I am excited to interrupt our normal blogging tips to bring you an awesome Easter treat by One Sweet Appetite! Oreo Bunny Truffles! I have worked in Jesseca in the past on a blog redesign and I fell in love with her recipes! Make after you read through this tasty post you head over and say hi to Jesseca!
Hey guys! I’m Jesseca, and you can find me over at One Sweet Appetite! It’s great to be back here at Key Lime! I always have a blast when Kendra let’s me take over her site!! Today I want to share a fun and easy Easter treat. I know that Easter is right around the corner, and if you procrastinate like I do, these will help save the day!
Aren’t they cute??
Here is what you will need to get started on these fun little creatures!
That’s right. Oreo’s & cream cheese. These 2 ingredients will form the bunny base.
Start by pulling the cookies out of the sleeves, and toss them into a blender. A food processor would have worked better (hint hint hubby), but the blender does the trick. Blend them up until they are nice fine. Almost like a powder.
Mix your oreo crumbs with your cream cheese.
Use a small cookie scoop to form uniform size balls. You’ll have to roll them in you palm to get them nice & smooth. Place them onto a wax paper lined cookie sheet, and pop them into the fridge for 15-20 minutes. Or an hour if you are like me & totally lost track of time.
Here comes the fun part. Gather your decorating supplies. For the bunnies I used:
Toothpicks
mini marshmallows
pink sanding sugar
heart sprinkles
vanilla almond bark
and blue food color
(Jimmies and rainbow sprinkles were used on the plain ol’ truffles)
Let’s start with a little prep work. Ideally, you could get this done right after you put your truffles in the fridge to firm up. Simply take a mini marshmallow, and squeeze it between your fingers to flatten a bit. Cut it in half with clean scissors, and dip the cut part into your sanding sugar. Voila! Two bunny ears ready to go. Keep going until you have enough for all of your bunnies.
Now, to dip these can be a bit tricky. Push two truffles onto a toothpick. I learned quickly that you don’t necessarily want to push the toothpick all the way through the second one. (I’ll tell you why in a second.)
Holding the toothpick, quickly dip your truffles into your melted almond bark. Let the candy coating drizzle off a bit, then place on the wax paper.
Working quickly, attach the ears, nose, and tail. Once the candy coating has dried, use a toothpick and food color to add eyes.
Once your candy shell has dried, gently pull out the toothpick. Now. . . This leaves some what of an awkward hole in the rear of your bunny. Simply dab a bit of melted chocolate to fill in the blank space.
And there you have it. Some fun and festive bunnies ready to be devoured. These oreo truffles don’t normally last long in my home, so I doubt we will have any left for Easter, but they are fun while they last! Thanks Kendra for letting me stop by, and don’t forget to check out my site for more fun recipe’s! One Sweet Appetite
/// Thanks so much Jesseca for sharing! Go visit her blog to see more recipes! ///
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Mmmm, I ADORE oreo truffles and these are so adorable!! What a great idea, pinning this one for sure.
They are adorable right? Jesseca is such a genius! :) Thanks for leaving a comment and yes, please do pin :)
These are TO DIE FOR ADORABLE!!! I love them!! Just genius. Thanks for the idea. Beautiful pics too.
I’m so glad everyone loves these! They turned out a lot better then I thought they would! :0)
I make these Oreo truffles all the time and everyone goes crazy for them..but I’ve never thought of making them this way! Genius and oh-so-cute! Thanks for the great tutorial. I hope you’ll share on my Teagan’s Travels blog party going on now.
http://teaganstravels.blogspot.com/2012/04/destination-inspiration-linky-party-9.html
Happy Easter!
Michelle
These are so adorable!!!I am pinning this for a future making day. Thanks for the tutorial!
Those look adorable and delicous! I would love for you to share at my new linky party “Pin It and Win It Wednesday” @ http://www.cheapcraftymama.com!
These are SO creative!! I love these little bunnies. And Oreos are always a winner! Thanks for sharing at oopsey daisy!
These are so cute, think I’m gonna try it!! My famly loves Oreo’s, so its a must try. Thank You!!
I am visiting via TT&J. I absolutely adore this project! So clever.
If you have a moment, please stop by my blog. I created a few spring crafts this week.
Have a wonderful weekend.
Oh my goodness, those bunnies are too cute for words! I’d love for you to link this project up at Do Something Crafty: http://seevanessacraft.com/2012/04/do-something-crafty-34/
These are adorable! Thanks for the tutorial:)
These are so stinkin’ cute!! I LOVE them! Pinning them!
Your bunnies are PERFECTLY adorable! I made some a few weeks ago (sitting up version), but I REALLY love the look of your bunnies!
Such a sweet little treat…visiting from Tatertots and Jello…:)
I love your little bunnies!
Oh my goodness these are too cute. I followed you over from Pinterest and I would like to invite you to share this, and any other posts, on my link party at http://www.michellestastycreations.blogspot.com. Have a great weekend.
Hugs,
Michelle
I love this! I’d like to invite you to link up on Saturday Spotlight @ Angels Homestead tomorrow. I’ll be featuring Easter treats and crafts soon, and would love to include this in the collection.
http://angelshomestead.com/
Hope to see you there :)
April
i love the simplicity of these! they are just so dag gone adorable :)
These are so awesome. About how many does your recipe make?
How many do these make?
Making these now!! ONLY ISSUE SO FAR IS THAT i PICKED UP WHITE CHOCOLATE CHIPS INSTEAD OF ALMOND BARK AND NO MATTER HOW MUCH i MELT IT, IT IS SUPER THICK…HOPE i CAN MAKE IT WORK!!