Oreo Truffle Bites

Oreo Truffle Bites

I recently made some brownies with a layer of Oreo truffle on the top. The amount of questions I got about the truffle bit was insane. This week alone three of my friends have made them and others are planning on giving them a go. I figured I should do a more detailed blog concentrating just on the truffle recipe, so I have. In my original recipe I used a mixture of chocolate spread and cream cheese to make the truffles but this time round I've stuck with just the chocolate spread. 

As you can see from the picture above I have decorated mine with some milk chocolate. You can use absolutely anything your heart desires. If you're a sprinkles fan you can shake some over while the chocolate is still wet, you could roll them in coconut flakes, dust them with edible glitter, top them with Oreo crumbs, add some popping candy... the possibilities are limitless. 

Here comes the science.

Ingredients.

2 packets of Oreos

1 packet of SilverSpoon white chocolate cake covering

Chocolate spread, Nutella or Cadbury is fine

Petit Four cases (not strictly an ingredient!)

Break the Oreos into a food processor. Keep back 2 or 3 cookies just in case the mixture goes too wet when you add the chocolate spread. If you don't need them I'm sure you can find some other use for them *stuffs left over Oreo into mouth*

Blitz the broken Oreos until you get some really fine crumbs.

Now add two heaped tablespoons of chocolate spread. This will not be enough to finish the mixture but it's just to get it going.

You should get something that looks like this.

As you can see it's still dry and crumbly. You need to add more chocolate spread in small amounts until the mixture comes together into a shiny dough. If the dough becomes too wet you won't be able to make truffle shapes out of it which is why having a couple of spare back up cookies is a good idea. If you need to use them bash them with a rolling pin a few times to break them up and add them to the mixture.

Once you have your shiny, smooth dough you can start making truffles. Place a piece of greaseproof paper onto a tray. Roll chunks of dough into balls and set them on the tray to rest. I'm sure you'll do a better job than I did at getting them all the same size. Oops!

Keep going until all the mixture is gone. Put the tray in the fridge for 30 minutes to firm up the truffles as they'll be easier to coat in chocolate. 

Melt your chocolate however you want. I prefer to do mine in a glass bowl in the microwave by blasting the chocolate in 25 second batches, stirring and then repeating until it has all melted. You could of course melt yours in a double boiler on the stove top. Dip the truffles in chocolate one at a time and roll them around to get an even coating. Let as much chocolate drip off as possible over the bowl and then put them back on your paper covered tray. If you put them down with one swift movement and don't let them move around on the paper your puddle of chocolate under the truffle will be smaller and neater. I used two teaspoons to get them in and out of the chocolate. Remember, if you're using sprinkles or want something to stick to the outside of the truffles you need to put it on while the chocolate is still wet. If you're decorating them with more chocolate you can leave them to set while you get on with coating the others. 

I decided to use up some left over milk chocolate to decorate mine. I melted it and used a small piping bag to drizzle the chocolate over the top of the truffles. Then I put them into colourful petit four cases. 

I'm taking these truffles to work so to safely transport them there I've lined a cake box with some purple tissue paper and lined them up neatly. I think they look great in this box and they've come out better than expected. 

These truffles are so easy and quick to make and there isn't really a wrong way of doing them. If your mixture isn't smooth then it doesn't matter, I think getting a little crunchy bit of Oreo inside would be an extra treat. Since no baking is involved they'd be a great thing to do with your kids because they can get involved. Obviously they wouldn't be able to use the food processor but if you transfer the dough to a separate bowl they can get stuck in with both hands making shapes and covering them in chocolate. Perfect messy fun for a weekend afternoon. They're relatively cheap to make too. The Oreos and chocolate cost less than £3 and by the time you add in a few spoonfuls of chocolate spread, petit four cases and some sprinkles you'll still have change from a fiver and you'll have 30 truffles out of it!

Here are some of the fabulous truffles my friends made this week.

Made by the Emma. Follow her here on Twitter. They look ace, who can resist sprinkles?!

Made by Sam. Follow her here on Twitter. What a great idea for a thank you gift, wouldn't you love to receive a little bag of these?

Made by Charley. Follow her here on Twitter. Making them into lollies is nothing short of genius.

If you make some of these truffles, let me know and I'll add your photo to the little gallery of delicousness I've got here!