I came across a new recipe this week, and I had the perfect ocassion to make them. Our intern at work will be leaving us, and she loved cake balls. I’ve been wanting to make my own, so when I saw a recipe for no-bake cookie balls, I just fell in love. (The semi-fail part of the title is discussed farther down.)
The recipe comes from Kraft, and it only takes about 45 minutes from prep to finish. I changed a few things in the recipe. (some not in a good way… more on that later)
Ingredients
1 pkg. (3.9 oz.) JELL-O Chocolate Instant Pudding (I used sugar-free/fat-free)
1/2 cup cold milk (I used 1%)
36 OREO Cookies, finely crushed (about 3 cups) (I used about 2 1/2 and had to add more milk so it all got mixed.)
1-1/2 pkg. (8 squares each) BAKER’S Semi-Sweet Chocolate (12 squares), melted
1 square BAKER’S White Chocolate, melted (I skipped this step and just had the chocolate coating.)
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| Chocolate before melting. |
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| Shaped into balls. |
BEAT pudding mix and milk in medium bowl with whisk 2 min. Add cookie crumbs; mix well.
SHAPE into 1-inch balls. Freeze 10 min. Dip in semi-sweet chocolate; place in single layer in shallow waxed paper-lined pan.
REFRIGERATE 20 min. or until firm.
I recommend watching the video even though this recipe is super easy. She tells you tricks about getting the cookie balls coated with chocolate.
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| Dipped and ready to be refrigerated. |
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| Chocolate after melting, and ready for cookie balls to be dipped. |
I forgot to take a picture of the final product! But they look the same as above but a little darker after the chocolate dries.
And after all of that, our intern never got to taste them because I wasn’t brave enough to bring them to work after Derrick and I tasted them at home! The “extra” chocolate coating on the bottom of the cookie balls tasted very bitter. To the point we could barely swallow. Then I realized my Baker’s chocolate was unsweetened! WHAT? Nooooooooo. I mean they aren’t completely horrible, but if you get a bite of that bitterness, it’s game over. My other co-workers have convinced me to bring them tomorrow so they can decide just how bad they are. I think they might regret that decision, but they asked for it!
Great weekend & tons of projects coming up!
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