This post has been sponsored by OREO. All opinions and pictures are my own.
When I was in college, my friend and roommate Kristin introduced me to OREO Cookie Balls. We used to buy the ingredients and make them in our dorm room for any occasion imaginable. Parties, weekends, breakups, exams, late nights… OREO cookie balls saw us through.
After college, OREO Cookie Balls were a staple at wedding showers and baby showers too. My mom and I even made upwards of 400 of them for my wedding! (Safe to say: I got pretty good at making them!) Tad and I made quite a few one Christmas to give as gifts (we packaged them as “lumps of coal”).
As my children get older, I am excited for OREO Cookie Balls to be a part of our family’s traditions (around the holidays and at other times too!). The regular OREO Cookie Balls are a classic, but I wanted to take it up a notch with a sweet surprise for my kids.
I was so excited to try this fun recipe for Penguin OREO Cookie Ball Pops! My kids love penguins, so these were a perfect fit for us.
All of the ingredients to make these can be picked up at Kroger while you’re there for your weekly grocery shopping trip. Got to love one-stop shopping! Locate your nearest Kroger store here.
These are such fun treats to make for parties or to share with friends and family! I think they’d make such cute gifts, too. I think we’ll make another batch to share with our cousins at our annual Christmas beach trip.
- 36 OREO Cookies, finely crushed
- 1 pkg. (8 oz.) brick cream cheese, softened
- 48 lollipop sticks
- 4 pkg. (4 oz. each) semi-sweet baking chocolate, melted
- 48 white candy coating wafers
- 24 Mini OREO Bite Size Cookies, separated, cream removed and each cookie piece cut in half
- mini candy button eyes
- orange triangle candies
- Mix cream cheese and OREO cookie crumbs until blended. Shape into 48 (1 inch) balls.
- Dip one end of each lollipop stick in small amount of chocolate; insert into center of ball. Place on waxed paper covered rimmed baking sheet. Freeze 10 minutes.
- Dip balls in remaining melted chocolate. Immediately place candy wafers on fronts of balls, then decorate with remaining ingredients to resemble penguins.
- Place on prepared pan. Refrigerate 1 hour or until firm.
A few helpful tips:
-The easiest way to finely crush the OREO Cookies is to use a large food processor and pulse until they form crumbs. However, as I mentioned above, I used to make them in my dorm room without fancy tools. Just put the OREO Cookies inside a gallon sized zip bag and crush them with a rolling pin.
-I always use my hands to combine the OREO Cookie crumbs with the cream cheese. It’s a little messy, but it’s the quickest and most effective way to get the job done!
-In order to cut the Mini OREO Cookies, separate the two halves, remove the cream, then use a sawing motion with a butter knife.
-If you don’t have button candies, you can make the eyes with dots of melted white chocolate. Let stand until firm, then add a drop of black decorating gel to each.
-You can make these treats without the lollipop sticks. Use two forks to roll the cookie balls in melted chocolate until evenly coated, then place balls in prepared pan and decorate as directed.
-Store these treats tightly covered in a container in the refrigerator. 
Enjoy!
Lumps of coal… penguins…. so much cuteness!!! These are really adorable.
So so cute.