbs, blending thoroughly until a cohesive, smooth mixture develops.
- Roll the mixture into small, uniform spheres, creating the base of each snowman’s body.
- Carefully shape the balls into slightly varied sizes to represent the snowman’s body segments, with a smaller ball for the head and a larger one for the bottom.
- Chill the formed snowman shapes in the refrigerator until firm and stable, approximately 15-20 minutes.
- Melt white chocolate coating, preparing it for dipping the chilled Oreo balls.
- Gently submerge each snowman shape into the melted white chocolate, ensuring complete and even coverage.
- Place dipped snowmen on a parchment-lined tray, allowing excess chocolate to drip off.
- Before the chocolate sets, add decorative elements like mini chocolate chips for eyes, pretzel sticks for arms, or orange candy for a carrot nose.
- Return the decorated snowmen to the refrigerator to allow the chocolate coating to completely harden.
- Optional: Dust with powdered sugar or add additional decorative details to enhance the snowman’s appearance.
Notes
- Crush Oreo cookies until they’re super fine for a smoother, more uniform texture that helps the balls hold together perfectly.
- Ensure cream cheese is at room temperature to blend seamlessly with cookie crumbs, preventing lumpy or uneven mixture.
- Use white chocolate coating for the classic snowman look, and have extra melted chocolate on hand for easy decorating touch-ups.
- Chill the Oreo balls thoroughly before dipping in chocolate to prevent crumbling and create a clean, smooth exterior that’s picture-perfect.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 30 minutes
- Category: Desserts, Snacks
- Method: Blending
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 36
- Calories: 138
- Sugar: 9 g
- Sodium: 85 mg
- Fat: 8 g
- Saturated Fat: 4.5 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 3.5 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 15 g
- Fiber: 0.5 g
- Protein: 1.5 g
- Cholesterol: 20 mg