St. Patrick's Day Oreo Mint Truffles

I've done a lot of baking this past 

year, 2021, I guess you could say:

"I am baking my way through the pandemic",

experimenting and trying difference recipes.

St. Patrick's Day is on March 17th.

These decadent little goodies

are easy to make, with minimum 

ingredients and are sure to disappear fast.

And they do freeze well.

Ingredients

1 package Oreo Mint cookies 303g

1/4 cup Cream Cheese Spread

1 cup Chocolate Chips

(or your choice of chocolate) for dipping.

3/4 tbsp vegetable oil. 

Candy decorations.

 

(Makes about 2 doz. truffles)

Oreo Mint Cookies, 

303g package contains 21 cookies.

I used 20 cookies.

 Someone ate one. 😁

 

I used about 1/4 cup cream- 

cheese at room temperature.

1/4 of the package below.

 I softened/mashed the cream cheese with a fork, 

enabling it to mix better with the crumbled cookie mix.

I crushed the cookies in a food chopper.

It can also be done in a 

zip-lock bag with a rolling pin.

With an electric beater, I added the 

cream cheese to the crumbled cookies mix.

and rolled the balls, approx. 1 inch.

Place the balls in the freezer for at least 1/2 hr.

This will prevent them from falling apart

when dipping.

For Dipping, 

I used 1 cup of Chipits

Melting the chocolate for dipping:

Because I used chipits,

I added 3/4 tbsp. vegetable oil with 

1 cup of chocolate chips.

I used the microwave for melting. 

The chocolate must be stirred at intervals 

to reach the right consistency

and to prevent burning.

A glass bowl is not recommended, because

 it gets too hot and cooks the chocolate.

Use a plastic microwave bowl.

First melt for 14 seconds and stir. 

Then 10 seconds, and stir.

Then 10 more seconds and stir.

Note, the photo below is from my Valentine Truffles,

that explains the white chocolate.

I wanted to show the tools I use.

Dipping takes some practice and can be messy.

Here's how I do it.

Dip the balls into the chocolate holding with a fork,

roll the ball around in the chocolate,

 tapping the fork on the side of the bowl, 

to help the excess chocolate drip off.

With a toothpick slide the truffle off the fork 

and onto parchment paper to harden.

If you are using decorations,

 do so before the chocolate hardens.

Another Irish treat,

click on this link to view.

St. Patrick's Cookie Bark

My first experiment with  "Truffle Making" was with these

Chocolate Latté Truffles, for Valentines Day.
And I probably will be making some for Easter

Thanks for visiting my blog xo

Happy St. Pattys Day 

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