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!
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.
I don't have a food processor….is there any way to make this without one? They look divine!!
Incredible recipe. I love the cheesecake truffles. I found a very similar recipe, with the addition of oreos. Check it out http://www.fourgreensteps.com/community/recipes/dessertsagoodies/white-chocolate-striped-oreo-truffles
Does anyone know if almond bark would be okay to use? I have some of that in my pantry that I've been waiting for the perfect thing to use it with.
Mint Creme!!! Genius!!!
I made these using Mint Oreo Fudge Creme Cookies! The pkg size is 8.5 oz so I used 2 pkg and then I had 3 oz pkg's of cream cheese so I used 3 of them. The results were awesome! Thanks for the inspiration to get into the kitchen and give these a try. :)
Anonymous: on the cream cheese question, much as I love to be flexible, I don't think there is a substitute (but readers, if you disagree please chime in!). However once those cookie crumbs are mixed in you will never know there is cream cheese involved!
I'm so making those oreo truffles this weekend!
Is there anything you can substitute the cream cheese for if you don't like cheese? Crazy I know not to like cheese but otherwise these look delicious!
This looks great! I found the link through Foodgawker. I posted your link on my linky love! Thanks for such a great post!
http://onecookandtwochefs.blogspot.com/2010/08/linky-love-friday-6-and-cheesy-zucchini.html
My favourites!
I made these today. I think my husband will inhale them once he gets home, better have a couple myself before then or I might get none.
Love, love, love the photos. Just so you know, these are on my list. Someday soon I will make them!
Thanks – love being linked to! Hope you love them as much as I do…
Hi! Just dropping by to let you know that I linked to your recipe and nine others in a blog post this week, and can't wait to try it out! Thanks for this awesome kitchen contribution!
—The Wifey
I'm risking myself here by saying I don't like her cake pops- boxed cake mix plus canned frosting doesn't do it for me.
But these? I could get behind these :)