Saturday, January 1, 2011

Oreo Truffles

I decided to try this recipe that I found on allrecipe.com because it just sounded extremely tastey.  They turned out pretty good, but they were really rich.  Overall I was satisfied with the taste and the recipe was super easy.  The recipe originally called for a whole box of oreos, but I decided to cut the recipe in half because I definitely didn't want 42 of these guys sitting around my kitchen for me to eat.  I first put 18 oreo cookies into a food processor for about 20 seconds.  I then put 4 oz of cream cheese in a bowl (half a container).  I mixed in the crumbs, which actually took some effort because the cream cheese was pretty firm.  After it was completely mixed i rolled it up into 1 inch balls. Then I took an 8 oz bar of dark chocolate and melted it in a microwave for increments of 20 seconds stirring in between.  So in the recipe it says to dip the the balls into the chocolate with a tooth pick but they just fell off and broke.  I ended up having to use a spoon to drip the chocolate on to the balls.  If I made this again I would definitely thin out the chocolate while melting it.  It was too thick to cover the truffles.  After the truffles were covered I took some extra cookie crumbles and sprinkled them over the chocolate
I let the truffles dry and then they were ready to eat :)
Ingredients 
(I cut all of this in half)
1 (16 ounce) package OREO Chocolate Sandwich Cookies
1 (8 ounce) package PHILADELPHIA Cream Cheese, softened
1 (8 ounce) packages BAKER'S Semi-Sweet Baking Chocolate, melted