3 Ingredient Oreo Balls are an easy no-bake dessert! Perfect for the holidays or any time of year. Decorate with colored sprinkles to be festive and match the occasion.
Original post: December 2018 | Updated: November 2022 and November 2024
Why This Recipe Works
- Easy, no-bake recipes are my jam this year (uh, every year!).
- Oh my goodness, people adore this sweet treat so much. Not a single one ever goes to waste!
- 3-ingredient Oreo truffles require minimal effort to make and they are ridiculously addicting.
- Perfect for cookie exchanges during the holidays.
- Oreo cookie balls are great for holiday parties or any other holiday such as Valentine’s Day, St Patrick’s Day or even birthdays.
Recipe Ingredients
Oreo cookies – Use a food processor to chop cookies or crush with a heavy spoon in a sealed ziploc bag.
Consider using a different variety of cookie, such as lemon Oreos or golden Oreos. Let the flavor of Oreo determine the flavor of this no bake treat.
Cream cheese – Use full-fat cream, room temperature cream cheese for best results.
Vanilla almond bark – Coarsely chop the almond bark before melting it. Alternatively, you may use a bag of melted white chocolate chips or chocolate melting wafers. Almond bark hardens much better than chocolate and creates more of a smooth finish, but both options are delicious.
Festive toppings – Festive sprinkles are a great way to make your dessert more fun. You can also drizzle chocolate over the top to create a fun pattern, or sprinkle crushed candy canes or crushed candy bars over the tops.
How To Make 3-Ingredient Oreo Balls
Step 1
Place Oreos in a ziploc bag and pound with a wooden spoon or a rolling pin until finely chopped. Place cookie crumbs in a large bowl and add the softened cream cheese. Stir until well coated.
Roll the mixture into 1-inch balls using your hands and place on a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper or wax paper. Place baking sheet in the refrigerator until firm, about 30 minutes.
Step 2
Place almond bark in a microwave safe bowl. Heat in the microwave for 60 seconds and stir. Heat in 15-second increments, stirring after each, until smooth.
Step 3
Place each ball onto a fork and dip into the melted chocolate or melted almond bark until coated. Cover with sprinkles as desired and carefully place back onto the parchment-lined baking sheet and chill for an additional 30 minutes, or until ready to serve.
Recipe Notes for No Bake Oreo Balls
- Use a small cookie scoop to uniformly scoop the mixture from the bowl. This will help you to create consistently sized balls.
- The consistency of the crushed cookies can vary. Both a chunky mixture and fine crumbs will work!
- Sprinkle additional crushed Oreos over the tops of the truffles after placing on parchment.
- Use a stand mixer or hand mixer to combine ingredients to create smooth balls.
Almond Bark vs Chocolate
Chocolate and almond bark both act as delicious coatings for your favorite treats, but with different flavors, textures and ingredients. Both have a silky smooth texture when melted, but almond bark firms up much better once it has cooled.
Chocolate comes with a greater depth of chocolatey flavor, but lacks the ability to stay as firm as almond bark once it has cooled.
How To Melt Almond Bark For Oreo Balls
My favorite method for melting the almond bark is in the microwave. Place bark or chocolate in a microwave-safe bowl and heat for 1 minute and stir.
Continue to heat in 30-second intervals, stirring after each, until the mixture is creamy and free of lumps. This method is quick and never fails!
How To Roll Easy Oreo Balls In Almond Bark
First of all, I much prefer using almond bark to create delicious Oreo truffles because bark hardens nicely and doesn’t melt in your fingers when you pop one in your mouth. Chocolate chips will work, too.
When dipping, you can stab the ball with a toothpick or you can place it on a fork and dip. Whichever method you use, immediately roll the whole thing in sprinkles (sprinkles are optional) and place onto a serving plate or waxed paper.
Can You Freeze Oreo Balls
Oreo Balls should be kept in an airtight container in the refrigerator and will stay fresh for 7-10 days. Or you can freeze them for up to 3 months!
