Biting into a cake ball is yummy, but biting into Mint Oreo Balls is amazing! These Oreo Balls are the perfect no bake dessert for St. Patrick’s Day. The minty cream cheese mixture in the center makes these easy mint oreo truffles the perfect treat.
It’s nice to be able to make your own desserts. However, have you ever tried to make truffles or balls? Sometimes they can be a little difficult. With the upcoming holiday, I wanted to create a super simple recipe. Mint Oreo Truffle Balls are what I came up with and they are incredible!
You may also enjoy this Patriotic Oreo Balls recipe.
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❤️ Why You’ll Love This Recipe
- Mint taste – Regular chocolate balls are good, but these Mint Balls are literally so delicious, you’ll want to make them often.
- Unique– St. Patrick’s Day is almost here! These unique Mint Oreo Truffles are going to make dessert time even more fun and they are one of my favorite easy recipes.
- Great for gatherings – Let’s be honest, bringing Mint Balls to any gathering is going to make you look awesome! Make these mint balls for your next gathering.
🛒Ingredients
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- Mint Oreo Cookies or Chocolate sandwich cookie
- softened cream cheese
- semi-sweet chocolate, melted
- Fun Sprinkles, green candy melts, or candy coating for decorating
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🔪 How to Make Mint Oreo Truffles
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.
Dip balls into the melted chocolate and tap to remove the excess chocolate. Place the cookie ball on the lined baking sheet and immediately decorate with sprinkles or candy melts drizzle.
Place the cookie sheet in the refrigerator for about 1 hour or until firm.
Hint: If using candy melts, add vegetable shortening or coconut oil to the candy as it melts. This makes the candy spread move evenly and creates a smoother shell around the truffle.
📝Variations
If you’re looking for some ways to switch up these Mint Oreo Truffle Balls, then I have some ideas for you! The recipe will stay the same, but some of the recipe outcome will be different.
- Sprinkles on top – add green sprinkles on top of these Mint Oreo Balls. They are very fitting for the occasion!
- Different colored candy melts – green is an awesome color for St. Patrick’s Day, but you can also switch up the color of candy melts that you use!
- Gold dust – brush these Mint Oreo Truffle Balls with a little edible gold dust. It will make the chocolate balls look amazing!
If you love mint chocolate fun recipes you may also this Thin Mint Poke Cake recipe.
🥄 Equipment
- baking sheet
- parchment paper or wax paper
- microwave-safe bowl
- food processor
- double boiler – if you don’t want to melt the chocolate in the microwave.
🥫 Storage
The great thing about Mint Oreo Balls is that they will stay at room temperature for about 3 days in an airtight container or ziploc bag. The Mint Oreo Balls will stay in the fridge for about 3 weeks and in the freezer for about 2 months!
💭 Tips
- You want to crush the Oreo’s with the mint creme still inside them, so do not remove the filling.
- When are you dipping the truffles if you find that the balls are falling apart on you, place balls in the freezer for about 10 to 20 minutes to allow them to harden up and that should stop them from falling apart so quickly.
- You can also dip these in white chocolate, dark chocolate, or milk chocolate if you want a different flavor of chocolate.
- Regular Oreos can be used instead of mint if you add a 1/2 teaspoon of peppermint extract instead.
- For an extra mint flavor, you can add crushed candy canes to the cream cheese Oreo mixture.
- If you can’t find green candy melts for these Oreo cookie balls can be made with vanilla almond bark and green food coloring to make a green coating.
- Andes mints would also take these regular Oreo balls over the top and make them an excellent sweet treat.
- If you don’t want to microwave chocolate to melt it, you can use a double boiler instead.
⁉️ FAQ
Do you have questions about this recipe? Here are the answers to the most commonly asked questions.
In this particular recipe, Oreo Balls are made of cream cheese, chocolate, cookies, and candy melts.
When you coat something super cold, like Oreo balls with something hot, it has the tendency to crack the balls. Make sure the balls aren’t super cold when you are coating them.
Yes, you can mail Oreo Balls, but you may have to add a cooler lined with ice packs. You’ll also need to make sure you add extra packing to the mailer.
No, you can use any type of chocolate sandwich cookies.
🍽 More Truffle Recipe
Do you enjoy truffles? Try these delicious recipes:
- Peanut Butter Truffles
- Valentine’s Day Oreo Balls
- Grinch Oreo Balls
- Frog Oreo Balls
- Carrot Cake Truffles
🧾Mint Oreo Truffle Balls
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Mint Oreo Balls
Ingredients
- 16 ounces mint-flavored Oreo Chocolate Sandwich Cookies
- 8 ounces cream cheese softened
- 16 ounces semi-sweet chocolate melted
- Sprinkles and/or green candy melts for decorating
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.
- 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 or candy melt drizzle.
- 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 for up to 6 months.
Notes
- You want to crush the Oreo’s with the mint creme still inside them, so do not remove the filling.
- When are you dipping the truffles if you find that they balls are falling apart on you, place them in the freezer for about 10 to 20 minutes to allow them to harden up and that should stop them from falling apart so quickly.
- If you are using real chocolate instead of candy melts, make sure that you temper your chocolate with shortening or oil so that it has a smooth finish.
Nutrition
These were very mint and the family gobbled them up.