These no-bake egg truffles are adorable for Easter and are made with crushed, frosted animal cookies, cream cheese, and other easy ingredients, making them a delightful holiday dessert!
baking sheet or platter to transfer truffles to refrigerator
Ingredients
14ouncesiced animal cookies
8ouncescream cheesesoftened
28ounceswhite chocolate melting waferswe used 2 packages of 14 ounces Ghirardelli White Chocolate Melting Wafers
gel food colorsif desired
sanding sugarsif desired
sprinklesif desired
Instructions
First, gather ingredients and prepare a large baking sheet or something similar, like a platter, by covering it with parchment paper.
Next, process animal cookies in food processor or crush cookies placing them in a ziplock bag, rolling over them with a rolling pin.
In a mixing bowl, mix together the softened cream cheese and crushed cookies until evenly combined.
Grab about a tablespoon of cookie mixture and mash it together with your hands (this is securing the cookie crumbs more in to the cream cheese so it will hold together better.)
Next, roll it in to a ball by cupping hands together, and gently move hands in a circle rotation until it it forms a round ball.
When in a ball shape, straighten out hands and roll the ball up and down between the two hands to give the “ball” more of an “egg” shape.
Once the "eggs" are formed, place them all on prepared cookie sheet and refrigerate for an hour.
Melting Chocolate
Make sure to follow (if any) package directions for melting chocolate. However, melting chocolate in microwave on half power for about 2 minutes (or as long as needed until melted), stopping the microwave to stir the chocolate every 30 seconds is a common method and how I melted this chocolate.
Remove truffles from the refrigerator and place a toothpick in to one end (top or bottom of the egg) and dip in to melted chocolate and lift back out, allowing excess chocolate to drip off.(You'll want to be patient with this, to allow most of the excess to drip off so it doesn't leave a "pool" of chocolate under the egg when drying.)
Decorating Easter Egg Truffles
It's imporant to decide how you want to decorate the eggs before covering them with chocolate. If using sanding sugar or sprinkles, you'll want to decorate before the chocolate hardens. If decorating with colored melted chocolate drizzle, you can wait to decorate after the chocolate has hardened. See full post for tips on how to decorate the eggs!
Notes
How to Store Egg Truffles:Since they contain cream cheese, it's important to keep the truffles refrigerated when storing and between eating.How to Store:Store truffles in an airtight container in the refrigerator for 3-5 days.