Prep time |
Cook time |
Servings |
45 min |
1hr 55 min |
60 |
Ingredients
1 pkg. (8 oz.) brick cream cheese, softened
36 OREO Cookies, finely crushed
60 maraschino cherries with stems
4 pkg. (4 oz. each) white baking chocolate, melted
2 Tbsp. multi-colored sprinkles (red, white and blue)
1 Tbsp. EACH red and blue colored sugar
1 oz. EACH red and blue candy coating wafers, melted
Instructions
- Mix cream cheese and cookie crumbs until blended.
- Shape into 60 (3/4-inch) balls, using about 1 tsp. cream cheese mixture for each ball; press to flatten. Top each with 1 cherry, stem side up; wrap cream cheese mixture around cherry to completely enclose cherry. Place in shallow pan. Freeze 10 min.
- Cover rimmed baking sheet with waxed paper. Hold cherry stems to dip cookie balls, 1 at a time, into melted chocolate, turning to completely coat all sides of each ball with chocolate. Place on prepared baking sheet. Decorate with remaining ingredients as shown in photo.
- Refrigerate 1 hour or until firm. Keep refrigerated.
Tips
Substitute Prepare using 16 oz. white candy coating wafers.
Food Facts You will need to purchase 2 (16-oz.) jars of maraschino cherries to get the 60 cherries needed to prepare this recipe.