The holiday spirit is in the air. Soon the kids will be out of school for Christmas break and relatives will be arriving to celebrate. My family, including those extended family members, expect to be greeted with homemade candy treats when they visit. I have no problem with this, especially since I get to sample the goods to make sure they “meet expectations.” This year we found a recipe for Christmas Tree Cookie Ball Pops. They looked delicious and didn’t take a lot of ingredients. It also includes OREO Cookies. Come on, who doesn’t love OREO’s? The recipe is versatile too. I can use different flavors for different seasons. Thanks to Lunchbox for sponsoring this yummy recipe post.
To begin you’ll need Cool Mint Creme OREOS, Philadelphia Cream Cheese and BAKER’s White Chocolate. I soften my cream cheese in the microwave for 20 seconds before I begin. I also process the OREOS in the blender for about five seconds to make sure they are finely crushed.
Mix the cream cheese and OREOS together until blended. This usually takes about two minutes of mixing. The mixture should look like this when blended:
Shape the mixture into balls and place on waxed or parchment paper. Melt white chocolate in microwave for 45 seconds. Stir, then return to microwave for 30 seconds. Stir again until melted. Add food coloring and mix until blended.
Dip a lollipop stick into the melted chocolate and then insert it into the cookie pop. Continue doing this until all cookies have lollipop sticks. Freeze for ten to fifteen minutes until chocolate balls are completely cool. You’ll need them to be cold before dipping the ball into the chocolate. Dip the chocolate balls into the remaining chocolate until completely covered. Allow to dry on a baking sheet.
Decorate as desired. You can easily make a Christmas Tree with decorator icing and red hot candies. I used white sugar to resemble snowballs. HELPFUL HINT: Do not use “cookie gel icing” it is too runny, leaving the Christmas trees looking more like squiggles. Not that this happened to me and I had to cover it up with white sugar.
- 6oz. (3/4 of 8-oz. pkg.) PHILADELPHIA Cream Cheese, softened
- 1pkg. (15.25 oz.) OREO Cool Mint Creme Cookies, finely crushed (about 4 cups)
- 3pkg. (4 oz. each) BAKER’S White Chocolate, broken into pieces, melted
- 6drops green food coloring
- 3Tbsp. green and/or white decorating icings
- 40small hot cinnamon candies
- MIX cream cheese and cookie crumbs until blended.
- SHAPE into 40 (1-inch) balls. Mix melted chocolate and food coloring until blended. Dip 1 lollipop stick in melted chocolate, then insert chocolate-dipped end into center of 1 cookie ball. Place on waxed paper-covered rimmed baking sheet. Repeat with remaining cookie balls. Freeze 10 min.
- DIP balls in remaining chocolate; return to baking sheet. Decorate with decorating icing and candles as shown in photo. Refrigerate 1 hour or until chocolate coating is firm.
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My Sister in Law always makes cake pops for Christmas. I have to share this recipe with her so she can make these for us too.
I have never made cake pops but these sound fantastic and easy! May give these a whirl over the break!
I’ve only tried to make pops once. They were a huge fail for me. You’ve got me wanting to try again!
Those looks so yummy. I like that they don’t have a long list of ingredients. My girls would enjoy making these.
I have tried my hand at making coolie balls and was not very successful. These look so good!
Such a cute idea which kids will love so much right away. I just love that it is easy to make & a fun treat to make the Christmas so exciting for my kids.
How fun! And they look so yummy! I bet they are
Cake pops are always a hit here. I’ll have to add some to our holiday goodies.
My kids are going to love making these with me. They look so delicious and easy to make.
These will be perfect to serve for the holidays. I will have to try this recipe tonight.
What a festive little treat for the holidays! I love Oreo anything this time of year!
Looks like a yummy dessert children can help with too. How fun for Christmas vacation week!
What a fun recipe. I like that it’s easy enough for the boys to help with.
Oh these look yummy and super simple to make! I’ll have to make them with my kids!
My kids won’t even give me a chance to put the stick in lol. These would make great party treats.
Oh these sound amazing – i have to admit I do love a good cake (or cookie) pop! x
These are so cute and look like they would be so much fun to have at a Christmas or any winter party. These look easy to make which is a big bonus.
I used to make cake pops and this process is very similar. This looks super easy to make!
Those look really easy to make and tasty too!
Those are so cute, and I bet they taste as good as they look. I need my little bakers to help me make them.
These are adorable and sound delicious. This could be a fun project to do with the boys.
Cake balls are such a great dessert. These sound and look so good!
I love cake balls. These sound delicious!
Oh yummy. I could certainly stand to have a few of these in my life. I might have to make some for Christmas or New Years. I think they would be a hit.
What a great idea. These look so good, my kids would really enjoy them. I haven’t made these type of pops before!
These sound yummy! Cream cheese and Oreos, a winning pair.
I am totally drooling over here and can not believe how tasty these cookie pops look. They seem far easier to make than I would expect.
These are super cute. I’d love to make these for the nieces and nephews. Who doesn’t love Oreos?
These look delicious! love all desserts with cream cheese, thanks for this fun recipe.
What a cute idea these cookie balls are, and so much less messy for the kids. I need to make some for the grandkids.
Those look so yummy! I can see these as a nice dessert all set up around the places settings. Thanks!
This is my favorite recipe. They’re so easy to make especially for theme parties.
These look great! My kids would love them, I will have to make them this week!
My kids would, too! They love eating stuff off of sticks….
I love this idea. What a fun treat this would be to put out on Christmas.