Ugly Christmas Sweater OREO Cookie Balls

Name: Ugly Christmas Sweater OREO Cookie Balls
Prep time: 35 min
Total time: 105 min
Yield: 40
Ingredients: 1 pkg. brick cream cheese, softened; 36 OREO Cookies, finely crushed; 2 pkg. semi-sweet baking chocolate, melted; ⅓ cup decorations (colored sugars, colored sprinkles and assorted small holiday candies); 2 pkg. white baking chocolate, melted

Your holiday party guests will love these ugly sweater themed dessert bites! You can make ahead and refrigerate these sweets for easy serving.

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Servings:

Makes 40 servings, 1 cookie ball each.

Ingredient list

1 pkg. (8 oz.) brick cream cheese, softened
36 OREO Cookies, finely crushed
2 pkg. (4 oz. each) semi-sweet baking chocolate, melted
⅓ cup decorations (colored sugars, colored sprinkles and assorted small holiday candies)
2 pkg. (4 oz. each) white baking chocolate, melted

Directions

Mix cream cheese and cookie crumbs until blended; shape into 40 (1-inch) balls. Place on waxed paper-covered rimmed baking sheet. Freeze 10 min.

Dip 20 cookie balls, a few at a time, into melted semi-sweet chocolate, turning to evenly coat each ball with chocolate. Return to baking sheet. Immediately add decorations as desired to make balls resemble ugly Christmas sweaters.

Repeat with remaining cookie balls, using melted white chocolate and remaining decorations.

Refrigerate 1 hour or until firm.

Recipe Tips

How to Store
Keep cookie balls refrigerated.
Substitute
Substitute assorted colors of melted candy coating wafers for the melted chocolates.
How to Easily Dip the Cookie Balls
Keep cookie balls refrigerated until ready to dip in the melted chocolate. Then, 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; decorate and refrigerate until firm.