Searching for the Perfect Oreo Truffle Recipe

[chefann]

Just wondering......as my balls are chilling in the freezer (hee hee).....

Now I just keep thinking of the SNL Schwety Balls sketch.

 

[SusanBP0129]

Now I just keep thinking of the SNL Schwety Balls sketch.

LOL LOL!!
That was the best!!!! I forgot about that skit!!

 

[Kitchen Diva]

These truffles are hardly baking. They're more of a sweet cheeseball, since it's just cream cheese, frosting (from the Oreos) and cookies (from the Oreos).

BTW, Kacey, may I say "NERD!!" That's in response to you looking up the number of cookies online. Although that's exactly what I would have done, too. (And in my house, Nerd is a compliment.)

Well after all that "nerd" research I made them today and the package is down to 45 cookies! It's only 36 cookies if you use Double Stuff, and my package of double stuff was really stingy on the stuff!

I made them, they are a PITA to coat with chocolate! I did have with semi sweet chocolate and the other half in white chocolate, and drizzled pretty designs on top. Hopefully they'll be a hit. I got 50 truffles from one batch.

Ann, my hubby is a nerd. When I was about 20 pounds lighter than I weigh now, I went to the Jr's section one day at Macy's and bought a shirt that says I heart NERDS! it's all sparkly and glittery and very tight. :blushing:

 

[wadesgirl]

I usually like to coat things with almond bark. I don't like the way regular chocolate tastes when it's melted.

 

[LibrarianChef]

For professional-looking dipping chocolate, my mother-in-law uses the following recipe. I've used it before, too, and it's pretty yummy. I think the main difference is the paraffin which makes it look like a store-bought candybar (all shiny and hardened just right). This is the recipe she uses when making her Martha Washington Chocolates.

Chocolate Mix (for dipping):
2 packages semi-sweet chocolate chips (6 oz. packages)
1 bar (1/4 pound) paraffin – Melt together over hot water (double broiler).
Stick toothpick in fondant and dip in chocolate mix.
Set on waxed paper to cool

 

[LibrarianChef]

The ansewr is 51. I looked it up online. Happy truffleing
there are 3 rows of 17 cookies per package...totalling 51 cookeis in all.

I just bought the regular 1lb. package and there were only 36. Are you all possibly counting the regular oreos and not the double stuf ones that the recipe calls for. I imagine it makes quite a difference. I'm quit sure the package I bought is the normal-sized one. Now you all have my concerned. Hmmm...

So my second question...those of you using the mint ones or ones with other flavors, that means less of the stuffing, right? Unless they now make those mint ones double stuf, too. I just don't want to mess this up. Everyone will be here in a few hours.

Edited for typo

 

[ChefBeckyD]

I just bought the regular 1lb. package and there were only 36. Are you all possibly counting the regular oreos and not the double stuf ones that the recipe calls for. I imagine it makes quite a difference. I'm quit sure the package I bought is the normal-sized one. Now you all have my concerned. Hmmm...

So my second question...those of you using the mind ones, that means less of the stuffing, right? Unless they now make those mind ones double stuf, too. I just don't want to mess this up.

I've always made mine with the double-stuffed oreos, regular size package. I've never counted how may oreos are in a package though.

 

[LibrarianChef]

I've always made mine with the double-stuffed oreos, regular size package. I've never counted how may oreos are in a package though.

Oh darn. Guess I'll just have to go back and buy a second package to make sure I counted right. My daughter has been begging for an oreo anyway, and with family arriving from an 18 hour drive today, it might be worth it to have extras on hand.

 

[ChefBeckyD]

Oh darn. Guess I'll just have to go back and buy a second package to make sure I counted right. My daughter has been begging for an oreo anyway, and with family arriving from an 18 hour drive today, it might be worth it to have extras on hand.

Just PM'd you - but really, the cookie count isn't that big of a deal - we often eat a cookie while we are making them!

 

[LibrarianChef]

Just PM'd you - but really, the cookie count isn't that big of a deal - we often eat a cookie while we are making them!

Well, my hats off to the gal who can eat just one while making these. I have no will power during this pregnancy. I might as well buy a second package. :blushing:

 

[ChefBeckyD]

Well, my hats off to the gal who can eat just one while making these. I have no will power during this pregnancy. I might as well buy a second package. :blushing:

Totally forgot you were a preggie! In that case, you DESERVE a second package!:thumbup:

 

[Paula R. Lewis]

In my experience, it's my dear mother-in-law who makes these for us. When she first started making them, we'd never heard of them, and she didn't know what they were called, so she said we should try to come up with a name for them.
We had a special function at church, and she brought them. I was explaining our "predicament" for naming them to a friend, who'd not tried them yet. I told her that she was sure to love them, after all, they're just a "little bite of heaven"!!
When she bit into one, she looked at me, almost in shock, it was sooo good. She said..."Can't we just call them 'a little bite of heaven'?" lol

They are simply divine!!!

Merry Christmas, everyone!
Paula

 

[wadesgirl]

Just have to say that I'm making these tonight but there is no room in my freezer, going to use storage containers and set them outside for a while. Nature's freezer at use! The snow should keep them nice and cold! Hopefully I don't eat too many of them before tomorrow.