No-Bake Oreo Truffles

Today I am making No-Bake Oreo Truffles! I know my blog is called Bella's Bakery, but I figured I would bend the rules for this delicious treat. They only take three ingredients: Oreos, cream cheese, and white chocolate! I love recipes with few ingredients because they're so simple, and in this case taste great too!

These truffles would  be great for birthday parties, sleepovers, and even class parties! The uses for the truffles are endless.

I got this recipe from Omg Chocolate Desserts:

 http://omgchocolatedesserts.com/oreo-truffles-valentines-hearts/

Here is the recipe:

Ingredients

24 Oreo cookies-crushed into fine crumbs

5 oz. softened cream cheese

12-14 oz. high quality white chocolate (you can use white chocolate candy coating or vanilla almond bark)

Heart shaped sprinkles-optional

Instructions

1. Line a tray with baking paper.
2. Crush whole Oreos with the filling in a really fine crumbs and combine it with softened cream cheese.
3. You can do this by hands, press it with a back of the spoon, or use a mixer with paddle attachment(the mixture is really thick and I prefer to knead it by hand).
4. When it’s all evenly combined transfer the mixture onto baking paper and spread it in an even layer about 1/2 inch thick (or more, depending how large is your cookie cuter).
5. Place the tray in the freezer for 45 mins (or more) until it’s harden enough for cutting.
6. Cut out the truffles with heart shaped cookie cutter and place them back in the freezer for 20-30 mins(truffles must be frozen before dipping into chocolate).
7. Line another tray with baking paper and set aside.
8. Take a few hearts from the freezer ( so the rest won’t soften while you are working) and dip one frozen hearts at the time into melted chocolate with a fork. Tap off the excess chocolate and transfer the hearts onto baking paper and top with sprinkles (if you don’t want to dip them twice in the chocolate). If you want to cover the truffles with second layer of chocolate( like I did), then after first dipping into chocolate, place chocolate covered hearts in the freezer to harden the chocolate faster and repeat the dipping process, and then top with sprinkles.
9. Work in small batches because the heart must be frozen when place them into melted chocolate.
10. Store in an airtight container in the fridge(or freezer for longer storage).
11. This recipe makes 16-20 small (about1.5 inch) hearts.

I didn't follow the exact recipe as it was aimed for Valentine's Day. Instead of heart shaped truffles, I made them spherical. I also substituted the "high-quality white chocolate" for white chocolate chips from the grocery store which worked just as well. I also added sprinkles which was a really cute touch. You could also leave them plain, or add any other topping you would like.

Here are some pictures:

Happy Baking!