Oreo Truffles

We had a potluck at work last week and I signed up to bring dessert. I initially just thought I would throw together some cake cookies (recipe to come someday - SOOO easy and delicious) but then decided to be more ambitious. Cameron suggested/requested:

 Oreo Truffles.

Anything with the word "truffles" in it sounds daunting to me, but I decided to take up the challenge. Turns out, it's incredibly easy. Try 'em.

Oreo Truffles

Ingredients:

1 16 oz package of Oreo's

1 8 oz package of Cream Cheese

12 - 16 oz white chocolate

Any adornments you might like (melted milk chocolate - as shown, saved oreo crumbs, etc)

Directions:

- crush Oreo's in a blender/food processor until they are fine crumbs

- mix with very soft cream cheese until it makes a dough

- roll rounded teaspoons of dough into balls

- place on cookie sheet lined with wax paper and freeze for an hour

- melt chocolate in microwave safe bowl in the microwave

- dip balls in chocolate and return to a wax paper lined cookie sheet

- add adornments

- return to freezer to set (eventually move to fridge to store if you like them cool like I do)

Makes about 35 truffles

Tips/Ideas:

* for making these for the first time I thought they went pretty well - but I did read some tips on how to dip (the hardest part in my opinion) and I used a bamboo skewer to dip - they popped off pretty easy onto the sheet.

* I used white chocolate with milk chocolate on top - but you can use dark chocolate or milk chocolate - or any chocolate you want really.

* for a twist on this you can use mint Oreo's - which could be delicious.

* only make these when you are taking them to share otherwise you might eat them all!

enjoy.