Description
Creamy chocolate-coated Easter egg oreo balls bring sweet magic to holiday dessert tables. Rich cookie crumbs blended with cream cheese create irresistible bite-sized treats you will devour with pure delight.
Ingredients
Scale
Main Ingredients:
- 1 package (14 ounces / 397 grams) Oreo cookies
- 8 ounces (226 grams) cream cheese, softened
Coating Ingredients:
- 2 cups (340 grams) white chocolate or candy melts (assorted colors)
Decoration Ingredients:
- Sprinkles
- Colored drizzle
Instructions
- Pulverize Oreo cookies into a fine, sandy texture using a food processor, ensuring no large chunks remain.
- Integrate softened cream cheese with the cookie crumbs, kneading thoroughly until a cohesive, moldable dough develops.
- Craft the mixture into petite egg-shaped formations, arranging them on a parchment-lined tray.
- Chill the proto-confections in the freezer for approximately 20 minutes to stabilize their structure.
- Liquify white chocolate or candy melts in a microwave-safe vessel, heating in brief 30-second bursts and stirring between intervals until achieving a silky, uniform consistency.
- Delicately immerse each frozen Oreo egg into the molten chocolate, ensuring complete and even coverage, allowing excess to cascade back into the bowl.
- Return chocolate-enrobed eggs to the lined tray, promptly embellishing with festive sprinkles or executing decorative chocolate drizzles while the coating remains glossy and wet.
- Allow the decorated treats to solidify at ambient temperature or expedite the process by refrigerating for roughly 10 minutes until perfectly set and firm.
Notes
- Customize the texture by adjusting the amount of cream cheese for a softer or firmer consistency.
- Experiment with different Oreo flavors like mint, peanut butter, or birthday cake to create unique variations.
- Use silicone egg-shaped molds for perfectly shaped Oreo eggs with minimal effort.
- Freeze the Oreo balls before dipping to prevent crumbling and ensure a smoother chocolate coating.
- For gluten-free options, substitute regular Oreos with gluten-free chocolate sandwich cookies.
- Create a dairy-free version by using vegan cream cheese and dairy-free white chocolate.
- Add food coloring to the melted chocolate for pastel Easter-themed decorations.
- Prevent chocolate from seizing by ensuring no water touches the melting process.
- Prep Time: 25 minutes
- Cook Time: 0 minutes
- Category: Snacks, Desserts
- Method: Freezing
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 24
- Calories: 130 kcal
- Sugar: 11 g
- Sodium: 55 mg
- Fat: 7 g
- Saturated Fat: 4.5 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 2 g
- Trans Fat: 0.1 g
- Carbohydrates: 16 g
- Fiber: 0.5 g
- Protein: 1.5 g
- Cholesterol: 10 mg