# Game Day Spirit Cookie Footballs

Source: https://www.oreo.com/recipe/game-day-spirit-cookie-footballs-304110

Servings: 48 · Total time: 1h 30min

Celebrate the game with these fun cookie ball footballs - dipped in chocolate and decorated in your favorite team's colors. They'll be the hit of the tailgate.

## Ingredients

- 1 pkg. (8 oz.) brick cream cheese, softened
- 36 OREO Cookies, finely crushed
- 4 pkg. (4 oz. each) semi-sweet baking chocolate, melted
- 2 Tbsp. EACH of 2 different colors decorating icing

## Directions

1. Mix cream cheese and cookie crumbs until blended.
2. Shape into 48 (1-inch) football shapes. Freeze 10 min.
3. Cover rimmed baking sheet with waxed paper. Dip cream cheese footballs, 1 at a time, into melted chocolate, turning to evenly coat all sides of each football with chocolate; place on prepared baking sheet.
4. Use icings to draw laces on footballs.
5. Refrigerate 1 hour or until chocolate is firm. Keep refrigerated.

## Nutritional Information

- Calories: 110
- Total fat: 7g
- Saturated fat: 3.5g
- Trans fat: 0g
- Cholesterol: 5mg
- Sodium: 60mg
- Total Carbohydrate: 13g
- Dietary fiber: 1g
- Total sugars: 9g
- Protein: 1g
- Calcium: 0% DV
- Iron: 4% DV

## Tips

- Melt 1 oz. of EACH of several different colors of candy coating wafers as directed on package. Use instead of the decorating icings to pipe the laces onto the footballs.
- Substitute 1/4 cup white decorating icing for the colored icings. Use to draw the laces on the footballs. Add sprinkles or nonpareils in the colors of the two football teams playing in the big game.
- Instead of shaping the cream cheese mixture into football shapes, roll it into 48 (1-inch) balls. Decorate with sprinkles or icings as desired.
- Substitute 1 cup peanut butter for the softened cream cheese.
- Store in tightly covered container in refrigerator.