These 5-ingredient Mint Oreo Truffles are an extremely easy and delicious Christmas treat you can make at home. Fun and versatile, you can make these cake pop balls in just 25 minutes using a food processor.
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Where Can I Serve these Oreo Mint Balls?
These easy mint Oreo truffles are perfect for a Christmas party! Make your favorite recipes, and invite guests to bring their own. Host a present exchange, or have fun watching Christmas movies together. You can also give them out as gifts, or enjoy them at home right after making them.
Why This Mint Chocolate Truffle Recipe is a Keeper
- 10 Minute Prep: These delicious mint Oreo cookie balls are easy to make, and leave hardly any mess to clean up.
- Easy Ingredients: All of the ingredients can probably be found in your pantry or kitchen.
- Family Friendly: Have fun making these Oreo cream cheese truffles with your kids!
- Great Gifts: Everyone is sure to love these truffles in a gift basket or cookie tray.
If you’re looking for more truffle recipes, try these No Bake Oreo Balls, Snowman Oreo Balls, and Toffee Cheesecake Bites.
Why Are My Chocolate Mint Oreo Truffles Falling Apart?
Make sure not to leave your Oreo truffles out for too long, or they will get soft and fall apart. If they’re still soft after refrigerating, you may need to leave them in the fridge for a little bit longer.
Ingredient Notes for Oreo Balls
- Oreos: These mint Oreo truffles can be made with mint Oreos, traditional Oreos, or golden Oreos.
- Cream Cheese: The cream cheese makes the cookie crumbs all adhere together for the decadent center of this dessert.
- White Chocolate: Don’t use chocolate chips! They have stabilizers that make them hard to melt.
See the recipe card below for a complete list of the ingredients with measurements.
Variations and Substitutions to Make Mint Oreo Truffles with Cream Cheese
- Cream Cheese: For a somewhat healthier option, use a low-fat or fat-free cream cheese.
- Mint Extract for Mint Flavor: If you’re using mint Oreos for this recipe, replace the mint extract with vanilla extract to help balance the peppermint flavor.
- Chocolate Melting Wafers : In place of the baking chocolate, try using candy melts. They make a nice, smooth coating for your chocolate truffles.
Special Equipment Needed to Make this Recipe
- Food Processor: Use a food processor to easily crush your Oreo cookies.
How to Make Mint Oreo Truffles Recipe
These chocolate mint balls are super quick and easy to make! Follow these four simple steps for the perfect holiday treat.
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These are the basic steps for making Oreo mint truffles. Refer to the full, printable recipe card below for detailed instructions.
Step 1: Crush Oreos for this Easy Recipe and then add the Cream Cheese
First, place cookies in a food processor fitted with a blade attachment. Pulse until cookies become fine crumbs. Then, add the softened cream cheese to the crushed oreo and pulse until completely combined to create the Oreo mixture.
Step 2: Make Oreo Balls
Use a tablespoon cookie scoop to roll the Oreo crumb mixture into 1-inch balls. Place the oreo balls on a prepared baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Move the balls to the refrigerator for about an hour, or the freezer for about a half an hour, to allow them to harden.
Step 3: Melt the Chocolate for Chocolate Coating
Next, melt chocolate in a double boiler or in the microwave in a microwave-safe bowl. Then, add the peppermint extract to the melted chocolate.
Step 4: Dip and Place the Oreo to Allow the Chocolate to Set
Then using a fork, coat the Oreo balls in chocolate. Allow the excess chocolate to drip off the fork prongs, and wipe off the excess coating on the edge of the bowl. Finally, return to the prepared baking sheet and top with crushed candy canes. Allow to harden until the chocolate is set. Lastly, store truffles in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to two weeks.
Recipe FAQs for this Peppermint Chocolate Candy
Expert Tips for Making Oreo Mint Truffles
- Add Sprinkles: Fun festive sprinkles or candies are wonderful to tip your Oreo mint truffles with. You can also top them with crushed Andes mints as well to this easy dessert.
- Different Chocolate: Dark chocolate, green candy melts, or red and green food coloring can add some fun color to these Oreo truffles. Even mini chocolate chips are great for these oreo truffle balls.
- Variation tip: No food processor? Crush your cookies in a plastic bag with a meat mallet or rolling pin, or even use a stand mixer to crush your cookies for the truffle balls.
- Alternate cooking method tip: Use the microwave to melt your chocolate. Heat at 50 percent power for 30-second increments, stirring each time for this amazing recipe.
What to Serve with Mint Oreo Truffles
Mint Oreo Truffles
Ingredients
- 8 ounces Cream cheese, softened
- 3 cups OREO Cookies, finely crushed
- 16 ounces White chocolate, melted
- 1 teaspoon Peppermint extract
- 2 Candy canes , crushed
Instructions
- Place cookies in a food processor fitted with the blade attachment.
- Pulse until cookies become fine crumbs.
- Add cream cheese and pulse until completely combined.
- Roll mixture into small balls and place on a parchment lined baking sheet.
- Melt chocolate over a double boiler (or in microwave).
- Add peppermint extract to melted chocolate.
- Coat each cookie ball in melted chocolate and place back on parchment paper.
- Top with candy cane crumbs.
- Allow to harden before storing.
Expert Tips
- Double the Recipe: Make many different toppings or varieties of these oreo cookie truffles.
- Add Sprinkles: Fun festive sprinkles or candies are wonderful to tip your oreo mint truffles with.
- Different Chocolate: White chocolate, green candy melts or add food coloring to make green chocolate or red chocolate for these oreo truffles.
- Variation tip: No Food Processor, crush your cookies in a plastic bag with a meat mallet or rolling pin or even use a stand mixer to crush your cookies.
- Alternate ingredient/Substitution/Addition: Feel free to add as many tips as you need in this section
- Alternate cooking method tip: Use the microwave to melt your chocolate, heat at 50 percent power for 30 second increments, stirring between each.
These were the perfect, easy addition to my treat tray for the holidays!
Oooh these were a big hit! I hope there are some left by Christmas!
Yummmmmmm! So delicious!!
Thank you so much for sharing this amazing peppermint oreo balls recipe! Will surely have this again! It’s really easy to make and it tasted so delicious! Highly recommended!
36 cups of Oreo’s or 36 Oreo’s?
36 oreos
What does this mean? 1 oz pkg. brick cream cheese – softened, 8 Does it mean 8 ounces total? And I don’t understand what the “about 3” means after this ingredient. 36 cups OREO Cookies – finely crushed (about 3 )
So so Sorry when I updated my website, some of the recipe measurements got wonky. I fixed it for you. Thanks 🙂
4 4oz pkgs of chocolate? So, a POUND of chocolate?
That is correct. 16 oz of baking chocolate.