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Christmas treats that are no bake and made with only a handful of ingredients, these Christmas Oreo Balls are the best simple treat. Golden Oreos (or really any Oreo flavor) coated in rich white chocolate and red and green sprinkles, this recipe is going to be a new holiday tradition!
This recipe was originally published December 2018 and updated to include new photos and process photos November 2020.
Doesn’t the song say everyone wishes for Silver and Gold??? Oh yes indeed it does. So therefore, a Golden treat is found in these Christmas Golden Oreo Balls.
Sure you can honestly use any other Oreo flavor but if you want a truffle that legit tastes like a sugar cookie, then look no further.
One bite into these white chocolate dipped, cream cheese cookie goodness will have you dreaming of jingle bells and mistletoe and have you right in the Christmas spirit.
Love no bake recipes? Try these as well: Christmas Puppy Chow, Peppermint Dark Chocolate Pretzel Bark, Red Velvet Oreo Fudge.
Why You Will Love This Christmas Oreo Balls:
- Super easy recipe for the holiday season.
- No baking required.
- So many ways to vary!
- Can be made up to 2 weeks in advance.
Recipe Ingredients:
5 ingredients? Yes please! That is ALL you need!
- Golden Oreo Cookies (any flavor will work technically.)
- cream cheese: we use full fat cream cheese for the most flavor, but really any kind of cream cheese should hold up well in these Oreo cookie balls.
- vanilla–there are a lot of Oreo Truffles out there. The vanilla extract is the secret to making these stand out. For more of a sugar cookie flavor, add a drop or two of almond extract as well.
- Candy coating: I use white chocolate or white chocolate chips, or I use the vanilla melting wafers from Ghiradelli. You can use any kind of chocolate for your candy coating, dark chocolate chips, milk chocolate, etc. You could also use red or green candy melts, or the color that works for your celebration!
- Holiday or Christmas sprinkles: use whatever color you like really! And you don’t have to just use sprinkles. You can sprinkle crushed candy canes, more crushed Oreos, a drizzle of chocolate and more.
Step-By-Step Instructions:
- Place cookies into a food processor and process until broken down into fine crumbs. It is ok if you still have a few chunks here and there but for the most part, you want them ground up. If you don’t have a food processor, you can put them in a large plastic bag and crush them with a rolling pin. (steps 1 and 2)
- Transfer Oreo crumbs to a medium bowl. Add in softened cream cheese and vanilla. As you can see, my cream cheese was very soft. I actually put it in the microwave for about 15 seconds or so to get it that way for easier mixing. I also scoop it onto the cookies in spoonfuls to break it up a bit. This also helps with mixing. (steps 3 and 4)
- Mix cookie crumbs, cream cheese and vanilla until cream cheese is fully incorporated. You can use a spoon, or you can get your hands good and clean and knead the mixture to get everything combined. This is what I do most often. Perhaps a pair of gloves will help too! (step 5)
- Roll the mixture into bite sized balls. I manage to get 24 of these most of the time. The size of my truffle balls are about an inch and half in diameter. You can make yours smaller if that seems to big, but you may need more white chocolate to coat in the end. (step 6)
- I advise freezing the balls for at least 15 minutes here is possible. Sometimes I pop them in the freezer overnight even so they are super hard when it’s time to coat them. (step 6)
- When you are ready to coat your truffles, melt the white chocolate chips in the way you prefer. You can use a double boiler method or microwave them in 25 second increments. Stir in between and make sure you do NOT over heat the chocolate. (steps 7 and 8)
- Coat the Christmas Oreo Balls. I use two forks and dip a truffle into the melted chocolate. Using the two forks, roll the ball around, and then let excess chocolate drip off before placing on parchment paper or another surface. Use one of the forks to help push it nicely onto the surface. (steps 9 and 10)
- You may want to have several forks to switch out here as well.
- Add some sprinkles on top and allow chocolate to dry before serving.
- Store in the refrigerator for up to one week.
Recipe Tips
- Any sandwich cookie similar to an Oreo should do the trick. I know that Oreos have a lot of flavors out there these days so feel free to play around!
