Truffles/Cake Pops

I looked at some recipes on Pinterest for truffles, and modified them a bit to make 4 different kinds of truffles to take as a birhtday treat to work: thin mint, oreo, oatmeal cream pie, and peanut butter pretzel. They were a hit, and gone within less than 1 hour.

Thin Mint:
2 boxes Keebler cookies (thin mint knock offs), crushed finely
6 oz cream cheese (low fat is fine)

Oreo:
1 box Oreos, crushed finely
8 oz cream cheese (low fat is fine)

Oatmeal Cream Pies:
2 boxes Oatmeal Cream Pies
2 oz cream cheese (low fat is fine)

Peanut Butter Pretzel:
2 cups pretzels, crushed coarsely
3/4 cup peanut butter
3/4 cup powdered sugar
1 teaspoon salt

For each truffle, make small balls (about one inch). I used a cookie scoop, and then rolled. Put these on parchment paper and let them chill until they are pretty hard on the outside. This is especially important for the peanut butter ones.

Melt whatever kind of chocolate chips you want to dip the truffles in, a bag of chocolate chips will need about 2 tablespoons of shortening. I use the microwave, stirring every 45 seconds, power 80%.

Then dip the truffles and place on wax paper to chill. You can also drizzle with another kind of melted chocolate and top with cookie bits or pretzel bits for extra decoration.

I keep them in the refridgerator until serving, because there is cream cheese in the recipe.