And yet, I have never made any, myself. A shipping address for my collegiate brother, who happens to love Oreo Truffles, seemed the perfect time to make them.
I decided on Peanut Butter, and Golden Oreo Truffles. First up, of course, was to get the ingrediants. I purchased the Oreos and cream cheese the evening before I planned on making them, and having still three hungry siblings in the house, I decided to mark them so there was no doubt as to their availability for general consumption. ^_^
I measured out about 2/3 of the Oreos and put them in a bag to be crushed. The recipe calls for 3 cups to mix with one box of cream cheese, and since a whole package of Oreos is about 4 1/2 cups, I figured this should be about right. It was. :)
Crushing them with a rolling pin was not the best way to do it, I found out. I pounded them with a wooden mallet. That worked better. ^_^
Next up, I mixed in the cream cheese. It made for a rather gooey mess, and I had to refrigerate them before rolling them into balls.
Then, I rolled them into balls, and popped them back into the refrigerator before dipping them in chocolate.
Rolling them in chocolate proved a bit harder than I thought. I think it might have had something to do with the fact that I used chocolate chips, instead of real baking chocolate, since it was cheaper. ^_^ You're supposed to use 8 squares of semi-sweet baking chocolate. I used a large handful of chocolate chips. :P
I covered the Golden truffles with white chocolate, and the Peanut Butter truffles with milk chocolate. Then I drizzled the opposite color on top to make them more decorative. :P
Jake, they're on their way to Virginia! :D
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