Easy Oreo Balls (aka Oreo Truffles) made with only FOUR ingredients are a sweet and indulgent no-bake recipe that’s ready in under 45 minutes!
When you’re looking for holiday chocolate Candy recipe, you’ll love making Oreo Balls. You can also try making them in other flavors like Peppermint Oreo Balls or a Chocolate Orange Truffles. They are all so delicious you won’t be able to pick a favorite!
Sabrina’s Oreo Balls (Oreo Truffles) Recipe
Oreo Balls are the BEST no-bake dessert. This recipe is perfect for little helpers because they can roll out the truffle balls and freeze them, then dip them in chocolate and refrigerate them. Plus, they’re only four ingredients, so they’re really easy to prep and doesn’t cost much to make at all! Many homes already have Oreos in the pantry.
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Ingredients
- 36 Oreos
- 8 ounces cream cheese
- 16 ounces semisweet melting wafers
- 4 ounces white chocolate melting wafers
Instructions
- Add the Oreos and cream cheese to a food processor and process until smooth then roll the mixture into 48 1 inch balls and place on a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper, freezing for 20 minutes.
- Melt the semisweet chocolate and dip each ball in it with a fork scraping the bottom before putting it back on the parchment paper.
- Melt the white chocolate and put it in a small ziplock bag with the end snipped off and pipe the white chocolate on in a criss cross pattern before letting it harden completely.
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Sabrina Tips
The trick to dipping them in chocolate is to freeze them until they harden, which takes 15-20 minutes. Then, you can pick them up with a fork and just dip them in the chocolate. The cold temperature will also help the chocolate set. In this recipe, you can swap milk chocolate for dark chocolate.
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About this Recipe
Made from Oreos, cream cheese, and melted chocolate and decorated with a drizzle of white chocolate. They taste like biting into a tiny Oreo Cheesecake! The real difference is the filling. A true truffle filling comes from using a ganache base, which is a warmed heavy cream and chocolate base that is cooled, rather than a cream cheese base. Using a ganache base allows you to keep your truffles at room temperature while using a cream cheese base mixture does not.
Can this be made ahead of time?
This is the perfect make-ahead recipe for the holidays because you can make a big batch of truffles and freeze them until you’re ready to serve! Then, just pull them out and let them defrost in the refrigerator for a few hours before serving.
Recipe Tips & Tricks
- If you don’t have a food processor, use a large resealable plastic bag and a rolling pin to crush the Oreo cookies gently.
- Use an ice cream scoop before you roll them in your hands to ensure that all of the balls are about the same size.
- You can roll in chopped dark chocolate and allow it to dry for a chunky chocolate look.
- If your chocolate coating is too thick (if you’re using chocolate chips or chopped chunks of chocolate), you may want to thin it out with just a drop or two of coconut oil. It’ll make dipping much easier.
How to Store
- Serve: Don’t leave your balls at room temperature for longer than 2 hours. Unlike other truffles that use a ganache, these use a dairy-based cream cheese in the center, so for food safety they have to be kept cold.
- Store: These balls use cream cheese, so they have to be refrigerated. This is first for food safety, but it is also because cream cheese softens as it sits out at room temperature, and won’t hold the truffle together well if it gets too warm. They will last in the refrigerator wrapped tightly for 3-4 weeks.
- Freeze: You can freeze these in an airtight container for 3-4 months.
Frequent Questions
The fastest way I know is to put the chocolate into a microwave-safe bowl and microwave for 30 seconds at a time, stirring each time to make sure it’s melting smoothly. Just make sure the chocolate isn’t too hot when you dip the truffle balls in. You can also add the milk chocolate to a double-boiler and stir until it’s smooth and melted.
Yes, you can substitute the cream cheese with chocolate ganache, hazelnut spread, peanut butter, chocolate frosting or marshmallow fluff.
Variations
- Golden Oreos: You can also make this recipe using Golden Oreos, which would give it a vanilla flavor instead of a chocolate flavor.
- Strawberry Shortcake: You can also mix Golden Oreo with freeze-dried strawberries for a strawberry shortcake Oreo truffle flavor.
- White Chocolate Macadamia Nut: Another variation is to roll the still-melted white chocolate in macadamia nuts for a white chocolate macadamia nut cookie-flavored Oreo truffle. Honestly, the flavor options here are endless.
- Almond Bark: If you want to roll your Oreo Balls in white chocolate but are having trouble getting smooth coverage or melting the chocolate evenly, consider using almond bark. Almond bark is like white melting chocolate, like Wilton melting disks, but it tastes delicious and will add a dimension of flavor to this dessert recipe, too.
- White Chocolate Chips: This recipe uses semi-sweet melting wafers for the main coating, but you can swap that for white chocolate if you prefer.
- Toppings: Before the melted chocolate hardens, sprinkle with crushed cookie crumbs, crushed candy canes, mini chocolate chips, nuts, or sugar for decoration.
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I love this recipe! My granddaughter is going to make them with me this year…yay! Do you have any idea if it would work with gluten-free oreos?
Yes, they should work just as well! I hope you both have fun making them!
Do you think these would be great using mint stuffed Oreos instead of the regular ones? Thanks
Just a thought, what do you do with the leftover melted chocolate? Can it be saved and re-used?
Yes, it can be saved! just freeze it and whenever you are ready to you it again, reheat it in a bowl of boiling water to avoid burning the chocolate.
Can you use chocolate chips instead for chips
I don’t understand the question, can you give me more details?
Can’t wait to try, does the cream cheese need to be softened at all beforehand?
It doesn’t need to be. Enjoy!
In step 1, when you make into balls and freeze for 20 minutes..is it possible to freeze longer? Like a couple of days? Making a large amount and would like to have them all frozen and then dip the next day or so. Thank you! These are delicious!!t
Yes, that will work.
Noice
“If your chocolate coating is too thick (if you’re using chocolate chips or chopped chunks of chocolate) you may want to think out your chocolate with just a drop or two of coconut oil, it’ll make dipping much easier.” I think you mean THIN out not THINK out.
Thanks for catching that! I hope you enjoyed them.
These look delicious! Thank you for sharing!
Delicious and simple. My kids love helping me make these 🙂
They are perfect for little kitchen helpers to make!
How much marshmallow fluff or peanut butter do you use for variations of Oreo truffles and does it replace the cream cheese ?
You would use the same amount as the cream cheese and it does replace the cream cheese.
Do these really turn out good using just melted butter opposed to cream cheese?
I think so. I’d love for you to give it a try and let me know what you think. Enjoy!
These were super fun to make, we used marshmallow fluff to make them. They worked out so well. We also used more cookies and since we didn’t have a processor we used the mixed after we smooshed the Oreos. It turned out real well, but we did have to use a little more of the marshmallow cream but it’s all good.
I’m so glad you guys enjoyed it! Thanks for coming back to let me know!
These would disappear in our house! Craving for these!
These look seriously delicious, especially for the holiday party I’m throwing this weekend! I can’t wait to try them!
Enjoy!
Oh wow!! These are ahhmaaazing!!! I am definitely going to make them for the holidays!!
So glad you love them!
What a great idea for a little sweet tooth! These balls look divine!
I am definitely craving these balls! I wish i had some with my morning coffee!
Yum!!
These are mouth watering! It will quickly disappear on our house, so excited to try this!