Description
Delightful truffles combining sweet cream cheese and frosted animal cookies enveloped in white chocolate, adorned with colorful sprinkles.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 bag (11 oz) Mother’s Circus Animal Cookies
- 1 block (8 oz) Philadelphia Cream Cheese (softened)
- 1 bag (10 oz) Ghirardelli White Vanilla Melting Wafers
- Rainbow nonpareil sprinkles
Instructions
- Pulse the cookies in a food processor until they achieve fine crumbs.
- Blend the softened cream cheese with the cookie crumbs until smooth.
- Form the mixture into 1-inch balls and freeze for 30 minutes.
- Melt the white chocolate in a microwave-safe bowl.
- Dip each truffle into the melted chocolate, then sprinkle with nonpareils.
- Transfer back to the wax paper to harden completely.
Notes
For a lighter option, substitute cream cheese with Neufchâtel cheese. Customize with seasonal sprinkles or flavored extracts.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 10 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Chilling and Dipping
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 truffle
- Calories: 150
- Sugar: 12g
- Sodium: 50mg
- Fat: 8g
- Saturated Fat: 4g
- Unsaturated Fat: 4g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 18g
- Fiber: 0g
- Protein: 1g
- Cholesterol: 15mg
Keywords: truffles, dessert, animal crackers, fun, nostalgic, sweet