OREO-Cherry Bomb Cookie Balls
Need a patriotic holiday dessert for a crowd? These fun, bite size cookie balls look like fireworks with the maraschino cherry stem coming out of the top!
Prep time45 min
Total time1hr 55min
ServingsMakes 60 servings, 1 cookie ball each.
Ingredients
- 1 pkg. (8 oz.) brick cream cheese, softened
- 36 OREO Cookies, finely crushed
- 60 maraschino cherries with stems, patted dry
- 4 pkg. (4 oz. each) white baking chocolate, melted
- 2 Tbsp. multi-colored sprinkles (red, white and blue)
Preparation
- Mix cream cheese and cookie crumbs until blended.
- Shape into 60 (3/4-inch) balls, using about 1 tsp. cream cheese mixture for each ball; press to flatten. Top each with 1 cherry, stem side up; wrap cream cheese mixture around cherry to completely enclose cherry. Place in shallow pan. Freeze 10 min.
- Cover rimmed baking sheet with waxed paper. Hold cherry stems to dip cookie balls, 1 at a time, into melted chocolate, turning to completely coat all sides of each ball with chocolate. Place on prepared baking sheet. Decorate as shown in photo.
- Refrigerate 1 hour or until firm. Keep refrigerated.
Recipe Tips
- Substitute
Prepare using 16 oz. white candy coating wafers. - Special Extra
Decorate with melted red and blue candy coating wafers and/or red and blue colored sugars. - Halve the Recipe
For a smaller group, this recipe can be easily halved. Just halve all the ingredients and roll into 30 balls, using 1 tsp. cream cheese mixture for each ball. Continue as directed. Makes 30 servings, 1 cookie ball each.
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Nutrition InformationNutrition Per Serving | |
|---|---|
| Calories | 100 |
| % Daily Value* | |
| Total fat 5g | |
| Saturated fat 3g | |
| Trans fat 0g | |
| Cholesterol <5mg | |
| Sodium 50mg | |
| Carbohydrate 14g | |
| Dietary fiber 0g | |
| Total sugars 11g | |
| Added sugars 10g | |
| Protein <1g | |
| Vitamin A | 2 %DV |
| Vitamin C | 0 %DV |
| Calcium | 2 %DV |
| Iron | 2 %DV |
| Potassium | 0 %DV |
| Vitamin D | 0 %DV |
