Oreo balls are a super easy and downright irresistible 4-ingredient chocolate treat you can make at home. Choose regular, golden, or another flavor of Oreo cookies, mix with a little cream cheese, and use white or dark chocolate for coating each ball. Keep them plain or add some chocolate drizzles, festive sprinkles, or crushed Oreo cookies—they disappear off your dessert tray no matter how you decorate!
Along with peppermint bark, peanut butter balls, and rum balls, this is one of my favorite non-cookie goodies to fill a holiday cookie platter. Have you ever tried these before? They’re a super popular phenomenon and you’ll find recipes for them all over the internet. My dear friend, Amy, and I have been making them every December for nearly 2 decades. You need just 4 ingredients, and people always, always rave about them. What’s not to love?!
I’ve had a recipe for golden Oreo truffles on my website since 2012 and decided to turn it into an Oreo Balls post filled with different flavor ideas, decorating options, and all of my candy coating success tips. That’s what you’ll find today!
Here’s Why You’ll Love These Easy Treats
- You need just 4 ingredients
- No baking involved (save your oven for sugar cookies!)
- Like a chocolate truffle with a soft, rich Oreo cheesecake filling
- Choose your flavor of Oreo
- Choose white or dark chocolate for coating (or both!)
- Keep them plain, or decorate them for a holiday or theme
What Are Oreo Balls Made of?
Let Me Show You How to Make These Easy Candies
Just like when making an Oreo cookie crust, a food processor or blender grinds the Oreo cookies into fine crumbs. If you don’t have one, you can place the Oreos in a plastic zipped-top bag and crush them with a rolling pin. The whole cookie, cream filling and all.
What Types of Oreos Are Best to Use for These Truffles?
I usually get a lot of questions about dipping candies, and after writing an entire cookbook about candy, I have some advice that you might find helpful.
Let Me Show You How to Dip Oreo Balls
Troubleshooting & Success Tips
Optional Garnishes—Have Fun!
- Add a contrasting chocolate drizzle on top. If you coated the Oreo balls in white chocolate, melt some semi-sweet or dark chocolate, then transfer to a squeeze bottle and drizzle across the tops.
- Sprinkles or crushed Oreo crumbs—add when the chocolate is still wet.
- And I love all of these fun decorated Oreo balls you can find online! Here are Melted Snowmen Oreo Balls, Reindeer Oreo Cookie Balls, & Halloween Oreo Balls.
If you love Oreos, try this super easy cookies & cream pie, homemade Oreos, cookies & cream puppy chow, or cookies and cream sheet cake next.
4-Ingredient Oreo Balls Recipe
Ingredients You’ll Need
Instructions
- Place the Oreos (the entire cookies, filling and cookie) in a food processor or blender. Pulse into a fine crumb.
- Using a hand-held or stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment (or just continue using the food processor if it’s large enough), beat/pulse the Oreo crumbs with the softened cream cheese until combined.
- Using a Tablespoon, scoop out a spoonful of the mixture (about 18–22g each) and, using your hands, roll into a ball. Place balls on baking sheets or plates lined with parchment paper. If the mixture is too sticky, refrigerate for 15 minutes before rolling into balls. Cover and refrigerate the balls for at least 1 hour and up to 3 days. If you’re in a rush, cover and freeze the balls for 30 minutes. (Do not freeze much longer than that, unless you transfer them to the refrigerator after 30 minutes.)
- Place chopped chocolate and oil in a glass bowl or a 2-cup liquid measuring cup—its depth makes dipping really easy. Melt in 20-second increments in the microwave, stirring after each increment, until completely melted and smooth. You can also melt the chocolate using a double boiler, or a heatproof bowl placed over a pot of simmering water. Stir constantly until melted. Let the warm chocolate sit for 5 minutes to slightly cool before dipping, otherwise it will melt the shaped Oreo balls.
- Working with one Oreo ball at a time, submerge into the melted chocolate and swirl to coat; carefully lift out using a fork or dipping tool. Tap the fork/tool gently on the side of the bowl/measuring cup to let excess chocolate drip off. Use a toothpick to help slide the truffle off of the fork and onto a lined plate or baking sheet; or, if using the candy dipping tool, turn upside down to release.
- If desired, top with sprinkles or Oreo crumbs while the chocolate is still wet. If you have leftover or another melted chocolate, use a spoon or a squeeze bottle to drizzle it across the tops of the dipped truffles.
- Refrigerate balls for at least 1 hour to allow the chocolate to set before serving. Once chocolate is set, you can store them in an airtight container in the refrigerator, layered with parchment or wax paper, for up to 2 weeks.
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