These Patriotic Truffles are so delicious and have a surprise in the center! They are super easy to make with 6 ingredients and ready in a few hours.
It is fun to make festive and pretty treats for the holidays and these Patriotic Truffles will not disappoint! They are sweet and chocolatey with a surprise center!
These truffles require only 1 minute of time in the microwave to melt the baking chips and the rest is some rolling, assembling and sprinkling! If you can do that, you can make these!
Oh wait. I left out the hardest part. They need to chill for a couple of hours before you roll them into balls. That waiting is definitely the hardest part. Hurry up! When you know how good they are going to be, you will not want to wait! 😊
These are a great recipe to make with the kids. They can all help! Even the youngest can sprinkle on the sprinkles!
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Why I Love This Recipe
It’s a family-approved recipe that comes together quickly.
So easy to make that kids can help!
They are child friendly
Easy to make with simple ingredients.
They are super tasty
They are so pretty and festive
Other Patriotic Posts
Patriotic Trail Mix, Patriotic Deviled Jell-O Eggs, Patriotic Bark, Easy Patriotic Fudge, Patriotic Truffles, Patriotic Charcuterie Board and Easy Patriotic Cookies are other fun and easy patriotic treats!
Also try our Patriotic I Spy, Patriotic Word Scramble and Patriotic Word Search, all in 2 levels!
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Follow my Patriotic Pinterest Board for dozens of ideas from all around the web! I am constantly finding new things to add so there will be new things all the time!
Can it Be Made Ahead of Time?
Yes, just store in the refrigerator
How to Store Patriotic Truffles
Store covered in the refrigerator for up to 2 weeks.
Key Ingredients
(Full printable ingredients and instructions are just below.)
Oreo cookies—generic can be used but Oreos really are best. The patriotic fireworks ones that come out for July 4th will lose their sparkles when mixed with the cream cheese so don’t bother with those; ask me how I know 😊 You need 2 ½ cups of crushed cookies total
Cream cheese, softened—either full fat or 1/3 fat
White baking chips
Vegetable shortening
Peanut M&Ms—these are the surprise in the middle but won’t be a nice surprise for someone with a peanut allergy. Be sure you know your audience, so to speak and substitute with plain M&Ms if you aren’t sure. One of each red, white and blue would be a great alternate.
Patriotic sprinkles and/or sugar
How to Make Patriotic Truffles
Crush cookies as finely as possible. Use a food processor if possible.
Combine cream cheese and crushed cookies.
Cover and refrigerate for about two hours or until firm.
Remove a truffle worth of cookie and cream cheese mixture and roll into a ball between the palms of your hands. You want the truffle to be about 1 inch in size.
Take 1 peanut M&M and push it into the truffle.
Push the truffle around the M&M and roll it again.
Place the truffle onto a parchment lined baking sheet.
Continue until all truffles are rolled.
Melt shortening and baking chips together in a microwave safe bowl for one minute.
Stir.
The mixture should be smooth and melted after 1 minute. If not, microwave another 10 seconds and stir again. Add 10 seconds at a time until melted but watch carefully. It shouldn’t need much more than a minute and in most cases 1 minute will be enough.
Dip truffles in melted chips one at a time and move around gently with two forks until coated.
Use forks to drip chocolate onto truffles.
Remove with forks. (Don’t pierce.)
Return each one to parchment paper to harden.
Add sprinkles as soon as you put them on the parchment paper because they will harden quickly.
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Patriotic Truffles
These Patriotic Truffles are so delicious and have a surprise in the center! They are super easy to make with 6 ingredients and ready in a few hours.
Ingredients
- 25 Oreo cookies
- 6 ounces cream cheese, softened
- 11 ounce bag white baking chips
- 1 Tablespoon vegetable shortening
- 29 peanut M&Ms
- Patriotic sprinkles and/or sugar
Instructions
- Crush cookies as finely as possible. Use a food processor if possible.
- Combine cream cheese and crushed cookies.
- Cover and refrigerate for about two hours or until firm.
- Remove a truffle worth of cookie and cream cheese mixture and roll into a ball between the palms of your hands. You want the truffle to be about 1 inch in size.
- Take 1 peanut M&M and push it into the truffle.
- Push the truffle around the M&M and roll it again.
- Place the truffle onto a parchment lined baking sheet.
- Continue until all truffles are rolled.
- Melt shortening and baking chips together in a microwave safe bowl for one minute.
- Stir.
- The mixture should be smooth and melted after 1 minute. If not, microwave another 10 seconds and stir again.
- Add 10 seconds at a time until melted but watch carefully. It shouldn’t need much more than a minute and in most cases 1 minute will be enough.
- Dip truffles in melted chips one at a time and move around gently with two forks until coated.
- Remove with forks. (Don’t pierce.)
- Return each one to parchment paper to harden.
- Add sprinkles as soon as you put them on the parchment paper because they will harden quickly.
Notes
25 Oreo cookies—generic can be used but Oreos really are best. The patriotic fireworks ones that come out for July 4th will lose their sparkles when mixed with the cream cheese so don’t bother with those; ask me how I know 😊 You need 2 ½ cups of crushed cookies total.
The peanut M&M are the surprise in the middle but won’t be a nice surprise for someone with a peanut allergy. Be sure you know your audience, so to speak and substitute with plain M&Ms if you aren’t sure. One of each red, white and blue would be a great alternate.
Store covered in refrigerator.
Cindy
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