Wednesday, March 9, 2011

St. Patrick’s Day Cookie Balls




Impress your little leprechauns with these lucky cookie balls.
The folks at Kraft Foods shared this cute St. Patrick's Day version of their Cool Mint OREO Cookie Balls with Kraft Delicious Byte Bloggers today and they were too cute not to pass along.

Cool Mint OREO Cookie Balls
Prep Time: 20 min. plus refrigerating | Makes: 40 servings, 1 cookie ball each.

What You Need
6 oz. (3/4 of 8-oz. pkg.) PHILADELPHIA Cream Cheese, softened
1 pkg. (15.25 oz.) DOUBLE STUF OREO Cool Mint Creme Cookies, finely crushed
2pkg. (6 squares each) BAKER'S White Chocolate, melted
6 drops green food coloring
2 Tbsp. green colored sugar
Make It
Mix cream cheese and cookie crumbs until well blended.
Shape into 40 (1-inch) balls. Freeze 10 min. Mix melted chocolate and food coloring until well blended. Dip balls in chocolate; place in single layer in shallow waxed paper-lined pan. Top with sugar.
Refrigerate 1 hour or until firm.
How to Store:
Store in tightly covered container in refrigerator.

How to Make Cookie Crumbs:
Crushing OREO Cookies is a cinch with a rolling pin and a resealable plastic food storage bag. Or, process the cookies in your food processor or blender.

How to Melt Chocolate:
Place unwrapped chocolate squares in microwaveable bowl. Microwave on HIGH 2 min. or until chocolate is completely melted, stirring every 30 sec.

Nutrition Information Per Serving: 110 calories, 6g total fat, 3g saturated fat, 0g trans fat, 5mg cholesterol, 65mg sodium, 13g carbohydrate, 0g dietary fiber, 10g sugars, less than 1g protein, 0%DV vitamin A, 0%DV vitamin C, 0%DV calcium, 2%DV iron.