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These quick and easy no bake Oreo Balls are shaped like footballs to make a fun and festive game day snack that everyone will love! Made with only 5 ingredients, these truffles can easily be decorated for any occasion.
These Oreo Ball Football Truffles are hands down the winner of any game day. They are a fun recipe to make, just like our Oreo Cookie Bars, if you have children be sure to put their little hands to use in shaping the truffles. These little treats are guaranteed to be the first things gone when you have a get together. The football shape makes them perfect for the big game, but you can of course always form these into a ball shape for any occasion.
All the details about these Oreo Truffles:
- Flavor: be ready for chocolate overload. These truffles are loaded with chocolate flavoring and coated in chocolate, so of course, these are a chocolate lovers dream.
- Texture: due to mixing crushed cookies with cream cheese, these have a creamy, dense texture on the inside.
- Ease: only 5 ingredients are needed for these truffles: cookies, cream cheese, dipping chocolate, white chocolate for the design and oil to ensure a smooth finish.
- Time: hands on time will include about 30 minutes, between prepping ingredients, forming the truffles and dipping. The rest of the the recipe is hands off chilling time.
Ingredients Needed:
Notes on some ingredients:
- Cookies: use regular sized chocolate cookies, you can of course substitute for any flavoring you would prefer.
- Cream Cheese: this holds together the cookie filling into a truffle shape.
- Semi Sweet Chocolate: using a semi sweet chocolate helps to balance flavors and ensure that the resulting truffle isn’t overly sweet.
- White Chocolate: grab a bar or some chocolate chips. Be sure to take your time when melting white chocolate as it can be quite temperamental.
- Oil: this helps the chocolate melt nice and smooth.
How to Make Oreo Football Truffles
- Step 1 & 2: Place the cookies in a food processor and blend until only crumbs remain. (If you don’t have a processor you can place the cookies in a bag and crush using a rolling pin.)
- Step 3 & 4: Combine the crushed cookies with the softened cream cheese and stir to combine to a thick creamy mixture.
- Step 5: Divide the truffle mixture into tablespoon size amounts, shaping into round balls by rolling in your hands, and then gently pinching the ends to shape into footballs. Chill in freezer for up to 30 minutes.
- Step 6: Dip the truffles into melted chocolate. If you have chocolate dipping tools use those for ease, otherwise you can use forks to carefully dip into chocolate, wipe off excess and then place on baking sheet to allow to set.
- Step 7: Place white chocolate into a piping bag and add the white lines to resemble a football. Chill the truffles again in the refrigerator for 30 minutes before serving.
Expert Tips:
- Chill the truffles before dipping to ensure that the truffles don’t soften too much in the warm chocolate.
- Smooth Finish: adding the small amount of coconut oil to the chocolate helps to ensure that the melted chocolate is smooth and shiny, this will give a nice smooth finish to your truffles.
- Tools: Don’t have a processor? Simply place the cookies in a bag and crush with a rolling pin. If you don’t have a piping bag for the white chocolate you can carefully drizzle with a small spoon if needed.
FAQ’s:
When making them, you can place the truffles in the freezer or the refrigerator to get them nice and chilled for dipping. For storage, they can be stored in a sealed container in the refrigerator for up to 2 weeks, or up to 2 months in the freezer.
This can happen if you are using double stuffed cookies, this means there is more filling to the cookies and can make a sticky mixture. Make sure you are grabbing the regular sized cookies.
The cracking can happen if they are chilled too long before dipping. Be sure you are only chilling for the amount of time specified in the recipe card below.
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- No Bake Peanut Butter Brownie Bites
- Fresas Con Crema (Strawberries and Cream)
- Cinnamon Sugar Tortillas
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OREO Cookie Balls Footballs
Ingredients
- 8 oz cream cheese softened to room temperature
- 36 OREO Cookies finely crushed (about 3 cups)
- 3 (4 oz) semi sweet chocolate bars coarsely chopped
- 1 ¼ tsp coconut oil divided
- 4 oz white chocolate coarsely chopped
Instructions
- Prepare a large baking sheet with parchment paper or a silicone baking sheet. Set aside.
- Add cookies to a food processor and pulse until only crumbs.
- MIX cream cheese with a hand mixer until smooth and creamy, then add in the cookie crumbs and stir together until combined.
- Roll cookie truffle dough into 1-inch balls, using approximately 1 tablespoon of dough, and shape into an oval football shape. Place on prepared baking sheet. Continue until all truffle dough is used. You should have about 32-35 balls total. Place in freezer to chill for at least 30 minutes.
- MELT the chocolate during the last few minutes of the chilling time. You can melt it in a double boiler or the microwave. If using the microwave: place the chocolate and 1 tsp of oil in a medium heat-proof bowl. Melt in 20 second increments stirring after each time increment until completely melted and smooth. Let the warm chocolate sit for 5 minutes to slightly cool before dipping.
- Remove cookie truffles from the freezer. Working with 1 at a time, dip into the chocolate, then carefully lift out using a fork. Tap the fork gently on the side of the bowl to remove excess chocolate. Use a toothpick or another fork to help you slide the truffle off of the fork and back onto the baking sheet.
- Melt the white chocolate by adding to a small heat-proof bowl with 1/4 teaspoon of coconut oil. You can melt in a double-broiler or the microwave. If using the microwave follow the same instructions from melting the chocolate.
- Add the white chocolate to a piping bag fitted with a small tip, then draw the lines on top of the football truffles to decorate.
- Refrigerate the truffles for at least 30 minutes before serving.
Video
Equipment
Notes
- Cookies: use regular sized chocolate cookies, you can of course substitute for any flavoring you would prefer.
- Storage: store in a sealed container in the refrigerator for up to 2 weeks. These can be frozen and stored in a sealed container for up to 2 months. Remove to the refrigerator to thaw overnight before serving.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Recipe first published January 19, 2015. Updated January 28, 2022 with new images and video. Recipe is unchanged.
Photography done by the talented @KJandCompany.co
Can you freeze these for a few days before serving? Would love to make them for a superbowl party but would need to plan ahead!
Yes you can freeze them!
Are you supposed to keep the oreo filling in when you crumble them?
Yes! Crumble the entire cookie 🙂
Those OREO Cookie Balls looks like you could just pick one up and hurl it through the air toward the receiver waiting in the end zone. 🙂 They’re flawless! You have to come make my OREO cookie balls next time. 🙂 #client
Thanks so much Summer! I’ve been working on dipping things in chocolate 🙂 practice makes perfect!!
I can see why they wouldn’t last long…I mean who can turn down oreos, chocolate and peanut butter?! Not me!
i really love oreos and oreos.
These little Oreo footballs are adorable! Perfect for Superbowl.
These are so stinkin’ cute! And OREO Balls are always such a hit!
How fun are these?! Perfect for snacking! So cute!
You did a great job with these – one of my favorite treats!!
Super cute and Oreo balls are my favorite treat!
All these football treats I am seeing are so creative! Almost wish I enjoyed football… Then again, there is no reason to actually like football to make these 🙂
They can be made just as round truffles, too; I only had them for the first time last Thanksgiving, the round ones, and they were FABULOUS!!!! I didn’t make them myself, but my niece’s husband said they’re “seriously easy, A.J.”