Oreo Truffles

I've been wanting to try these for a while because they sounded a lot like the cake bites I've been making except with cookies.

The recipe is simple: crush 36 Oreo cookies and mix with one 8 ounce package of cream cheese. Roll into balls and refrigerate. Then cover in melted chocolate.

Easy right?

Well, when discussing this recipe with a co-worker, she suggested using a food processor to crush the cookies because otherwise you can't get the crumbs fine enough.

I should have listened.

The recipe suggested putting them in a bag and using a rolling pin to crush them for people without food processors. So, since I did not have a food processor, I tried the rolling pin idea and that didn't work so well. I spent a half hour trying to get the cookies fine enough by first using a rolling pin and then I dumped the large crumbs in a bowl and used a potato masher to try to crush them finer and in the end I was just crushing the large pieces with my fingers - I almost drove to Wal-Mart right then and bought a food processor because it was so frustrating.

I finally got them small enough and mixed them with the cream cheese and rolled them into balls. Then I put them in the fridge and was done for the night. 

The next day I went to Wal-Mart and look what I bought:

I picked this up for 5 dollars and used it to crush the few remaining Oreos to sprinkle on top.

So easy.

This is what the Oreo truffles look like before dipping them in chocolate.

And, here's the final product. Yum! My husband approves so they must be good.

Oh and make sure you put the dipped oreo balls on wax paper to dry so you can easily take them off.
The first dozen that I dipped were put on a clean metal sheet pan and I had to use a spatula to get them off.
And, since these have cream cheese in them, it is best to refrigerate them.