Easy Oreo Truffles

Description

This recipe is as easy as it gets (there are only 3 ingredients!), and i see it repeated all over the place, and why not! It's delicious! This recipe has more to do with technique than ingredients, so your truffles come out looking as good as they taste! **the picture is not mine, it's from somewhere online, but my truffles look just as good!

Ingredients

• Oreo Cookies
• Cream Cheese
• Chocolate
• Wax Paper
• Toothpick

Instructions

1. Completely grind entire package of oreo cookies
2. I find that the easiest and fastest way to do this is with a large capacity food processor, but a blender or a plastic bag and mallet will work fine
3. Set aside a small amount for dusting later
4. Combine oreo cookie grounds and softened cream cheese into a mixer bowl, and blend on low until integrated and then increase speed to medium until mixture is well combined
5. It should look like dark mud
6. Set aside
7. Make some temporary space in your freezer
8. You will need some room to chill your truffle ball mixture
9. Spread a sheet of wax paper onto a large cookie sheet
10. With clean dry hands, begin rolling oreo / cream cheese mixture into 1 in round balls
11. Set formed balls in rows on the cookie sheet
12. You can wear gloves for this step, but it really isnt necessary, it isnt a very messy process
13. Place cookie sheet in freezer for about 20 minutes
14. I always use this time to clean up and prepare for the next step in the recipe
15. Take one tray from the log house candiquik melting chocolate and melt in the microwave
16. I have used chocolate bars and chocolate chips, and the log house stuff is much easier to use
17. However, it is very important that you follow the heating instructions to a t
18. Heat it for 1 minute, and only in 15 second increments after that, and that is only if there are still solid chunks of chocolate after you have stirred
19. Believe me, the chocolate will look like it is not melting, but it is! just stir it a little and it will become more liquid
20. I made the mistake of overcooking the chocolate, which makes it hard and powdery and unusable
21. The good thing is that the log house package comes with two trays, so if you mess up, you have a backup! the log house chocolate is available online and at sams club, where i bought mine
22. Remove the chilled balls from the freezer
23. Notice that each ball has hardened nicely, and that the bottom is now flat
24. One ball at a time, insert the pointed end of the toothpick / turkey lacer pin into the flattened bottom of the ball (i have found that the turkey lacer pin makes it easier because of the length
25. Do not pierce all the way through
26. Dip the ball into the melted chocolate and swirl it around
27. You dont need to coat the bottom
28. Once the ball is evenly covered, hold it upside down until most of the excess has dribbled off
29. Now, hold the ball upright and using a fork underneath, slowly lift the ball off of the pin and place on the cookie sheet
30. Dust a pinch of the leftover cookie grounds over the truffle ball before the chocolate dries
31. Do this for each ball
32. Storage: truffles can be left at room temperature for a time while being served, but because of the perishable nature of the cream cheese, long term storage should happen in a refrigerator or freezer
33. You can even reverse the order by rolling the balls in vanilla and drizzling with chocolate! you can even do half and half!
34. Try mint oreos for a minty taste, or chocolate oreos for a richer chocolate flavor
35. I have even seen red crme oreos! im sure you could even mix up the flavor of cream cheese or use golden oreos, but i havent ventured into that yet
36. ) the possibilities are endless with this recipe
37. Have fun with it!