The Easiest Valentine Oreo Truffles
Thinking about a sweet little treat for Valentine’s Day? These Valentine Oreo Balls are just the thing!
If you love Oreo truffles, you’re going to love this easy Valentine twist. They are seriously easy to make – we’re talking Oreos, cream cheese, and a candy coating. That’s it! No baking required.
The fun part is dipping them and making them in festive Valentine’s Day colors (I opted for classic red and white).
They turn out so cute and are perfect if you need a simple dessert, or even a little homemade gift. Let’s make some truffles!
Ingredients
Outer coating ingredients
Steps to make Valentine Oreo Ball Recipe
1. Warm cream cheese to room temperature to soften.
2. Pulverize Oreos in food processor or in a zip lock bag with a rolling pin.
3. Use a hand mixer to mix crushed Oreos, cream cheese and a pinch of salt until fully combined. Start your hand-mixer on low so the 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 Oreo balls in the freezer for about 10 minutes to chill before candy coating.
6. While 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 an 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 half of the balls, making more candy coating if needed.
10. Heat the red candy melts following the same process. Drizzle on top of the white coated 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 Oreo balls.
12. 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.
Valentine Oreo Ball Recipe
This delicious Valentine Oreo Balls recipe is decadent and oh so easy to make
Ingredients
- 1 package of regular Oreos (approximately 33 cookies)
- 1 8-oz container of cream cheese or neufchatel cheese (softened to room temperature)
- Pinch of salt to taste
Outer coating ingredients
- 2 packages of white and red candy melts (warmed in ½ cup increments)
- 2 teaspoon of neutral oil (vegetable or coconut, added in ½ teaspoon increments)
Instructions
- Warm cream cheese to room temperature to soften
- Pulverize Oreos in food processor or in a zip lock bag with a rolling pin
- Use a hand mixer to mix crushed Oreos, cream cheese and a pinch of salt until fully combined. Start your hand-mixer on low so the Oreo dust doesn’t fly up and gradually increase to medium speed.
- Form dough into balls roughly the size of a cookie scoop and place on parchment lined cookie sheet
- Put Oreo balls in the freezer for about 10 minutes to chill before candy coating.
- While 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. - 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.
- Place an 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.
- Return the ball to parchment and allow the coating to harden. Repeat with half of the balls, making more candy coating if needed.
- Heat the red candy melts following the same process. Drizzle on top of the white coated Oreo balls.
- 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 Oreo balls.
- 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.
Nutrition Information:
Yield: 15 Serving Size: 1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 69Total Fat: 6gSaturated Fat: 3gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 2gCholesterol: 17mgSodium: 66mgCarbohydrates: 2gFiber: 0gSugar: 1gProtein: 1g
