Description
Sweet Easter egg oreo balls combine creamy chocolate and crunchy cookie textures in one delightful treat. Festive dessert bites bring joy to holiday celebrations with their irresistible blend of rich flavors and smooth chocolate coating.
Ingredients
Scale
Main Ingredients:
- 1 package (14.3 ounces / 406 grams) Oreo cookies
- 1 package (8 ounces / 227 grams) cream cheese, softened
- 12 ounces (340 grams) white chocolate chips or candy melts
Decorative Ingredients:
- Food coloring (pink, blue, yellow, or favorite spring colors)
- Sprinkles (optional, for decorating)
Instructions
- Pulverize Oreo cookies, including the cream filling, into fine, uniform crumbs using a food processor, ensuring no large chunks remain.
- Incorporate softened cream cheese into the cookie crumbs, mixing thoroughly until a cohesive, smooth mixture forms that holds together easily.
- Carefully mold the blend into egg-like shapes using gentle hand pressure, creating uniform oval forms approximately one tablespoon in size.
- Transfer the shaped confections onto a parchment-lined tray and place in the freezer to solidify for approximately 20-30 minutes, which will enhance their structural integrity.
- Prepare chocolate coatings by melting white chocolate or candy melts in separate bowls, following precise package instructions to achieve a silky, glossy consistency.
- Customize chocolate colors by adding strategic drops of food coloring, creating a vibrant palette for your Easter egg design.
- Carefully submerge each chilled Oreo egg into the colored chocolate using a fork, allowing excess coating to drip off before returning to the parchment-lined surface.
- Embellish the chocolate-covered eggs with festive sprinkles or complementary chocolate drizzles while the coating remains slightly wet.
- Allow the decorated eggs to set completely at room temperature or expedite the process by chilling in the refrigerator.
- Store the finished Easter Egg Oreo Balls in an airtight container within the refrigerator, maintaining their texture and flavor for several days.
Notes
- Crushing Oreos completely ensures a smooth, consistent texture without large cookie chunks.
- Softening cream cheese at room temperature helps it blend seamlessly with cookie crumbs, preventing lumpy mixtures.
- Chilling the shaped eggs before dipping stabilizes them and prevents crumbling during chocolate coating.
- Use gel food coloring for vibrant, intense colors that won’t thin out the chocolate coating.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 15 minutes
- Category: Desserts, Snacks
- Method: Blending
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 20
- Calories: 246
- Sugar: 6 g
- Sodium: 218 mg
- Fat: 6 g
- Saturated Fat: 2 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 3 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 17 g
- Fiber: 2 g
- Protein: 34 g
- Cholesterol: 70 mg