Description
Peppermint Oreo Truffles deliver a delightful holiday indulgence combining crushed cookies, cream cheese, and chocolate. Cool mint flavors mingle with rich chocolate coating, creating a festive treat that melts smoothly on your palate.
Ingredients
Scale
Main Ingredients:
- 16 ounces (454 grams) regular Oreo cookies
- 8 ounces (227 grams) cream cheese, softened
Flavoring:
- 1.5 teaspoons (7.5 milliliters) peppermint extract
Coating and Garnish:
- 8 ounces (227 grams) melting chocolate, candy coating, or almond bark, melted
- Crushed candy canes, for garnish
Instructions
- Pulverize the Oreo cookies into ultra-fine crumbs using a food processor or rolling pin, ensuring a consistent, sandy texture.
- Incorporate softened cream cheese and pure peppermint extract into the cookie crumbs, mixing thoroughly until a cohesive, moldable dough forms.
- Refrigerate the mixture for 45-60 minutes, allowing it to solidify and become easier to handle.
- Using clean hands or a small cookie scoop, shape the chilled mixture into uniform 1-inch (2.5 centimeters) spheres, working quickly to prevent warming.
- Melt the chocolate coating using a double boiler or microwave, stirring until smooth and glossy.
- Carefully submerge each truffle ball into the melted chocolate, ensuring complete and even coverage using a dipping fork or spoon.
- Immediately sprinkle finely crushed candy cane pieces over the freshly coated truffles while the chocolate remains wet.
- Place the decorated truffles on a parchment-lined baking sheet and refrigerate for 30-45 minutes until the chocolate sets completely.
- Transfer the finished peppermint Oreo truffles to an airtight container, storing in the refrigerator for up to one week.
Notes
- Chilling helps develop rich, intense flavors and ensures perfect texture for these decadent truffles.
- Crushing cookies completely prevents lumpy surfaces and creates a smooth, professional-looking truffle.
- Melted chocolate coating provides a gorgeous glossy finish that seals in the creamy peppermint interior.
- Candy cane sprinkles add festive crunch and a delightful seasonal touch to each bite-sized treat.
- Refrigeration stabilizes the truffles, keeping them firm and preventing unwanted melting during serving.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 0 minutes
- Category: Desserts, Snacks
- Method: None
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 25
- Calories: 155 kcal
- Sugar: 14 g
- Sodium: 90 mg
- Fat: 9 g
- Saturated Fat: 4.5 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 4.5 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 18 g
- Fiber: <1 g
- Protein: 2 g
- Cholesterol: 10 mg