Are you wanting to try a new holiday treat this year? Give these Grinch Oreo Balls a try! They are simple to make and always a party favorite.
Traditional Oreos come flat, but these Grinch Oreo Balls help change up the holidays in a good way. These balls are festive with green frosting, green sprinkles, and just a cute pink heart on top.
People love these Oreo Balls around the holidays because they are SO easy to make. You don’t have to spend hours in your kitchen making holiday treats. These take just a few minutes!
What are Oreo Balls?
Oreo balls are small balls of cream cheese, crushed Oreos, and then coated in a chocolate or candy coating. This no-bake dessert recipe is perfect for a quick and easy holiday snack at your parties!
If you’ve been around my blog for some time you know that I’m a sucker for history so did you know that Oreo’s were invented in 1912?
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Recipe Features
- No-Bake
- Less than five ingredients
- Kid-Friendly
- Festive and delicious!
- Freezer-friendly
- Looks beautiful on your dessert table
Ingredients
- Oreo Chocolate Sandwich Cookies
- cream cheese, softened
- melting chocolate candy melts, or almond bark
- Sprinkles
See the recipe card for quantities.
How to Make Grinch Oreo Balls
Place the cookies into a food processor and pulse until the cookies become fine crumbs.
Cut the cream cheese into chunks and add the cream cheese to the food processor. Pulse until the mixture is well blended and forms a large ball.
Using a small cookie scoop, portion the cookie dough into 1-inch balls and roll into a smooth ball.
Optional: For best results, freeze the oreo balls prior to decorating.
To freeze before dipping, place oreo balls on a parchment-lined baking sheet and then place in the freezer for 10 to 20 minutes or until firm. Freezing first makes dipping easier.
Dip each ball into the melted chocolate and tap to remove the excess chocolate. Place the cookie ball on the prepared cookie sheet and immediately decorate with sprinkles.
Be sure to work quickly when decorating your dessert so that the candy melts don’t harden before you are finished.
Substitutions
- Different colors – don’t have green candy melts on hand? Feel free to make the balls any color you have on hand!
- Toppings – you can really decorate these balls however you’d like!
When you need to change up a recipe, do it! Most recipes on this blog can handle substitutions. Use what you have on hand!
Variations
Do you want to change up this recipe and make it your own? Here are some ways that you can do that!
- White chocolate – you can totally add white chocolate to these Oreo balls!
- Frosting decor – if you don’t have sprinkles, you can add a touch of a red frosting heart on top.
Do you love the Grinch? Make sure you check out this Grinch Punch. It’s so fun and goes great with Grinch Oreo Balls!
Equipment
You don’t need a lot of kitchen tools to help you make this Christmas dessert. Gather up this equipment because you will love this festive dessert.
- food processor
- Baking Sheet
- Wax paper
- Cookie Scoop
Note – If you don’t have a food processor you can place your Oreo’s into a freezer bag and then crush them with a rolling pin or your hand.
Storage
Because these Grinch Oreo Balls are made with some dairy products, they should be stored in an airtight container and placed in the fridge. If you want them to not be as hard when you want to eat them, leave them on the counter for a few minutes. They will stay good in the fridge for a few days!
Tips
Be creative with these Oreo Balls. You can add as much detail to them as you want. You can also make them plain. The idea behind these chocolate balls is that you can enjoy them however you want!
It’s also important that you make sure that your cream cheese is completely softened before you start to make these Oreo Truffles! If your cream cheese is not completely soft you will have lumps of cream cheese instead of it being well mixed.
FAQ
Do you have questions about this recipe? Here are the answers to the most commonly asked questions.
If you follow the directions, you’ll have these Oreo balls made in no time.
Perhaps the best part of these Oreo Balls is that they don’t require any baking at all.
The answer is YES, you can! Simply put the Grinch Oreo Balls into an airtight container and place them in the freezer for up to six months!
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Grinch Oreo Balls
Equipment
- food processor
- Baking Sheet
- Wax paper
- Cookie Scoop
Ingredients
- 16 ounces Oreo Chocolate Sandwich Cookies
- 8 ounces cream cheese softened
- 16 ounces melting chocolate candy melts, or almond bark
- Sprinkles
Instructions
- Prepare a baking sheet with waxed paper.
- Place the cookies into a food processor and pulse until the cookies become fine crumbs.
- Cut the cream cheese into chunks and add the cream cheese to the food processor. Pulse until the mixture is well blended and forms a large ball.
- Using a small cookie scoop, portion the cookie dough into 1-inch balls and roll into a smooth ball.
- Optional: For best results, freeze the oreo balls prior to decorating. Freeze for 10 – 20 minutes.
- Dip each ball into the melted chocolate and tap to remove the excess chocolate. Place the cookie ball on the prepared cookie sheet and immediately decorate with sprinkles..
- Place the cookie sheet in the refrigerator for about 1 hour or until firm.
To Freeze
- Prepare the cookie balls as directed and place on the baking sheet.
- Put the baking sheet into the freezer until the cookie balls are frozen.
- Transfer the cookie balls to an airtight container. Seal and freeze up to 6 months.
Notes
Disclaimer:
Any nutritional data I provide is an approximation and actual dietary information can vary based on ingredients and proportion sizes.
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