Ugly Christmas Sweater OREO Cookie Balls

Time1h 45min
Makes40 servings

Ingredients

  • 1 pkg. (8 oz.) brick cream cheese, softened
  • 36 OREO Cookies, finely crushed
  • 2 pkg. (4 oz. each) semi-sweet baking chocolate, melted
  • ⅓ cup decorations (colored sugars, colored sprinkles and assorted small holiday candies)
  • 2 pkg. (4 oz. each) white baking chocolate, melted

Putting it together

  1. 1.
    Mix cream cheese and cookie crumbs until blended; shape into 40 (1-inch) balls. Place on waxed paper-covered rimmed baking sheet. Freeze 10 min.
  2. 2.
    Dip 20 cookie balls, a few at a time, into melted semi-sweet chocolate, turning to evenly coat each ball with chocolate. Return to baking sheet. Immediately add decorations as desired to make balls resemble ugly Christmas sweaters.
  3. 3.
    Repeat with remaining cookie balls, using melted white chocolate and remaining decorations.
  4. 4.
    Refrigerate 1 hour or until firm.

Tips and Tricks

How to Store:Keep cookie balls refrigerated.
Substitute:Substitute assorted colors of melted candy coating wafers for the melted chocolates.
How to Easily Dip the Cookie Balls:Keep cookie balls refrigerated until ready to dip in the melted chocolate. Then, 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; decorate and refrigerate until firm.

Nutrition Information

Calories:130
Total fat:8g
Saturated fat:4g
Trans fat:0g
Cholesterol:5mg
Sodium:70mg
Total Carbohydrate:16g
Dietary fiber:1g
Total sugars:12g
Protein:1g
Calcium:2% DV
Iron:2% DV