# OREO-Cherry Cookie Balls

Source: https://www.oreo.com/recipe/oreo-cherry-cookie-balls-124152

Servings: 40 · Total time: 1h 30min

Celebrate the ones you love with these easy cookie balls filled with marachino cherries! Dipped in red chocolate, they're a beautiful sweet treat!

## Ingredients

- 1 pkg. (8 oz.) brick cream cheese, softened
- 36 OREO Cookies, finely crushed
- 40 maraschino cherries, patted dry
- 3 pkg. (4 oz. each) white baking chocolate, melted
- 8 drops red food coloring
- 2 tsp. red colored sugar

## Directions

1. Mix cream cheese and cookie crumbs until blended.
2. Shape into 40 (1-1/4-inch) balls; press to flatten. Top each with cherry; wrap cream cheese mixture around cherry to completely enclose cherry. Re-roll into balls. Freeze 10 min.
3. Mix melted chocolate and food coloring until blended. Dip balls in chocolate; place in single layer in shallow waxed paper-lined pan. Sprinkle with sugar. Refrigerate 1 hour or until firm.

## Nutritional Information

- Calories: 130
- Total fat: 7g
- Saturated fat: 3.5g
- Cholesterol: 10mg
- Sodium: 90mg
- Total Carbohydrate: 16g
- Dietary fiber: 0g
- Total sugars: 12g
- Protein: 1g
- Calcium: 2% DV
- Iron: 4% DV

## Tips

- Omit food coloring and colored sugar. Prepare using 12 oz. semi-sweet chocolate.
- To easily coat cookie balls with the melted chocolate, add balls, in batches, to bowl of melted chocolate. Use 2 forks to roll balls in chocolate until evenly coated. Remove balls with forks, letting excess chocolate drip back into bowl. Place balls in prepared pan; let stand until chocolate coating is firm.
- Store in tightly covered container in refrigerator.