No Bake Monster Truffles (Halloween Oreo Balls)
Monster Truffles makes a cute and spooky no bake Halloween treat! Made with crushed Oreos, cream cheese, white chocolate and decorated to make monster eyes!
Servings: 15 truffles
Ingredients
- 24 regular Oreo cookies
- 4 ounces cream cheese softened at room temperature
- 16 ounces white melting chocolate divided
- edible candy eyes
- food coloring gel green and purple
- Halloween sprinkles
Instructions
- Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. In a large food processor, process the Oreos until they are a sand-like consistency. Add in cream cheese and pulse until all of the ingredients are combined. Scrape down the sides of the processor and pulse a few times more until a cookie dough has formed. Alternatively if you don't have a food processor; you could crush the cookies into crumbs and mix everything a large bowl with a wooden spoon or use an electric mixer.
- Use a small ice cream scoop or 2 tablespoons to form the cookie mixture into balls. Place on the baking sheet and freeze for 20 minutes until the balls are firm and chilled.
- Once the truffles are chilled, in a microwavable safe bowl, add 12 ounces of chocolate and heat in 30 second intervals, stirring in-between until chocolate has melted. Add in 3-4 drops of green food coloring and mix until desired color.
- Dip the truffles in the melted chocolate using a fork and coat both sides. Scrape any excess chocolate off the sides of the bowl. Return the truffles to the baking sheet and let them sit for a few minutes, in the meantime, in a separate microwavable safe bowl, add the remaining chocolate and heat in 30 second intervals, stirring in-between until chocolate has melted. Add in 3-4 drops of purple food coloring and mix until desired color.
- Drizzle the top with purple chocolate (or remaining green chocolate, or both), add a candy eye or eyes to the center and sprinkle tops with Halloween sprinkles. Allow the chocolate to set for a few minutes and enjoy!
Notes
Recipe adapted from Savory Experiments