More Truffles than I can Handle!
To date, my Oreo truffle post has been my most popular blog post. I wanted to make some for the holidays. My mother in law takes a cookie tray to the family Christmas every year. She said I could add some truffles to the tray this year.
I got a little over-ambitious (as I tend to do) and wanted to try 3 different recipes. The first is the Oreo truffle recipe, except using Trader Joe’s candy cane Joe Joe’s and peppermint Schnapps, dipped in white chocolate, and topped with crushed candy canes. The second is this peanut butter crisp balls dipped in milk chocolate. And lastly, cake balls. For the cake balls, I really wanted to do red velvet cake mix, but I looked at 3 grocery stores near us and couldn’t find it. I had some strawberry cake mix and a can of cream cheese frosting in the pantry, so we went with that, dipped in dark chocolate.
My good friend D decided to come help in the truffle making. We ended up splitting it over two days. The first day we made all the balls and the second day we dipped and dipped and dipped until we didn’t want to every dip another ball of anything in chocolate again!
I had some Wilton’s chocolate that I got at Michaels a couple weeks ago. When we melted it, we found that it hardened almost immediately. Even after adding a decent amount of vegetable oil, it still hardened very quickly. We didn’t really like that property of the chocolate, but we made do…
These three recipes made about 300 truffles. D took 1/2 and I put 1/2 in the freezer. 1/2 of mine went to my mother in law for her to put on her Christmas cookie tray and the other 1/2 went to my mom’s family Christmas. My favorites were the PB crisp balls, but I really like peanut butter…
Chocolate covered Peanut Butter surprise balls (from Cookie Madness)
3 3/4 cups confectioners sugar (1 pound)
3 cups rice krispies, crushed or ground
1 18-oz. jar creamy peanut butter
4 regular size Butterfinger bars, crushed
1 Tablespoon vanilla extract
1/2 cup butter, melted
Plenty of chocolate for melting and dipping
Some melted white chocolate for accent
Combine all ingredients and roll into balls.
Dip into chocolate of choice, then drizzle with white chocolate as an accent.
Makes anywhere from 70 to 80 depending on how big you make the balls.
Cake Balls (from Allrecipes.com)
1 (18.25 ounce) package chocolate cake mix
1 (16 ounce) container prepared chocolate frosting
1 (3 ounce) bar chocolate flavored confectioners coating
Prepare the cake mix according to package directions using any of the recommended pan sizes. Immediately after cake is done, crumble while warm into a large bowl, and stir in the frosting until well blended. (I just threw the hot cake and frosting into my KitchenAid mixer and put on low for a few minutes. Then I put the batter into the fridge for a while.)
Melt chocolate coating in a glass bowl in the microwave, or in a metal bowl over a pan of simmering water, stirring occasionally until smooth.
Use a melon baller or small scoop to form balls of the chocolate cake mixture. Dip the balls in chocolate using a toothpick or fork to hold them. Place on waxed paper to set.
Oreo Truffles
1 package Oreos – I used these
14 oz sweetened condensed milk
1/2 tsp. vanilla extract
melted chocolate of your choice
Line a cookie sheet with aluminum foil or parchment paper.
Crush oreos using a food processor. I put about 12 cookies in at a time.
Add vanilla and milk. Stir until ingredients come together. Work quickly to form the mixture into small balls and place on cookie sheet. Put into refrigerator to chill (for easy dipping).
Melt the chocolate using your favorite method. I like to use the microwave. I also added some vegetable oil to the chocolate to thin it out.
Dip chocolate balls into melted chocolate and put back on cookie sheet.
I am Jen the Beantown Baker. Engineer by day and baking maven by night. Hubby serves as my #1 fan and official taste tester. We got hitched back in 2006. Barefoot. In the sand. With the waves crashing behind us. It was one of the best decisions we’ve ever made. 
Yum that looks delicious and welcome back to my hometown! Cincinnati’s actually a great town that grows on you and has been evolving quite a bit in the time that you’ve been away. I suspect given your profession and work location history that we probably work for the same company as our day jobs ;).
beantownbaker — January 23rd, 2013 @ 8:30 am
Yes, Cincinnati has changed a LOT since we moved away in 2007.
I would suspect you’re right. There’s enough info to know where I work, especially if you work here too 😉 Going to go check out your blog now. I would love to meet some other Cincinnati area bloggers!
beantownbaker — January 23rd, 2013 @ 8:31 am
Ok I work for the *other* big company in town (just checked your About page).
Isn’t the KA ice cream attachment the best thing ever? I am always making ice cream, even in the wintertime, but I never thought of using canned coconut milk as the base. I’ll have to try this out soon!
beantownbaker — January 23rd, 2013 @ 11:37 am
Absolutely. I didn’t think I could love my KAM any more than I already did. The ice cream attachment proved that I can.
I have lots of cans of coconut milk laying around and I know they make a good ice cream! Adding this one to my list 🙂
I bought myself KA ice creamer maker for my birthday this summer and I adore it! I’ve been thinking about making non-dairy ice creams, but the recipes all sounded strange. It’s great to see a recipe from a trusted source. Can’t wait to try.
beantownbaker — January 23rd, 2013 @ 10:28 pm
Let me know what you think if you try it. I am going to be experimenting with different milks since I can’t have cow’s milk…
love coconut milk based ice creams!! this one looks fabulous, and good call throwing in those oreos 😉
beantownbaker — January 24th, 2013 @ 12:05 pm
It’s ALWAYS a good idea to throw oreos in 🙂
My brother’s favorite thing to get at Coldstone is chocolate oreo ice cream. Too bad I don’t have an ice cream maker, or I would definitely try this!
beantownbaker — January 29th, 2013 @ 7:51 am
I’ve been told you can make ice cream without an ice cream maker. I never tried it before I got mine though…
I just made your recipe and luckily I tasted it before I cooled it. The ratio of sugar to cocoa powder is off. You should use at least twice the amount of sugar to cocoa powder in order for it not to have a horribly bitter taste. After adding more sugar it had a nice sweet to chocolately balance. Thanks for the recipe, my daughter is lactose intolerant and she will enjoy it.
beantownbaker — January 31st, 2013 @ 2:03 pm
I am glad you were able to adjust this recipe to suit your needs. Hubby and I both enjoyed the sweetness level of this recipe. I’m sure different cocoa powders have different levels of sweetness. I plan to try this recipe without the cocoa powder to make vanilla ice cream too. We loved the creaminess of it!
This look yummy and chocolate ice cream is one of my favorite. Thanks for sharing the directions and ingredients.
I just opened a can of coconut milk and it looked extremely curdled. I shook it a lot but it was still completely curdled. Is that how coconut milk is supposed to be out of the can? Are there any brands that you specifically like to use?
beantownbaker — April 24th, 2013 @ 1:44 pm
Hm. It doesn’t usually look curdled, more just separated. Did you try shaking it up? I use Native Forest since that’s what they sell in my grocery store. It looks like this: http://www.amazon.com/Native-Forest-Organic-Classic-13-5-Ounce/dp/B001HTJ2BQ/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1366829034&sr=8-1&keywords=coconut+milk
Oh how I wish I could try this.. I am currently gluten and dairy free.. However this being dairy free is is not gluten free with the oreo’s… Bummer!!
beantownbaker — October 23rd, 2013 @ 12:28 am
I’ve made this recipe again without the Oreos and it’s really good. Not quite as good as with the Oreos, but if you wanted to make it gluten free, just leave them out.
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