OREO-Cherry Bomb Cookie Balls
Time1h 55min
Makes60 servings
Ingredients
- 1 pkg. brick cream cheese, (8 oz.), softened
- 36 OREO Cookies, finely crushed
- 60 maraschino cherries with stems, patted dry
- 4 pkg. white baking chocolate, (4 oz. each), melted
- 2 Tbsp. multi-colored sprinkles (red, white and blue)
Putting it together
- 1.Mix cream cheese and cookie crumbs until blended.
- 2.Shape into 60 (3/4-inch) balls, using about 1 tsp. cream cheese mixture for each ball; press to flatten. Top each with 1 cherry, stem side up; wrap cream cheese mixture around cherry to completely enclose cherry. Place in shallow pan. Freeze 10 min.
- 3.Cover rimmed baking sheet with waxed paper. Hold cherry stems to dip cookie balls, 1 at a time, into melted chocolate, turning to completely coat all sides of each ball with chocolate. Place on prepared baking sheet. Decorate as shown in photo.
- 4.Refrigerate 1 hour or until firm. Keep refrigerated.
Tips and Tricks
Substitute: Prepare using 16 oz. white candy coating wafers.
Special Extra: Decorate with melted red and blue candy coating wafers and/or red and blue colored sugars.
Halve the Recipe: For a smaller group, this recipe can be easily halved. Just halve all the ingredients and roll into 30 balls, using 1 tsp. cream cheese mixture for each ball. Continue as directed. Makes 30 servings, 1 cookie ball each.
Food Facts: You will need to purchase 2 (16-oz.) jars of maraschino cherries to get the 60 cherries needed to prepare this recipe.
Nutritional Information
Makes 60 Servings