My family goes through a bag of OREOs like nobodies business. They are a favorite of my kids, my husband and I have also been known to eat one or 30 of them for a snack. And even my son's pickiest friends will indulge in a cookie snack while over for a play date. So while I like sharing the cookies as they are, I also like to use them in sweet treats (OREO stuffed chocolate chip cookies anyone???). OREO has a classic cookie ball recipe that I decided to put my spin on. So I took inspiration from one of my favorite cookies (the Compost Cookie from Milk Bar) and created these Kitchen Sink OREO Cookie Balls that I serve with salty dippers. Because who doesn't want to eat your dessert with a potato chip.
The basic cookie ball recipe includes a whole package of OREOs, a block of cream cheese and some baking chocolate. Christina Tossi of Momofuko Milk Bar is ridonkulous. She's super creative and is an absolute genius. So I decided to create my take on her cookie in a cookie ball. Instead of creating a ball that you might eat like a truffle, I decided to make it a little bit larger (I LOVE me some sweets) and serve it with dippers like you might with a cheese ball.
As if cream cheese and crushed OREOs isn't delicious enough, I decided to add in some pecans, instant coffee and toffee bits. Word to your mother.
Add everything to your mixer and mix it all up.
Roll them up.
Roughly chop some semi sweet baking chocolate. Roll each ball in the chocolate. Try your best to not throw cleanliness to the wind and put your face in the bowl of chocolate. You know you want to. Don't worry, there will be some leftover. I don't see the harm in adding a little bit of milk to the bowl and eating it like cereal…
Mmmmmmmmm. You know how when there is a cheese ball at a party? And there is that one person just going at it, double dipping with their chips and grossing up the joint? You totally don't have that with these kitchen sink OREO cookie balls. These are sized to have each guest take one on their own plate to enjoy. But don't judge them if they take more than one. They are that good.
Now let's talk for a second about how you eat this. I'm a big big fan of sweet and salty. So it really just makes sense to eat these with pretzels, potato chips and graham cracker sticks. Am I right? You guys, the chips are my favorite with this dessert dip. Its good. Real good.
*P.S. Imma keep it really real. I'm not one of those bloggers that works on holiday posts in July. If I'm being honest, I don't even know where my holiday decorations are in the garage. While these pictures may not look very holiday, trust me that theses OREO cookie balls will fit in with whatever blue and silver, red and green or black and gold decor you may have in your house.
Kitchen Sink Oreo Cookie Balls
It's a cookie ball full of all the things! This sweet and salty mix of pretzels and chips and Oreo is stupid delicious and totally easy to make.
Ingredients
- 1 pkg., 8 oz. brick cream cheese, softened
- 36 OREO cookies, finely crushed (one whole package - about 3 cups)
- 2 TBSP instant coffee granules
- 1/4 cup pecans, chopped
- 1/2 cup toffee bits, or more if you love them as much as I do
- 1 pkg., 4 oz. semi-sweet baking chocolate (You will only need 4 squares - about half the bar) rough chopped
- Dippers:
- Pretzel Rods
- Potato Chips
- Graham Cracker Sticks
Instructions
- Mix cream cheese and cookie crumbs until well blended.
- Add in instant coffee, pecans and toffee bits and mix.
- Shape into approx. 8 (3-inch) balls.
- Place in refrigerator for 15 minutes to firm up.
- Place rough chopped chocolate in a bowl and roll the cookie balls in chocolate to coat.
- Refrigerate until party time, but bring to almost room temperature before eating.
- Serve Kitchen Sink OREO Cookie Balls with dippers noted above.
*BIG thank you to OREO for sponsoring this post! And thank you to my readers for allowing me to work with sponsors to bring you the type of content that I love to produce!
So love this idea, as much as I love OREOS! I’m so looking forward to doing this with my 1 year old son
Thanks for stopping by! These are delicious. Your son is sure to love them. :)
Oh my! I LOVE oreo balls and the idea of adding coffee is so exciting! Plus, anything you can dip is a good thing in my opinion.
The cookie ball tastes amazing with the Lays potato chips. For real. And the coffee gives it a yummy, rich flavor.
These look amazing! Can’t wait to try this recipe. Thanks for sharing.
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