OREO TRUFFLES

I like to read recipes and get ideas from other friends blogs, so I decided to share a recipe for all of you to enjoy.

I call them Oreo Truffles.

The recipe was shown to me from a previous YW president when we were in YW together. We made these yummy chocolates for the mothers for Mothers day. We boxed them up in cute little boxes and tied a big ribbon on them. They were a big hit. I've been making them since.

You will need an 8oz. square of Cream Cheese and a package of Oreo's for the truffle.(Double-stuffed oreo's do not work...you can use any flavor, just not double-stuffed)Make cookies into crumbs. The easies way to do this is to just put the whole package into a food processor. Yep, the WHOLE oreo cookie package goes into the processor. You want fine crumbs to work with.

Next you add your 8 oz. square of cream cheese to the crumbs. This is done the easiest by just adding it into the food processor with the crumbs and processing. My food processor wasn't big enough for both, so I poured the crumbs into a large bowl, and added the cream cheese.

Mix with crumbs until blended. Again, this is so quick and easy with a large capacity food processor, but I just used my hand mixer until the cream cheese was mixed through.

I then mixed it with my hands to get it all mushed together.

This is what it will look like. It will clump together, not too wet or sticky...and not dry at all.

Roll the truffle dough into balls. You can do as big or little as you want.

These will need to set up in the fridge after they have been rolled. Remember to put them on a non-stick mat or some parchment/wax paper so they don't stick.

Let chocolates set-up in fridge until firm.

In the meantime start melting some white chocolate (chocolate chips are the cheapest) in a double boiler.

Melt until smooth and runny-don't burn the chocolate!

Drop truffle dough into melted white chocolate and coat each ball evenly. Scrape off extra chocolate on put back on cold non-stick surface.

Here's all mine ready to put back into the fridge to set up. Before I let them set, I want them to look pretty. I melted some milk-chocolate chips in a baggie in the microwave and cut the corner to drizzle some on top of the white chocolate.

It looks like a big mess right now, but after they set they will look good.

Here's what they look like all set up. They are so yummy!

Put them into a container and store in the fridge. If you like them softer when eating them, let them sit out on the counter for a few minutes before you eat them.

(they have cream cheese in them...and are not baked...so please keep them in the fridge)YUMMY! ENJOY!

That's it. It sounds like a lot of work, but it really isn't that bad. The end result is SO worth it.

This also works with a package of Nutter Butter cookies. The result will give you a peanut butter center. You can also mix and match and dip in different kinds of chocolate. I've made the nutter butter dough and dipped in milk chocolate, oreo dough dipped in both white chocolate and in milk chocolate, I've used the mint oreo's and done the same thing...they were yummy as well. Happy Chocolate Making To ALL!