Description
Indulgent Pumpkin Oreo Balls bring autumn’s warmth to sweet treats, blending creamy pumpkin spice with classic cookie crunch. Chocolate-dipped spheres offer a delightful seasonal twist you can savor with friends and family.
Ingredients
Scale
Main Ingredients:
- 36 Oreo cookies
- 8 ounces (226 grams) cream cheese, softened
Coating/Topping:
- 1/2 ounce (14 grams) orange candy melts
Flavor/Color Enhancement:
- 1/2 teaspoon (2.5 milliliters) pumpkin pie spice
- 1/4 cup (59 milliliters) pumpkin puree
Instructions
- Crush Oreo cookies into fine crumbs using a food processor, ensuring a uniform texture.
- Incorporate softened cream cheese into the cookie crumbs, mixing thoroughly until a cohesive dough forms.
- Shape the mixture into compact, round balls approximately one inch in diameter.
- Chill the formed balls on a parchment-lined baking sheet for 15 minutes to firm up their structure.
- Carefully etch vertical lines across the chilled balls using a toothpick to create a pumpkin-like appearance.
- Return the scored balls to the refrigerator for an additional 10 minutes to set the design.
- Gently melt orange candy wafers using a double boiler or microwave, stirring occasionally to achieve a smooth consistency.
- Delicately submerge each chilled ball into the melted orange coating, allowing excess to drip off.
- Immediately insert a small pretzel stick at the top to mimic a pumpkin stem.
- Optionally accent with a tiny green leaf-shaped icing decoration for added detail.
- Place the decorated treats back on the parchment sheet and refrigerate until serving time.
- Store in a sealed container in the refrigerator to maintain their shape and flavor.
Notes
- Crumble Oreos thoroughly to ensure a smooth, consistent texture without large cookie chunks.
- Chill balls before coating to help them maintain shape and prevent cracking during chocolate dipping.
- Use a fork or dipping tool for more precise and cleaner chocolate coating than toothpicks.
- For a gluten-free version, swap regular Oreos with gluten-free chocolate sandwich cookies and ensure candy melts are also gluten-free.
- Prep Time: 30 minutes
- Cook Time: 0 minutes
- Category: Desserts, Snacks
- Method: Chilling
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 12
- Calories: 146
- Sugar: 12 g
- Sodium: 70 mg
- Fat: 7 g
- Saturated Fat: 3.5 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 3.5 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 19 g
- Fiber: 0.5 g
- Protein: 1.5 g
- Cholesterol: 10 mg