# OREO-Cherry Bomb Cookie Balls

Source: https://www.oreo.com/recipe/oreo-cherry-bomb-cookie-balls-317631

Servings: 60 · Total time: 1h 55min

Need a patriotic holiday dessert for a crowd? These fun, bite size cookie balls look like fireworks with the maraschino cherry stem coming out of the top!

## Ingredients

- 1 pkg. (8 oz.) brick cream cheese, softened
- 36 OREO Cookies, finely crushed
- 60 maraschino cherries with stems, patted dry
- 4 pkg. (4 oz. each) white baking chocolate, melted
- 2 Tbsp. multi-colored sprinkles (red, white and blue)

## Directions

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.

## Nutritional Information

- Calories: 100
- Total fat: 5g
- Saturated fat: 3g
- Trans fat: 0g
- Cholesterol: 5mg
- Sodium: 50mg
- Total Carbohydrate: 14g
- Dietary fiber: 0g
- Total sugars: 11g
- Added sugars: 10g
- Protein: 1g
- Vitamin D: 0% DV
- Calcium: 2% DV
- Iron: 2% DV
- Potassium: 0% DV

## Tips

- Prepare using 16 oz. white candy coating wafers.
- Decorate with melted red and blue candy coating wafers and/or red and blue colored sugars.
- 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.
- You will need to purchase 2 (16-oz.) jars of maraschino cherries to get the 60 cherries needed to prepare this recipe.