These Oreo balls combine finely crushed Oreo cookies and cream cheese into a smooth, rollable dough, then get dipped in milk chocolate and finished with a white chocolate drizzle. This no-bake dessert works well for make-ahead prep, holiday trays, and gifting.
Place Oreo cookies in the bowl of a food processor and pulse until they have been broken down into fine, even crumbs.
Add the cream cheese and vanilla extract directly to the Oreo crumbs and pulse until the mixture combines evenly and comes together, making a “dough.”
Use a 1½ tablespoon cookie scoop to scoop balls of the Oreo mixture onto a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Use your hands to roll them into smooth balls, if desired.
Place the baking sheet with Oreo balls into the freezer to harden for about 20 minutes.
Once the balls are firmed up, place the melting wafers into a microwave-safe bowl. (Keep the milk chocolate and white chocolate wafers in separate bowls.)
Heat in 30-second increments, stirring between each, until the wafers are mostly melted.
Stop heating and continue stirring until the mixture is fully melted and smooth.
Remove several Oreo balls from the freezer at a time. Use a fork to dip and roll each Oreo ball in the melted chocolate. Lift from the chocolate, tap to remove excess chocolate, and place on a sheet of wax paper or parchment paper to set.
Continue dipping and setting Oreo balls – coat half of the balls in milk chocolate and half of the balls in white chocolate.
When the balls are set (this only takes a few seconds), drizzle the top with the opposite type of chocolate for contrast. You could also top with crushed Oreo crumbs, sprinkles, chocolate curls, etc.
Serve immediately or store in a cool location until serving.
Notes
The Ghirardelli brand of chocolate wafers that come in a 10-ounce bag measures out to 1½ cups.
If you prefer to use chocolate chips (and/or white chocolate chips) instead of the melting chocolate for the chocolate coating, follow the same instructions for melting and dipping, but add about 1 teaspoon of shortening per cup of chips when melting.
Turn these delicious treats into a peppermint version by adding a little peppermint extract to the Oreo and cream cheese mixture.