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OREO-Cherry Bomb Cookie Balls

Need a patriotic holiday dessert for a crowd? These fun, bite size cookie balls look like fireworks with the maraschino cherry stem coming out of the top!

Prep time

45 min

Total time

1 hr 55 min

Servings

Makes 60 servings, 1 cookie ball each.

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    Ingredients
    • 1 pkg. (8 oz.) brick cream cheese, softened
    • 36 OREO Cookies, finely crushed
    • 60 maraschino cherries with stems, patted dry
    • 4 pkg. (4 oz. each) white baking chocolate, melted
    • 2 Tbsp. multi-colored sprinkles (red, white and blue)
Preparation
  • Mix cream cheese and cookie crumbs until blended.
  • Shape into 60 (3/4-inch) balls, using about 1 tsp. cream cheese mixture for each ball; press to flatten. Top each with 1 cherry, stem side up; wrap cream cheese mixture around cherry to completely enclose cherry. Place in shallow pan. Freeze 10 min.
  • Cover rimmed baking sheet with waxed paper. Hold cherry stems to dip cookie balls, 1 at a time, into melted chocolate, turning to completely coat all sides of each ball with chocolate. Place on prepared baking sheet. Decorate as shown in photo.
  • Refrigerate 1 hour or until firm. Keep refrigerated.

Recipe Tips

SubstitutePrepare using 16 oz. white candy coating wafers.

Special ExtraDecorate with melted red and blue candy coating wafers and/or red and blue colored sugars.

Halve the RecipeFor a smaller group, this recipe can be easily halved. Just halve all the ingredients and roll into 30 balls, using 1 tsp. cream cheese mixture for each ball. Continue as directed. Makes 30 servings, 1 cookie ball each.

317631
Calories 100
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 5g
Saturated Fat 3g
Trans Fat 0g
Cholesterol <5mg
Sodium 50mg
Total Carbohydrate 14g
Dietary Fiber 0g
Total Sugars 11g
     Includes 10g Added Sugars
Protein <1g
Vitamin A 2% DV
Vitamin C 0% DV
Calcium 2% DV
Iron 2% DV
Potassium 0% DV
Vitamin D 0% DV

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