Oreo Balls recipe

I have to thank Karen for the suggestion that I use Newman's Own Oreo-ish cookies next time. I'm adding them to my list for my Whole Foods Pilgrimage. So I'm gonna go ahead and act like I used them for the purposes of this recipe so that you can make yours all proper like. You know, with this being a real food bloggy thing.

I had these evil, evil desserts at a lock-in last week. They were the only thing keeping me going at 2 a.m. I'm just too old to stay up that late by choice anymore. Those days are so long gone.

I shouldn't have asked the mom who brought them how to make them. I really should've gone on believing they were something only talented and skilled bakers could make. Blissful ignorance would have been better than the truth.

They're easy, easy, easy. Easy.

So get this...all you need is a bag of Newman's Own Oreoish Cookies (or the real deal, if Whole Foods is nowhere near you, either), a couple packages of organic cream cheese (my HEB has Central Market organic), a box of milk chocolate and white chocolate, the kind you melt. Read the ingredients here and get the real stuff--there shouldn't be any unpronounceable ingredients.

Set the cream cheese out to soften enough that you could mix it easily. Crush up the Oreos in a baggy (Glad and Ziploc are both BPA free, so stick with these brands). Mix the two together and make cute little balls out of the mixture. I chilled mine for a couple hours just bc I had somewhere to go, but I don't think there's a rule. Then melt your chocolates and dip the balls in the milk chocolate, and drizzle white chocolate over the top. Chill until the chocolate hardens.

I'm quite sure even with the Newman's Oreos, Jillian wouldn't approve of Oreo Balls. They're pretty much pure sin. But I'm also quite sure Jillian doesn't read my blog, she's not my friend on Facebook, and I don't have to worry about her showing up at my house unless I get sick again for a week (see Lesson #11), so I thoroughly enjoyed each and every bite of each and every Oreo Ball I had.

I did take them up to school and doled them out to all my mom friends, the office folks, and Mattie's class, so they weren't in my house long. But they were good while they were.

So go make some today!! Everyone (but Jillian) will be glad you did!