Not too scary but so delicious, Halloween Oreo Truffles are as much fun to make as they are to eat. Monsters or bats you choose! An EASY Halloween treat that the kids will love to make.
Taylor wanted to make some Halloween treats to take to work and she didn’t want to take Halloween Bark, so we decided to go with a classic Oreo truffle. This is such an easy, no bake, recipe that has been around for years.
If you’ve never made an Oreo truffle, it’s just a package of original Oreos and a package of cream cheese that you combine in a food processor. Once combined you form them into balls and refrigerate so that they form firm balls for dipping. You can also use these to make turkey truffles for Thanksgiving.
We decided to make ours into bats and monsters using both milk chocolate and white chocolate. I wanted to make green and purple monsters so I thought I would give candy melts a try. After trying them on a few balls, I threw them in the trash. They are so difficult to work with and I don’t like the taste. Instead I just added food coloring to white chocolate wafers and I had beautifully smooth balls to decorate.
I was able to find regular eyes at the grocery but ordered the larger colored ones. If you have extra regular eye balls, save them for your Thanksgiving turkey truffles.
I made the Oreo truffles the day before and they were all ready for us to decorate when Taylor came over. It reminded me of decorating cookies when the girls were little. We had sprinkles and chocolate all over the kitchen.
How to make Oreo Truffles
Step 1: Take an entire package of regular Oreos, not double stuffed, and process in a food processor. Add cream cheese and process until well combined.
If you don’t have a food processor, put the Oreos in a resealable bag and crush them with a rolling pin or wine bottle. Then use a hand mixer to combine the cream cheese or use your hands.
Step 2: Use a small ice cream scoop to form into balls. If using a 1 1/2 tablespoon scoop you will get about 22 balls.
Step 3: Freeze for 15 minutes or refrigerate for 30 minutes or longer before dipping in chocolate.
If you freeze for longer than 15 minutes, let them warm up a bit or the chocolate will set immediately when you dip them.
Step 4: Melt chocolate in the microwave at medium power, stirring every 15 seconds until melted.
Step 5: Set a ball on the top of a fork and lower it into the chocolate to cover, let the excess chocolate run off the ball and using a sharp knife, slide it off he top of the fork.
Step 6: Decorate immediately before the chocolate hardens.
We started out making bats using thin Oreos for the wings. These were really simple and I love the way they turned out. However, when you have two artists in the kitchen, plain Jane bats got a little boring. Soon the bats had monster eyes and sprinkles for hair and then double wings. Once the creative juices got rolling we started with the monsters.
How to decorate Oreo Bats
Take a thin Oreo and cut it in half with a knife. Place one on each side of the dipped ball before the chocolate hardens and press them into the ball. Press eyeballs into the soft chocolate.
How to decorate Oreo Monsters
If you want to make different colored monsters, use white chocolate and food coloring. I found the gel food coloring gives a more vibrant color. Place one large eye ball on the dipped Oreo ball and add sprinkles for hair while the chocolate is still soft.
If you want to make mummies or eyeballs, get decorating tips on the pumpkin cheesecake ball post.
Helpful tips for dipping Halloween Oreo Truffles in Chocolate:
- Use just a small amount of chocolate in a microwave bowl, enough to dip about five balls. The chocolate cools quickly and five is about all I can dip before it gets too cool.
- Use a fork to lower and remove the dipped balls from the chocolate and a sharp knife to slide it off the fork onto parchment paper.
- Decorate before the chocolate hardens, you won’t have much time.
- Cover any holes with sprinkles, no one will ever know if they aren’t perfect.
- If the chocolate is not going on smooth, add a little bit of vegetable oil to the chocolate or place it back in the microwave.
We had an assembly line going and once I figured out that you need to dip the balls quickly before the chocolate cools, they turned out much prettier. However, we just put more sprinkles on the ugly ones and you couldn’t tell.
We had a great afternoon and I think our monsters and bats turned out pretty cute. One of the green monsters ended up looking like a frog which was my favorite.
And of course we needed some pink monsters. We decided the yellow ones looked like Minion monsters.
This can be a kid friendly activity but an adult will probably need to dip the Oreo balls.. If you like decorating, you’ll have fun making Sprinkle Cookies with Christmas trees and don’t forget turkey truffles for Thanksgiving.
If you’re not a chocolate fan, then make pumpkin cheesecake balls instead of Oreo balls. Another Fall favorite are frosted pumpkin cookies.
FAQ’s and tips
It’s a bit more work but easy to do. You will need to crush the Oreos. Place them in an airtight plastic bag and crush them with a rolling pin, wine bottle or hard bound book. If you have a hand mixer, use that to combine with cream cheese and if not use your hands. The softer the cream cheese the easier to combine.
You crush the entire cookie, filling and all.
You can freeze these before dipping, just make sure you let them warm up before dipping or the chocolate will set immediately.
Milk or semi-sweet chocolate wafers or white chocolate wafers. I find that it goes on smooth and tastes great.
More chocolate treats you’ll love
- The BEST brownies
- Chocolate cookies
- Gooey chocolate cobbler
- Chocolate poke cake
- Chocolate cream cheese cake
- Chocolate pie
- Chocolate cupcakes
- Peppermint fudge
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Halloween Oreo Truffles
Ingredients
- 1 Standard package Oreo cookies
- 8 ounces cream cheese
- 12 ounces milk chocolate or white chocolate wafers
Instructions
- Place the Oreos in a food processor, don’t separate. Pulse until you have fine crumbs. Add cream cheese.
- Using a 1 1/2 tablespoon ice cream scoop (or whatever size you preferoll into balls and place on parchment paper. Cover and freeze for 30 minutes or refrigerate at least 30 minutes or until ready to decorate.
- Place some of the chocolate wafers in a microwave safe bowl and microwave at 50% power for 2 minutes, stirring every 30 seconds.
- Using a fork quickly dip the Oreo ball into the chocolate mixture and using a knife, slide it onto parchment paper. Continue to dip all the balls as the chocolate will cool quickly. Have your decorations ready to decorate as soon as the balls are coated. Use thin Oreos for bat wings.
- Refrigerate or freeze.
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Notes
Recipe Tips
- Use just a small amount of chocolate in a microwave bowl, enough to dip about five balls.
- Use a fork to lower and remove the dipped balls from the chocolate and a sharp knife to slide it off the fork onto parchment paper.
- Decorate before the chocolate hardens, you won’t have much time.
- Cover any holes with sprinkles, no one will ever know if they aren’t perfect.
- If you don’t have food processor, place the Oreos in a resealable bag and crush with a rolling pin or wine bottle. Use your hands or a hand mixer to combine with the cream cheese.
- Use chocolate wafers or chocolate chips. Candy melts will not work as well.
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