Oreo Balls

            The holiday season is a great time to try new foods or try old foods in a new way. One thing you might want to try, if you haven’t already are Oreo balls. They are heaven on earth.

            Just like cake balls, Oreo balls have become a sensation. Just the other day I was scrolling through my twitter feed and saw a video that Nabisco posted advertising Oreo balls. It was about this guy who couldn’t cook so he made Oreo balls. Basically the video was showing how easy Oreo balls are to make.

 

            It’s true too! They’re super easy! All you have to do if you want to make Oreo balls is buy some Oreos (or if you want to save money you can get the knockoff brand), cream cheese, and chocolate or vanilla flavored almond bark. If you want to know more about chocolate I talked about it in an earlier post.

            The first step to making these delicious treats starts with crushing up a bag of Oreos. If you want to take the easier route, just put them in the food processor and give them a buzz. That’s what my sister and I did tonight and it saves a bunch of time.

Once your Oreos are all crushed up, you’re going to want to put them in a fairly large bowl. If you’re cream cheese is right out of the refrigerator take microwave it for a little bit to make sure that it’s soft enough to stir into the Oreos. Once your cream cheese is soft enough, cut it into cubes then drop it in the bowl with the Oreos. You’re going to want to mix them together thoroughly otherwise you’ll have chunky Oreo balls, and that would be gross (It’s easier to use something like a potato masher to mix them together, compared to using a spoon, because they’re kind of sticky).

Next, take your mixture and form it into balls, and put them in the fridge for an hour. It’s extremely hard to dip the balls in the almond bark if they aren’t hard, so this step is very important. Once they’ve been in there for an hour it’s time to melt the almond bark.

I prefer using the vanilla almond bark but, chocolate almond bark works great too! Using toothpicks is the easiest way to dip the balls into the almond bark. I’ve tried a fork and it’s just too messy for me.

Before the almond bark hardens you can add fun topping like sprinkles or M&M’s. It makes them look more fun and festive around the holiday season, or for whatever occasion you’re making them for.