Three ingredients. One hour. 36 mind-blowing cookie truffles. This is an easy dessert recipe you will want to make over and over!
OH THESE COOKIE TRUFFLES. They are ridiculously easy, ridiculously delicious, and make a ridiculously good gift from your kitchen.
Here’s How You Make Cookie Truffles!
You need one package of Nutterbutter cookies. One package of cream cheese. Some chocolate candy melts.
You grind up almost the entire package of cookies in your friendly food processor until they are completely pulverized. Then dump the cookie crumbs into a bowl and mix them up with the softened cream cheese.
Honestly, the best way to do this is with your hands. It will seem like a REALLY bad idea for the first 30 seconds or so but trust me, it will all come together.
Once the cookies and cream cheese have come together in a smooth truffle dough, start rolling pieces of dough into little one inch balls of heaven. You will be powerless against taking little bites of the truffle dough as you go along, and you will see that it tastes kind of like Nutterbutter cheesecake.
Once you are done making the little balls, it’s time for the coating. I dumped the candy melts into a bowl and nuked them for about 2 minutes on 50% power in my microwave, stirring them at 30 second intervals until they were perfectly melted and creamy and smooth.
Then all you need to do is roll the little truffle balls in the melted chocolate (I found this easiest by putting them on a teaspoon and swirling them around).
Place them on a cookie sheet covered in wax paper, and when you are done, put them in the fridge so the chocolate can harden back up.
From there on in, you are in Nutterbutter truffle heaven. I thought life could not get any better. And then…
…I made Oreo truffles, with white chocolate coating. All I will say is, I left some on the counter the day my beloved housecleaning guy came this week, and he left me the following note:
“Sweet Mother of God, those Oreo truffles are out of this world FANTASTIC!!!”
That pretty much sums things up.
Cookie Truffles
Three ingredients. One hour. 36 mind-blowing cookie truffles. This is an easy dessert recipe you will want to make over and over!
- Prep Time: 45 minutes
- Cook Time: 2 minutes
- Total Time: 47 minutes
- Yield: 36 truffles 1x
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Microwave
- Cuisine: American
Ingredients
- 1 16 oz package Nutterbutters or Oreos
- 1 8 ounce package cream cheese, softened
- 18 ounces of candy melts (about a package and a half)
Instructions
- Place all but 6 cookies in food processor and process until ground to fine crumbs.
- Put crumbs and cream cheese in bowl and mix until completely combined.
- Form dough into one inch balls
- Melt candy in microwave in 30 second increments, stirring in between each heating, until melted.
- Coat each ball in candy and place on cookie sheet covered in wax paper.
- Chill in refrigerator until candy is hardened.
- Do what you will with those 6 extra cookies.
gradland says
These are chilling in the fridge as I write and I don't think I've had such a heavenly sweet-making experience in ages…hovering over the stove as the chocolate melted, dipping leftover cookies into the hot chocolate after I'd coated all the little balls…the boyfriend will not know what hit him when he gets home tonight!
Barbara Sharon says
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Kate Morgan Jackson says
Lyvvie, what great ideas! I guess it shows that this recipe will work with whatever your favorite cookie is…I may try Thin Mints next…wouldn't that be great for the holidays? :-)
Lyvvie says
Hello! I found this link via Foodgawker and I'm glad I did. I made these this afternoon with my 5 yr old and we had a great time. I used gingernut cookies and added a bit of orange peel and a second batch with strawberry cream wafers.
Thank you so much for the inspiration! I can't wait to make these for all those kids school events and Australia day will now have Anzac Truffles!
gaga says
omg, that looks delicious!
Kate Morgan Jackson says
Thanks everyone! I do love these cookie truffles. :-) I seem to be in a candy mood these days…I think I am going to try pumpkin fudge tomorrow. It involves marshmallow creme…that's all I'll say. If it turns up I will post it. :-)
Katie says
I happened to pick up some candy melts from Michael's on Friday. I don't know what made me buy them – I didn't have any particular project in mind – and then I got home and read your blog and now it's obvious that the universe was preparing me for these truffles.
I grabbed some snack packs of cookies from the bodega, and used about 2 tablespoons cream cheese per 6 oreos or 4 Nutterbutters (one snack package), and they turned out great.
I'm definitely making these for a party next weekend! Thanks!
Andrea says
Your pictures cause major drooling on my part! Thank you for posting this recipe and the pics, I've printed this off and will try them for the holidays!
Your blog is rockin!
ummmmheyyyy.wordpress.com says
Thank you for the tip! These came out AMAZING and were so simple to make.
Jules and Ruby says
you ROCK !…i'm making these tomorrow. i just went to Micheal's today and picked up some melting choc. can't wait.
Camilla says
Well, that's it. Hadn't ever heard of Bakerella until now, and I AM UNDONE.
Bethie says
Gotta make these, gotta make these, gotta make these now!! Holy Cow!!
Jilly's Space says
I love bakerella! I have made the oreo ones in the past.
Nutmeg Nanny says
This is probably one of the best things I have seen today!
Jennifer says
wow. my mouth literally dropped open on the second one!!