- These can easily be made for any holiday: Valentine’s Day? Red and pink sprinkles for the win! Easter gathering? Pastel sprinkles. Change the color of the sprinkles to literally make these work for any special occasion!
- I love to use the double boiler method when melting chocolate but a microwave can be great as well. Definitely go with your favorite method.
- While the recipe says to stir in the cream cheese, I have used the food processor to mix it in with very little issue. You just have to really break up the cream cheese into pieces and make sure it’t somewhat soft.
Recipe Variations:
There are so many fun ways to vary this Oreo ball recipe, try any of the following:
- add 1/4 to 1/2 teaspoons of peppermint extract to the Oreo cream cheese mixture and then sprinkle the tops of the balls with crushed candy canes after coating. You could alternately just use the mint Oreos instead of the golden for mint chocolate as well.
- add a teaspoon of cinnamon to the cookie ball mixture for a snickerdoodle flavor
- as mentioned above, add 1/4 teaspoon almond extract for a sugar cookie flavor
- use any color melted candy coating to match the festive colors of the holiday
- make them grinch oreo ball themed by adding a lime green candy coating and adding a candy heart on top of each
Storage:
Store these Oreo cookie balls in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to about 2 weeks! This makes them all the better because you can easily make them ahead of time and check one more thing off of your holiday to do list. Let them sit out for about 10-15 minutes before serving so they soften up a bit and come to room temperature.
These can also be frozen. Transfer the balls to a freezer safe container and add parchment between layers so they don’t get stuck to one another.
Looking for more simple holiday treats? Check these out!
- Nutella Stuffed Ritz Cracker Cookies with Peppermint White Chocolate
- Snickerdoodle Cheesecake Stuffed Crescent Wreath
- Dark Chocolate Candy Cane Pretzel Bark
- Dark Chocolate Peppermint Puppy Chow
- Individual Cranberry Orange Crisps
- Maple Vanilla Spiced Pecans Recipe
- Peppermint Chip Cookies
- Nutella Crumble Bars
And so many more holiday recipes here!
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Christmas Golden Oreo Truffles
Ingredients
- 1 14.3 oz. package Golden Oreos
- 1 8 oz. block of cream cheese, softened
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 12 oz. white melting chocolate
- sprinkles
Instructions
- In a food processor, add oreos and process until fine crumbs.
- Transfer to a bowl and add cream cheese (broken up into small pieces) and vanilla. I am going to say use a spoon to combine well but what I really mean is use your hands, hands work best here. Just make sure they are washed.
- Roll into small, bite sized balls. (pop a few while you are at it, these are soooo good!) For best results, freeze for about 10-15 minutes.
- Melt white chocolate using either double boiler method or package instructions. Roll each truffle in chocolate to coat evenly and place on parchment paper. Sprinkle with desired color of sprinkles.
- Repeat with remaining balls and allow to cool and dry before eating–or don’t, I certainly couldn’t wait! Store in the fridge for up to one week.
Notes
- Any sandwich cookie similar to an Oreo should do the trick. I know that Oreos have a lot of flavors out there these days so feel free to play around!
- These can easily be made for any holiday: Valentine’s Day? Red and pink sprinkles for the win! Easter gathering? Pastel sprinkles. Change the color of the sprinkles to literally make these work for any special occasion!
- I love to use the double boiler method when melting chocolate but a microwave can be great as well. Definitely go with your favorite method.
- While the recipe says to stir in the cream cheese, I have used the food processor to mix it in with very little issue. You just have to really break up the cream cheese into pieces and make sure it’t somewhat soft.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
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I love to bake but sometimes its nice to not to hassle with all of the equipment and clean up!
Completely agree!
These are the cutest, and are perfect little bites! Great for parties!
A party fave for us every time!
I normally use original Oreos, but now I am going to start using the golden ones because I love them way more!
Oh yes, you will be verrrry happy you did!
You can never go wrong with oreos! I made some for my friends and they loved them– they forgot to leave me some 🙁
Nooooo!! Those friends are ??♀️??♀️??♀️
Game changer with the golden oreos!! Soooo good!
Agree! My fave!
Made these for my bf and he was obsessed. Thanks for the recipe!!
That isn’t always always a win!