No Bake Oreo Truffles

These No Bake Oreo Truffles are decadent chocolate cake balls stuffed with gooey Oreo and cream cheese filling. Made with only 3 key ingredients, they are easy to make, and it doesn’t even require switching on the oven!

Oh, Oreo Truffles, how I love thee…If you ever have a bad day, these Oreo balls will sure make everything better!

Looking for more sweets and treats? Don’t forget to also check out some of my other favorites: Chocolate Peanut Butter Fudge, Chocolate Marshmallow Cookies and Peanut Butter Rice Krispie Treats.

We love Oreo Truffles!

Why I love these No Bake Oreo Truffles:

• You heard it right. These are indeed no bake Oreo Truffles! Think serious summer heat coming up, and you can get oh-so delish desserts without switching on that heat-producing-device call the oven. Winning.

• Only THREE ingredients! Which translates to easy peasy. You can top the oreo cream cheese truffles with additional ingredients such as sprinkles and/or melted white chocolate to make them look prettier like I did in Exhibit A (below), but you really only need three key ingredients to make these No Bake Oreo Truffles taste wowza – lots of chocolate chips, lots of Oreos and a block of cream cheese.

• Pure deliciousness! Not to mention addictive, like makes-you-dream-about-it addictive. They are kinda like chocolate covered Oreo cake balls. To say I have developed an obsession with these No Bake Oreo Truffles is an understatement.

No Bake Oreo Balls

The person responsible for all this Oreo Truffle/ Oreo Ball business is my friend, Lisa.

John and I have been eating copious amount of Oreo Truffles since the day she made it for a party years ago. Let’s just say we loved every single bite of it, and so did our waistlines.

Lisa got this recipe from her mom, who got it from somebody else.

So the bottom line is, we really don’t know where this No Bake Oreo Truffles recipe came from, but I would like to take a minute and just give sincere gratitude to Lisa, Lisa’s mom and that anonymous person who invented these glorious truffles, because these no bake Oreo Truffles are LIFE.

And that produces pure delight, joy and happiness for mankind.

How to Make No Bake Oreo Truffles

Let me just say this though. Prior to this, I would never in a million years mix Oreo and cream cheese together, but I’m telling you, some things just work, and THIS is one of them.

Together they make this sweet, gooey, cake-like/brownie-like amazingness that is Oreo Truffles.

Trust it, friend. Just trust it. And you can thank me later.

Step 1: Form Oreo Balls

When I first got this No Bake Oreo Truffles recipe from Lisa, I would put Oreos in a zip lock bag and have John pound it with a rolling pin until they become little pieces because he is the stronger human being of the two of us.

Or maybe I tend to boss him around the kitchen (sometimes).

Then Lisa told me she crushes the Oreos up in a food processor. Talk about a time-saver! That takes five seconds, literally. You can use a blender too if you have that instead.

After crushing up the Oreos, add softened cream cheese and mix/crush it further. This whole process takes less than a minute. It’s amazing. And kinda life changing.

And if you do not have a food processor or blender, another option is to use a hand held mixer to mix the crushed Oreo cookies into the cream cheese.

Then shape the mixture into small 1-1 1/2 inch Oreo balls.

Step 2: Dip in chocolate

Freeze the Oreo balls for about 1 hour because it makes the process of dipping them into chocolate a lot easier if they are firmer.

When you are ready to dip them into chocolate, bring chocolate chips to a bowl and heat them in a microwave in 20-second increments.

That means putting it in the microwave for 20 seconds, bringing it out, stirring, putting them back into the microwave, and repeat until all the chocolate chips are melted.

Next, dipping techniques. This is the messy but fun part. Here are a few ways to coat the Oreo Truffles in chocolate:

• Sit ball on a fork and submerse it into the melted chocolate. You might need a spoon to assist in covering it completely in chocolate. Then place the chocolate-coated balls back onto the wax paper using the fork.
• Prick ball with toothpick, then dip into chocolate. Use this technique only if the balls are still cold and firm; it will fall apart if it is not. You will probably also need a spoon to completely cover the ball with chocolate (especially if your bowl isn’t deep enough). Place the ball on the wax paper and gentle wiggle the toothpick to remove it from the ball.

Step 3: Decorate Oreo Truffles

After dipping all the Oreo balls into chocolate and placing them on wax paper, bring them back to the fridge to refrigerate for 30 minutes.

Decorating with Sprinkles

If you want to decorate the truffles with sprinkles, do so while the chocolate is still wet and before you refrigerate the truffles.

Decorating with white chocolate

If you are decorating with white chocolate, wait until Oreo truffles firms up after being refrigerated.

Then melt some white chocolate chips in microwave in 20-second increments, then add melted white chocolate into a zip lock bag.

Squeeze them into a corner and cut a small slit (start as small as possible) on the corners.

Then you can squeeze the white chocolate out from the corner to draw thin lines (or anything really) on the Oreo truffles.

This is the same decorating technique used in my Chocolate Covered Strawberry recipe. There are more detailed step-by-step pictures on the Chocolate Covered Strawberry post to show you how to do this!

I’m telling you, these No Bake Oreo Truffles are one of my favorite year round dessert!

We love it during the holidays because they are always such a hit at holiday parties and gatherings.

Oreo Balls also happen to be perfect during the spring/summer dessert as no baking is required and you don’t have to turn on the oven.

In addition, it is also an amazing make-ahead-of-time dessert for parties, showers, snacks for anytime!

No Bake Oreo Truffles keeps well for days and if you have much to do for an event, you can make it when you have time/way ahead of time!

For me, the most challenging part to master in this whole Oreo Truffles making process is the dipping the balls into chocolate. But just practice it on the first few Oreo Balls and you will be a pro before the batch is over!

The chocolate looks messier prior to refrigerating. Somehow after refrigeration the chocolate hardens and the truffles will firm up and look way more professional compared to right after you dip them into chocolate.

Also, let’s face it. No Bake Oreo Truffles with messy chocolate coatings and not-messy chocolate coatings TASTE THE SAME!

So whatever the mess, you will forget about it once you bite into these addictive, yummy Oreo Truffles!

Tips and Tricks

Here are a few tips for making these No Bake Oreo Truffles:

• If you have a food processor, throw in the Oreo and cream cheese and pulse to combine it. It will take less than a minute to blend it all up and bring it together. If you do not have a food processor, you’ll have to pound the Oreos into small pieces and mix it into softened cream cheese (watch my video to see how I do it). Still very worth it! 🙂
• Make sure to freeze the Oreo and cream cheese balls before coating them with melted chocolate. When they are refrigerated, they will harden and are a lot easier to handle.

Storage Information

I typically store my No Bake Oreo Truffles in the freezer. They keep for weeks in the freezer.

Before serving, I sometimes leave it in the refrigerator for an hour or leave it out for about 20 minutes before serving so that it’s easier to bite into.

Friends, these No Bake Oreo Truffles are too good to pass up! We love it in our household, and devour these little things like nobody’s business.

I have this feeling you are gonna feel the same way about these Oreo Balls!

More Oreo Desserts

Check out another Oreo favorites on the blog:

• The Best Cookies and Cream Ice Cream
• No-Bake Chocolate Tart (with Oreo crust!)

Other Chocolate Desserts

• Chocolate Marshmallow Cookies
• Molten Chocolate Lava Cake
• Mini Chocolate Chess Pie
• S’mores Ice Cream
• S’mores Bars
• Caramel White Chocolate Chip Chocolate Cookies
• Homemade Hot Chocolate

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