Description
Spooky mummy Oreo balls bring Halloween treats to life with creamy chocolate and playful design. White chocolate drizzles create ghostly bandage effects that delight guests and spark festive cheer.
Ingredients
Scale
Main Ingredients:
- 36 Oreo cookies (crushed)
- 8 ounces (226 grams) cream cheese (softened)
Coating Ingredients:
- 16 ounces (454 grams) white chocolate or white candy melts
Decorative Ingredients:
- Candy eyes
- Black gel icing or melted chocolate
Instructions
- Pulverize Oreo cookies into ultrafine crumbs using a food processor, ensuring a uniform texture.
- Combine crushed Oreos with softened cream cheese in a spacious mixing bowl, thoroughly blending until a cohesive mixture forms.
- Craft uniform spherical shapes approximately 1-inch in diameter, gently rolling the mixture between palms.
- Arrange the spheres on a parchment-lined baking tray and refrigerate for 30 minutes to solidify.
- Heat white chocolate or candy melts using a double boiler or microwave, stirring periodically to achieve a smooth, glossy consistency.
- Carefully immerse each chilled Oreo sphere into the molten chocolate, ensuring complete coverage and gentle tapping to remove excess.
- Position candy eyes strategically while the chocolate coating remains fluid, creating a whimsical mummy-like appearance.
- Using a piping bag or spoon, delicately drape additional melted white chocolate across the spheres in irregular patterns, mimicking mummy bandages.
- Allow the decorated treats to set completely at room temperature or briefly chill in the refrigerator until the coating hardens.
- Transfer to a serving platter and enjoy the playful mummy-themed confections.
Notes
- Crushing cookies finely ensures a smooth, consistent texture without lumps that might disrupt the ball’s shape.
- Softening cream cheese at room temperature helps blend more smoothly with cookie crumbs, creating a creamy, uniform mixture.
- Chilling the balls before dipping prevents them from falling apart during the chocolate coating process and helps maintain their round shape.
- Using a fork when dipping allows excess chocolate to drip off, creating a cleaner, more precise mummy-like appearance.
- Experiment with different chocolate coatings like milk or dark chocolate for varied flavor profiles if white chocolate isn’t preferred.
- Store these treats in the refrigerator for up to a week, making them perfect for advance party preparation.
- For gluten-free options, substitute regular Oreos with gluten-free cookie alternatives that have similar texture and taste.
- Prep Time: 25 minutes
- Cook Time: 0 minutes
- Category: Snacks, Desserts
- Method: Chilling
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 36
- Calories: 147
- Sugar: 13 g
- Sodium: 45 mg
- Fat: 9 g
- Saturated Fat: 5 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 3 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 17 g
- Fiber: 0.5 g
- Protein: 1.5 g
- Cholesterol: 10 mg