Oreo Balls

These are what you might call "no bake" cookies. I made them at Christmas one year and the family loved them. I also made a Nutter Butter version. It was good, but not as popular as the original. I guess my nutty family isn't as fanatical about peanut butter as my husband? Since you can freeze the dough, I suggest making a double or triple batch.

Ingredients
1 pkg Oreo cookies
1 - 8oz pkg cream cheese
Chocolate almond bark

Non-standard supplies
Food processor - no substitutes
Stand mixer (preferred, but hand mixer could work)

Instructions

1. Soften cream cheese to room temperature 
2. Grind entire package of cookies until fine crumbs 
3. Using mixer, combine cookie crumbs and cream cheese until blended thoroughly 
4. Chill "dough" to firm it. You can freeze this dough for future use, as well. 
5. Form chilled dough into balls - gumball size 
6. Melt bark as package instructed, opting to use shortening 
7. Set wax paper out on counter 
8. Dip balls in chocolate sauce and allow to cool fully. 

Variations
Use white almond bark, or melt one block of white and using a sandwich bag with a tiny cut at corner, drizzle over set chocolate for more professional look.

Add peppermint extract to make them taste like Girl Scouts Thin Mints.