Little bites of heaven.

When making baked goods in your dorm becomes the norm on a weekday night, you know you’ve reached procrastination at its finest. What sets this recipe apart from others is that it requires no baking and only three, easy to find ingredients.

Jessie, Susie and I made a dorm-friendly version of this recipe earlier this week using cream cheese from the dining hall and Hershey kisses as a substitute for milk chocolate chips. Hershey kisses are great on their own, but their distinct flavor overpowered the rest of the dessert. While the end product was still delicious, I would advise sticking to the original recipe for best results. Feel free to any variations of milk, semisweet and white chocolate to dip the truffles. I’ve tried many different combinations and the most popular have been milk and white chocolate.

Either way these treats are quick to make and will impress anyone whose lucky enough to get a bite.

Enjoy!

Oreo Truffles

Yields 3 dozen truffles

1 (16 ounce) package of Oreo sandwich cookies

1 (8 ounce) package of cream cheese, softened

16 ounces of baking chocolate (milk, semisweet or white), melted

Directions:

1. Melt chocolate completely. This can either be done with a double-boiler on the stove-top or in a microwave.

2. Remove 9 Oreos from package and crush finely in food processor. (Cookies can also be finely crushed by placing them in a plastic bag and using a rolling pin)

3. Crush remaining 36 cookies into fine crumbs, place in medium bowl and add cream cheese until well blended. Mixture will be moist when done.

4. Roll cookie mixture into balls approximately 1-inch in diameter.

5. Dip balls into melted chocolate, place on wax paper-lined baking sheet. Sprinkle on reserved crushed cookies or drizzle extra chocolate over the top for decoration.

6. Refrigerate until firm, about 1 hour. Then, eat up!

Trick:

How to easily dip the truffles: place truffle in melted chocolate and roll, if necessary. Lift truffle from chocolate using 2 forks (allowing excess chocolate to run off) before placing them on wax paper.

Cost:

About $12 for entire recipe