Oreo Truffles ala Faith (Regular & Gluten-free)

When I was at Malice Domestic conference this spring, one of the editors at Berkley, a darling woman named Faith, mentioned an Oreo cookie creation that was a hit at every party. It's a cute little ball of goodness that pops in your mouth.

Well, as a gluten-free person, I can't have Oreos unless they're sort of the "fake" kind, you know, gluten-free.  Guess what? There are gluten-free homemade Oreo recipes, including one by Gluten-free Girl.

But there is also a store-bought crispy "Oreo-type" GF cookie by GLUTINO. So that's what I used. I like easy sometimes.

I made Faith's recipe and it was, indeed, a hit and no one could tell that I hadn't used "real" Oreos.

So here is my gluten-free version of Faith's OREO TRUFFLES.

Faith, the editor for the fabulous Janet Bolin

FOR OBVIOUS REASONS...You can use "real" Oreos in this recipe.  :)  Enjoy!

OREO TRUFFLES

Ingredients:

One package gluten-free “Oreos”

8 ounces whipped cream cheese

8 ounces semisweet chocolates

Sea salt (or good granular-type Kosher salt)

Directions:

Whizz up a package of “Oreos” in a food processor until they are crumbs.

Then mix in (I use a hand mixer) whipped cream cheese (it’s fluffier). It forms a sort of dough.

Melt chocolate chips in a microwave. [I put them on medium-high and I added 1 tablespoon water. Takes about 30-60 seconds. Stir with a spoon.]

Roll Oreo-cream cheese mixture into balls with your hands and dunk each ball in melted chocolate. Cover completely with chocolate and set on a piece of aluminum foil on a cookie sheet pan. Sprinkle them all with sea salt.

Stick in fridge to cool. Serve. 

**Receive heaps of compliments and oohs and aahs.

How easy is that?? Shout out to Faith!!! Thank you!

So...

What is your favorite change-up on a cookie?  What is your favorite cookie COOKBOOK?

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