Springtime OREO Cookie Balls

Name: Springtime OREO Cookie Balls
Prep time: 30 min
Total time: 90 min
Yield: 40
Ingredients: 6 oz. cream cheese, softened; ¼ tsp. orange extract; 36 OREO Cookies, finely crushed (about 3 cups); 3 pkg. white baking chocolate, melted, divided; 2 drops food coloring

White chocolate-dipped OREO Cookie balls, shaped like eggs, might just be the tastiest treat placed in your Easter basket this season.

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Servings:

Makes 40 servings, 1 cookie ball each.

Ingredient list

6 oz. (3/4 of 8-oz. pkg.) cream cheese, softened
¼ tsp. orange extract
36 OREO Cookies, finely crushed (about 3 cups)
3 pkg. (4 oz. each) white baking chocolate, melted, divided
2 drops each red, yellow and blue food coloring

Directions

Mix cream cheese, orange extract and cookie crumbs until blended. Shape into 40 (1-inch) egg-shaped balls. Freeze 10 min. Meanwhile, spoon 1 Tbsp. melted chocolate into each of 3 small bowls. Tint each with a different color food coloring.

Dip balls in remaining (untinted) melted chocolate; place in single layer in shallow waxed paper-lined pan. Decorate with tinted chocolate.

Refrigerate 1 hour or until firm. Keep refrigerated.