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Chocolate Peppermint Truffles
1 hr
Dessert
10 ingredients or less
Freezer-friendly
No cook
truffles
Total
1 hrPrep
30 minFreeze
30 minContains
soy
gluten
Free from
peanut
tree nut
sesame
Ingredients
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28vegan Oreo cookies
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3.5 oz (100 g)plain vegan cream cheese
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½ tsppeppermint extract
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1candy cane, crushed (optional)
Directions
- Add the cookies to a food processor.
- Blend into fine crumbs.
- Add the cream cheese and peppermint extract and pulse a few times to combine.
- Transfer the mixture to a bowl and place it in the freezer for 30 minutes to firm up.
- Remove the bowl from the freezer, scoop up a tablespoon of the mixture, and use your hands to roll it into a ball. Place on a parchment-lined plate, then transfer back to the freezer while melting the chocolate.
- Place the chocolate in a heatproof bowl and microwave at 600W. Stop to stir every 20 seconds until fully melted. Alternatively, melt in a double boiler over the stove. Set aside to cool slightly.
- Set a truffle on a fork and spoon melted chocolate over it to coat. Swipe away any excess chocolate, then return it to the lined plate.
- Sprinkle over a crushed candy cane for decoration while the chocolate is still wet. Then repeat with the remaining truffles.
- Place the truffles in the fridge to harden until ready to eat. Enjoy!
Storage
- Store in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 1 week.
- Store well sealed in the freezer for up to 2 months.
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Tried these for the first time today. Very delicious!
I couldn’t find any plain cream cheese, so I swopped it for thick coconut yoghurt. And for some colour, I added fresh strawberries to the plate.
Looks delicious!
Would it be okay if I replace peppermint extract with peppermint oil?
Super easy to make and very tasty! I used freezedried raspberries as decorative topping, and I think dried flower petals wouldalso be very pretty!
What brand of cookies do you recommend?
AMAZINGGGG
SO GREAT!!! Barely lasted 4 days in the house!
Obsessed with these! They are hard to give as a gift because *someone* (it's me..) keeps eating them before they ever make it to a gift box....
These are amazing! So simple but so good
Easy to make and delicious! We made it for our grandparents and they loved it! And we made some more for us to taste ;-)
Hello PUL family! I am making these tomorrow but had trouble sourcing peppermint extract. I managed to find alcohol free peppermint spirits at my local health food store. I was assured by someone who works there they are safe to consume internally. Any thoughts about how to use them as a substitute in this recipe?
Many thanks and happy holidays!
Delicious! If you're gluten-intolerant and live in Australia, I used Kez's Vanilla bean cookies and cream bickies. I bought two packets and used 8 large bickies which was the perfect amount. They taste just like After Dinner Mints :D
Thank you for this amazing recipe!!! I can’t wait to try it out by myself. Do you think that I can substitute the cream cheese with coconut yogurt? :)
So, I didn’t have any extract handy so I played around a bit. After freezing them and before chocolate coating, I dipped them in a jam, froze them again, chocolate coated them, and garnished with pomegranate seeds because no candy cane. After sharing them I was asked to make a batch for a coworker and sell them officially lol. I instead referred them to the holy grail of tasty recipes aka PUL :)
What different extract would you recommend instead of peppermint?
Very tasty!
Although my store didn't had peppermint extract so I switched it for lemon and it tasted so great!
It was so easy to prepare yet felt so exclusive :)
These are so tasty! They are quite soft but I like that, so for me they are perfect. They're also the perfect gift, so easy to make and so delicious.
These are soooooo yummy and they look really fancy, too! I was going to give them as gifts, but now I'm thinking of eating them ALL myself. :) Thank you so much for a great recipe once again!
A great recipe! Easy, delicious and fancy! The addition of peppermint extract and the candy cane takes it over the top. Thanks for the great recipe, I think these will be a annual family favorite!!
Amazing!! And addicting!!
For those considering the chocolate sandwich cookies...I used them and it still turned out delicious!
I made these for my work holiday party on Thursday and they FLEW off the dessert table! I had people coming up to me after saying that they were the best item on the dessert table! Coworkers were raving and asking where I bought them, and when I said I made them they were in shock! One coworker also said how excited he was that they were vegan, because "delicious treats like this help encourage people to become or try being vegan." I myself am not vegan but all of your recipes are absolutely delicious so I thought I would try something different (and to be inclusive if one of my coworkers was vegan). This recipe is perfect for parties and was SO easy to make, I encourage anyone interested to give it a try! (But make sure to save one for yourself because there will not be any leftovers!)
So simple and such a treat!
Ignore my question...ugh...I just found my answer lol. They are delicious by the way. Thanks!
Do these need to be stored in the fridge?
Ooooooh these were so good!! Won't admit how many I ate in one go :P