Patriotic Golden Oreo Balls: An Easy 4th of July Dessert

Ready for a super easy and fun treat? These Golden Oreo Balls are perfect for your 4th of July party dessert or as an easy summer bbq dessert.

For real, if you’re a Golden Oreos fan, you’ll love this Oreo truffle recipe. The first time I tried an Oreo truffle, I couldn’t believe how good they were and was shocked when I heard how easy they are to make.

It’s seriously simple – just Golden Oreos, cream cheese, and a dip in melted candy coating. They’re easy to make festive for any occasion by using different colors or decorations, like these patriotic ones in red, white and blue.

They’re cute and sweet, with a creamier flavor than traditional Oreo truffles.

They’re great for summer when it’s too hot to turn on the oven for baking but you still want something decadent.

Let’s make some truffles!

Ingredients

Oreo ball ingredients:

Outer coating ingredients:

• 1 package of candy melts (warmed in ½ cup increments)
• 1 teaspoon of neutral oil (vegetable or coconut, added in ½ tsp increments)

Steps to make Patriotic Golden Oreo Ball Recipe

1. Warm cream cheese to room temperature to soften.

2. Pulverize Golden Oreos in food processor or in a zip lock bag with a rolling pin.

3. Use a hand mixer to mix crushed Golden Oreos, cream cheese and a pinch of salt until fully combined. Start your hand-mixer on low so the Golden Oreo dust doesn’t fly up and gradually increase to medium speed.

4. Form dough into balls roughly the size of a cookie scoop and place on parchment lined cookie sheet.

5. Put Golden Oreo balls in the freezer for about 10 minutes to chill before candy coating.

6. While Golden Oreo balls chill, pour ½ cup of candy melt pieces into a microwave safe cup or small bowl. Add ½ teaspoon of oil to start.

NOTE: Getting the right consistency for the candy melts will depend on your candy melts, microwave and oil. Start slow with oil amount & cook time and check it frequently. Adding too much oil will prevent the candy coating from firming up. 

7. Microwave white candy melts for 30 seconds at half power. Stir and microwave again for another 30 seconds. Add a little more oil if needed. The consistency should run off the spoon like paint, not water. My microwave took 1:15 cook time to get a smooth liquid.

8. Place a Golden Oreo ball on a fork and gently spoon the melted candy coating over until it is well coated. Allow excess coating to run off by very gently shaking the fork.

9. Return the ball to parchment and allow the coating to harden. Repeat with a third of the balls.

10. Heat the red candy melts following the same process. Drizzle on top of the white coated Golden Oreo balls.

11. Once drizzle is complete, use the red candy melt to coat the remaining uncoated balls following the same process. Reheat and/or add more candy melt as needed. Once the remaining balls are coated, reheat the white candy melt and use it to drizzle on the red Golden Oreo balls.

12. Repeat the process again with the blue candy melts, coating the remaining Golden Oreo balls and drizzling blue on the white and red balls. 

13. Allow balls to set in the fridge for at least an hour. You can also freeze them for 2 months. Thaw them in the freezer so they don’t get condensation while defrosting.