OREO-Cherry Cookie Balls

Name: OREO-Cherry Cookie Balls
Prep time: 20 min
Total time: 90 min
Yield: 40
Ingredients: 1 pkg. brick cream cheese, softened; 36 OREO Cookies, finely crushed; 40 maraschino cherries, patted dry; 3 pkg. white baking chocolate, melted; 8 drops food coloring; 2 tsp. colored sugar

Celebrate the ones you love with these easy cookie balls filled with marachino cherries! Dipped in red chocolate, they're a beautiful sweet treat!

Prep time:

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Total time:

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Makes 40 servings.

Ingredient list

1 pkg. (8 oz.) brick cream cheese, softened
36 OREO Cookies, finely crushed
40 maraschino cherries, patted dry
3 pkg. (4 oz. each) white baking chocolate, melted
8 drops red food coloring
2 tsp. red colored sugar

Directions

Mix cream cheese and cookie crumbs until blended.

Shape into 40 (1-1/4-inch) balls; press to flatten. Top each with cherry; wrap cream cheese mixture around cherry to completely enclose cherry. Re-roll into balls. Freeze 10 min.

Mix melted chocolate and food coloring until blended. Dip balls in chocolate; place in single layer in shallow waxed paper-lined pan. Sprinkle with sugar. Refrigerate 1 hour or until firm.

Recipe Tips

Variation Omit food coloring and colored sugar. Prepare using 12 oz. semi-sweet chocolate.
How to Easily Dip Cookie BallsTo easily coat cookie balls with the melted chocolate, add balls, in batches, to bowl of melted chocolate. Use 2 forks to roll balls in chocolate until evenly coated. Remove balls with forks, letting excess chocolate drip back into bowl. Place balls in prepared pan; let stand until chocolate coating is firm.
How to StoreStore in tightly covered container in refrigerator.