Oreo Truffles

*4 to 8 ounces Cream Cheese, use just enough to keep together in a ball
*Family Size bag of Oreo Cookies, Oreo centers removed and discard
*dash of salt
*1 to 2 cups of dark or milk Ghirardelli chocolate chips (Add 1 tablespoon shortening to 1 cup of chocolate chips, melt in the microwave in glass cup with shortening in 30 second increments until melted.)

Blend in food processor Oreos until small crumbs.

In a stand mixer cream together the cream cheese and Oreo crumbs until all the cream cheese is well combined into the crumbs and cream cheese is no longer visible.

Roll Oreo mixture into teaspoon sized balls, place them onto wax paper and refrigerate for 2 hours then remove a few at a time from the fridge to dip into melted chocolate, dipping each ball individually into the melted chocolate and let dry/set on a piece of wax paper, drizzle with melted chocolate, let dry/set. Then refrigerate until ready to eat. Eat truffles within a couple of days. Great for gift for Valentines, Christmas or after dinner treat.

Note: Refrigerate truffles as soon as the chocolate is set to prevent sinking.

Enjoy!

Jessica and Lindy

This recipe is a twist on the no-bake oatmeal cookies for an extra chocolate taste for a holiday treat.

Note: You may want to cut this recipe in half, it makes about 30 truffles and you need to work quickly in rolling them into truffle balls.

No-Bake Oatmeal Truffles

*2 cups sugar
*1/4 cup powder baking cocoa
*Pinch of salt

Put in a stock pot the above ingredients and whisk together.

Add:

*1 stick of butter
*1/2 cup milk of your choice I use skim milk

Turn on the stove to medium heat and bring to a boil for two minutes stirring while it boils. Remove from heat.

Add:

*3/4 cup chunky or smooth peanut butter
*1 teaspoon of vanilla

Note: I added a 1/4 cup more of the peanut butter than the original recipe asks for which was 1/2 cup of the peanut butter. (I added more to help keep the nests together.) *

*1 1/2 cups old fashion oatmeal
*1 1/2 cups quick cooking oatmeal
*1-2 tablespoons Flax Seed, optional

Add oatmeal to chocolate mixture into the stock pot and mix well.

Cool mixture just until you can handle mixture and roll mixture into 1 tablespoon sized round balls.

Dipping Truffles

Dip balls into dipping chocolate or almond Bark or with chocolate chips (If using Chocolate chips, melt 1 tablespoon of shortening to each cup of chocolate chips that you use when melting to dip Truffle balls.)

Caramel Drizzle

Melt about 8 fresh/soft Kraft caramel squares in a microwaveable cup in the microwave adding 1 teaspoon of water, more if needed to make it smooth enough to drizzle over dipped no-bake oatmeal balls/truffles.

Enjoy!

Lindy