Holiday Dessert Recipes
For other festive holiday treats, check these desserts out!
- Homemade Butterfingers
- Spiral Sugar Cookies
- Instant Pot Cheesecake
- Gingerbread Cookies
- Snowball Cookies
- Snickers Fudge
Will you help add value to Pip and Ebby?
If you make this recipe and love it, stop back and give it a 5-star rating ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ and leave a comment. THANK YOU!
3 Ingredient Oreo Balls – No Bake Recipe
Ingredients
- 15.5 oz Oreo cookies
- 8 oz cream cheese softened
- 24 oz vanilla almond bark coarsely chopped
- sprinkles for decoration optional
Instructions
- Place Oreos in ziploc bag and pound with a heavy spoon until finely chopped. Place chopped Oreos in a large bowl and add the cream cheese. Stir until well coated.
- Roll mixture into 1-inch balls using your hands and place on a baking sheet covered with parchment or waxpaper. Place baking sheet in the refrigerator until firm, about 30 minutes.
- Place almond bark in a microwave-safe bowl. Heat in the microwave for 60 seconds and stir. Heat in 15-second increments, stirring after each, until smooth.
- Place each Oreo ball onto a fork and dip into the melted almond bark until coated. Cover with sprinkles as desired and carefully place back onto the parchment/wax paper and chill for an additional 30 minutes, or until ready to serve.
Notes
- Use a small cookie scoop to uniformly scoop the mixture from the bowl. This will help you to create consistently sized balls.
- The consistency of the crushed cookies can vary. Both a chunky mixture and fine crumbs will work!
- Sprinkle additional crushed Oreos over the tops of the truffles after placing on parchment.
- Use a stand mixer or hand mixer to combine ingredients to create smooth balls.
I make these every year for my work thanksgiving party and for Christmas at my grandparents. Everyone loves them!
I love hearing that you make these for family holiday get togethers! So glad you all love them!
The balls need to be refrigerated much longer than 30 minutes, otherwise they fall apart in the melted bark. Also, it’s well nigh impossible to get them off the fork neatly.
You get good at moving them from the fork to dry! They don’t have to be pretty to be enjoyed though so have fun with it.
These were tasty but OMG a total nightmare to make! They looked so sad too
Omg, I’m just saying this is harder than you think… The balls fell apart in the melted chocolate, what a disaster!
Hi Cat! Melted chocolate of any kind would work great, too!
Megan
Happy Holidays
I have been unsuccessful in finding almond bark. I am trying one more place today. Is there anything that will work well in its place? TIA Cat
You can find it at Aldi. Always a display near the front registers. inexpensive too.
If I don't have a food processor will a bleeder do as well thanks !!!!
I used mint Oreo cookies and then melted 3 Hershey's white chocolate candy bars = the ones with peppermint. If you love mint you will love these.
The next time they have peanut butter Oreos I want to make them again.
I was wondering the same thing! Do they have to be refrigerated?
These look amazing!! Do these have to stay or frigerated though? I'm looking for good treats to send to my boyfriend and his company as they are deployed. I'm not sure if these will be good by time they get to him?
So cute! I have to try these for cookie exchanges next christmas season. I'm pinning this one!
Food friends are THE best! Glad you have someone so special to share it with!
These are one of my favorite things to make during the holidays! You're totally right too – they're extremely easy to make and decorate!
This is the most unfavorite thing I have ever made! What did you do to make it easy?
These are dangerous good, aren't they. I can tell by the pictures. I'm totally thanking God for your life right now too 🙂
Buzzed!
Great minds think alike! I love these truffles and do a mint spin on them for the holidays! Come by and check 'em out if you get a chance! Your truffles are SO pretty with all the red and green festive decor!!
I like the fact that you used the Christmas Oreos. I do see a hit of color in them. Very cute and so easy, even I could manage these. Many thanks!
Oh my gosh these are too cute and that inside is dreamy. Thanks to you, your friend and her mom. Have a wonderful weekend.