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Have you ever wanted to make a very fancy little treat,
but don't have the time for that.
Well, how about an Oreo ball?
They look like little beautiful bon-bons
that are delicious,
and they are!
But they're no bake,
three ingredients,
and they come together so simply.
Let's get started!
This recipe is bizarrely simple.
The first thing you want to do is crush the Oreos,
and you can use a food processor like I am,
or pop them into a plastic bag,
and just use a rolling pin,
or a can or whatever,
and smash them up.
It's pretty fun.
And of course, if you're wondering where I'm at,
this is a rental house with a new kitchen,
which you can click up here for my initial update.
It is
dragging on.
One fourteen ounce package in here,
and if you're wondering who these are for,
Brian is obsessed
with Oreo cookies.
They are amazing in things like buttercream,
and it turns the buttercream into magic.
Click up here for my Oreo cake.
It has Oreos in the batter,
it has Oreos in the buttercream,
and it is one of the most popular Preppy Kitchen cakes.
So if I'm saying that, you know it's got to be good.
All right, I'm going to get this on.
It's not going to be like the instant pot.
(beeping and laughing)
There we go.
Okay, pulse pulse pulse!
(clicking)
Pulse pulse pulse pulse! (grinding)
(booming music and whirring)
I actually like leaving some bigger chunks in here,
because you get a little crunch.
The rest of them kind of like become this like Oreo
caky situation.
But if you have some of the bigger pieces in,
you can have some crunch,
and I think that's really good.
Carefully remove this,
and we're going to have our stand mixer now.
You can also make this with a hand beater,
or hand mixer.
Into my stand mixer,
fitted with the paddle attachment,
I'm adding in 8 ounces of room temperature-ish cream cheese.
I'm going to cream it up a little bit first.
It is just a bit chilly.
(motor grinding) So just cream that up.
One of my dream frostings is cream cheese frosting.
It's so good,
that I almost never make it,
because bad things happen.
All right.
Pop that in here.
Oh wait, wait, wait.
Hold up.
I forgot, I'm supposed to reserve a little bit of this,
which I'll do right now.
Just a couple tablespoons,
because we're going to use some of this
ground up Oreo situation here for a decoration at the end.
So reserve one or two cookies worth of crumbs,
and now we're going to mix it up on low.
Every time I turn the stand mixer on,
I'm like, what will happen next?
This reminds me of making my mud pie.
You can click up here for that recipe.
It is like the most sinfully decadent chocolate pie,
with an Oreo crust.
(motor whirring)
Okay, that's pretty good.
It really just needs to mix up.
There's nothing else that's happening there.
Should I give it a little taste?
I haven't had dinner yet.
I'm so...
It's one, crunchy,
creamy,
sweet,
and that cream cheese has that wonderful tang to it.
So its this really balanced,
and your whole mouth is like bursting with joy.
We probably have a couple unmixed pieces in here.
We can just do that by hand, I don't want to over mix this
and turn it into an Oreo soup.
Yeah, see like right here there's just
a little bit of extra cream cheese we can just fold that in.
Set this aside now.
Remove this situation.
Now in your clean hands,
what you're going to want to do
is just roll little Oreo balls.
And they don't have to be perfect because you can
give them like a second roll after you chill them.
And you know, no one cares if they're imperfect anyway.
These things are like crazy delicious,
so just enjoy.
And they're going to look great when they're dipped anyways.
Do you have to dip these?
No you don't have to dip these.
You could eat them just like this.
You could roll them in cocoa powder.
You could roll them in the Oreo crumbs.
We'll do some different things.
We'll show you some in a minute.
If you wanted to go crazy,
this could be a no-bake crust that you do for
a cheesecake or for an Oreo cheesecake.
Blow some minds.
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These look so delicious already.
I love seeing little globs of
cream cheese poking through too,
because it reminds me of the Oreo filling.
So I get excited.
All right, these are all rolled out.
I'm going to slide them onto a baking sheet carefully.
(laughs nervously) Carefully.
These are all rolled out.
They're going to go into the fridge to chill,
and I'm probably going to do it overnight.
Getting a little bit late in the day,
and those babies need some attention.
So I will see you in the morning,
and we're going to get to dipping these,
and give you several options for how to finish them.
Beautifully.
Okay.
Those Oreo balls were chilling overnight.
Not because they had to,
but because I was tired,
and those little babies needed some attention.
In my hand I have 1 cup of candy melt.
We're going to give these just a rough chop.
You don't really have to,
but I want this to melt pretty quickly,
and for a nice dipping consistency,
you want the candy melt to be pretty thin.
So I might even add a little vegetable oil
to it to thin it out.
So the nice thing about candy melt
is that you just pop it in the microwave,
you melt it, and then you can dip things in it.
You can pour it on, and it forms a hard shell.
For chocolate, you have to temper it
for that nice crack, and it's totally an ordeal.
I have tempered chocolate before.
It's not the end of the world,
but for an Oreo ball?
Not going to happen.
Okay, that's totally good.
Now pop this into a microwave safe bowl,
and we're just going to take it on to the microwave
on some low bursts.
So this candy melt isn't there yet all the way,
but giving it a nice mix.
There's a lot of heat on this bowl.
Right now I'm adding a few teaspoons
of vegetable oil in here,
and we're just going to mix it in really thoroughly,
and then pop it back into the microwave.
It will really thin things out.
I don't want a giant coat of candy melt.
I just want like a thin coat.
When you add vegetable oil to candy melt to thin it out,
you just have to make sure to
really really really mix it well,
otherwise you'll have little stray bits
of oil that clearly will not harden.
Already you can see that's way better.
Okay, look at this.
This is nice.
Nice dipping consistency here.
Really smooth,
and candy melt,
once it's melted,
will stay melty for a good amount of time,
and if not,
just microwave it for a little bit at half power.
Got my chilled balls out of the fridge,
and now we're just going to impale them on our skewer.
There we go. (laughs)
And I think what we're going to do is
top off the excess,
and then place.
To decorate them I'm going to do a couple different things.
This is my reserved Oreo bit,
so I'm just going to sprinkle a little bit of Oreo on top,
and look at that.
What is that?
A professional bon-bon from a Parisian chocolatier?
No!
Oreo ball.
Make sure you sprinkle right away,
because the candy melt will dry,
and then you won't be able to have anything adhere to it.
So for this one, we're going to take it off again.
Transfer it over.
But now, let's give it a little drizzle of chocolate.
It'll be a nice contrast as well.
Okay, so I melted a little bit of chocolate,
just a couple tablespoons is all you need,
and you can either put it in a plastic bag,
snip the tip off and squeeze it out,
that includes a piping bag,
or if you don't have any of those things for some reason,
then you can just spoon it over.
You just want to get the drizzle started,
and then drizzle it over like that.
Whoa.
That will look nice.
That ends up looking really nice.
I didn't temper that chocolate
so it will melt in your fingers.
So eat them quick.
Another easy option is just to add a couple tablespoons
of cocoa powder to a bowl,
and you can roll the balls around in them.
Just like a regular truffle.
Now you have a fancy treat.
Look at that.
You can also roll these in powdered sugar.
Whoa.
It's the Oreo version of a Russian tea cake!
Always the sign of a good desert,
when there's rarely enough to photograph at the end of it.
By-the-by?
I think Brian is going to love them.
This hits all the Oreo buttons.
If you like this recipe,
check out my chocolate playlist.
It has all my favorite chocolate recipes,
and in the meantime I'll be taking a bite.
Oh my god.
Yes, the tang of the cream cheese with the Oreos,
and the snap of the candy melt is just beyond.
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