25 Days of Christmas Recipes - Oreo Truffles

We're back with the 25 Days of Christmas Recipes!  Holy cow, I can't believe a year has gone by!  We're starting out our 25 days with one of my favorite cookies - Oreos!  Simply put, I cannot eat just one.  I love me some Oreos and milk.  Mmmmmm.  I've tried these before, and they are so yummy.  If you don't like the challenge of making candy centers, this is a great alternative.  Plus you get your Oreo fix! 

Oreo Truffles

Ingredients:
1 pkg. Oreo Cookies, finely crushed, divided
1 pkg. (8 oz.) cream cheese, softened
2 pkg. (8 squares each) semi-sweet baking chocolate, melted

Directions:
1. Mix 3 cups of the cookie crumbs and the cream cheese until well blended. Shape into 42 (1-inch) balls.
2. Dip balls in melted chocolate; place on waxed paper-covered baking sheet. (Any leftover melted chocolate can be stored in tightly covered container at room temperature and saved for another use.) Sprinkle with remaining cookie crumbs.
3. Refrigerate for 1 hour or until firm. Store any leftover truffles in tightly covered container in refrigerator.

Now here's the fun part - I have tips for you this time!

How to Easily Dip Truffles: To easily coat truffles with the melted chocolate, add truffles, in batches, to bowl of melted chocolate. Then use two forks to roll truffles in chocolate until evenly coated. Remove the truffles with forks and allow excess chocolate to drip back into bowl before placing truffles on prepared baking sheet.

Special Extra: Sprinkle truffles with colored sugar or sprinkles in addition to or in place of the cookie crumbs.