Description
Silky Oreo mint chocolate truffles melt effortlessly on eager taste buds, creating a luxurious dessert experience. Cool mint and rich chocolate combine perfectly, offering sweet bliss that chocolate enthusiasts absolutely adore.
Ingredients
Scale
Chocolate and Cookies:
- 1 package (15.25 ounces / 432 grams) mint-flavored Oreo cookies
- 12 ounces (340 grams) semisweet or dark chocolate, melted
Dairy:
- 8 ounces (227 grams) cream cheese, softened
Garnish (Optional):
- 4 ounces (113 grams) white chocolate, melted
- Crushed candy canes
- Sprinkles
- Chopped mint candies
Instructions
- Pulverize the Oreo cookies in a food processor until they transform into a fine, uniform crumb landscape. Set aside a small portion of these crumbs for potential decorative purposes.
- Incorporate softened cream cheese into the cookie crumbs, blending until a cohesive, malleable dough emerges with a uniform texture.
- Craft compact, spherical morsels approximately one inch in diameter, positioning each carefully on a parchment-lined baking surface.
- Chill the nascent truffles in the refrigerator, allowing them to firm and solidify for roughly half an hour.
- Melt the chocolate until it achieves a silky, glossy consistency, preparing for the coating phase.
- Delicately immerse each chilled truffle into the molten chocolate, ensuring complete and elegant coverage. Gently tap to eliminate excessive chocolate drippings.
- While the chocolate remains liquid, embellish with reserved Oreo fragments, crushed peppermint fragments, or decorative sprinkles to add visual intrigue.
- Allow the truffles to rest at ambient temperature or expedite the setting process by refrigerating until the chocolate coating hardens completely.
- Transfer the finished confections to an elegant serving platter or preserve within an airtight container for future indulgence.
Notes
- Customize the recipe by swapping regular Oreos with mint-flavored Oreos for an extra burst of mint flavor.
- Use a melon baller or small cookie scoop to create perfectly uniform truffle sizes, ensuring consistent shape and even coating.
- Experiment with different chocolate coatings like milk chocolate or dark chocolate to suit personal taste preferences or dietary needs.
- Keep truffles refrigerated for up to one week, storing them in a single layer between parchment paper to prevent sticking and maintain their chocolate shell’s integrity.
- Prep Time: 30 minutes
- Cook Time: 30 minutes
- Category: Desserts, Snacks
- Method: Blending
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 24
- Calories: 150
- Sugar: 10 g
- Sodium: 90 mg
- Fat: 9 g
- Saturated Fat: 5 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 3 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 17 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 2 g
- Cholesterol: 15 mg