Barbies Mint Chocolate Truffles (Pic coming later)

"An easy mint truffle that uses mint oreos and Andes Mints!! Great for the Christmas season.... be careful they go fast!!"

Servings 48

Ingredients:

• 1 box of Mint Oreos

• 3 boxes of Andes Mint Chocolates

• 1 package of cream cheese

• Wax Paper

• Toothpicks

Directions: 

Take 36 mint Oreos and crush them up in a medium size bowl. Once crushed add the package of cream cheese and mix. (I use my hands and "kneed" them together until perfectly combined. Take wax paper and lay it on counter or working area. Roll Oreo cream cheese mixture into balls (Mine make between 32-48 depending on size of balls). Once rolled I like to place them in the freezer to make them firm. While balls are "firming" undo the Andes Mint Chocolates and place them in a microwave safe dish. Set chocolates in Microwave and microwave on DEFROST until melted. While Chocolate is in microwave melting remove balls from freezer and stick a toothpick(optional, can dip however you like) in each one . Once Chocolate is melted remove from microwave and begin dipping Oreo balls. Once balls are covered in the chocolate set them on wax paper and remove the toothpick, cover toothpick holes with chocolate. Refrigerate. Enjoy!!

How I got my passion for baking!

I grew up like most traditional families in the south, very conservative. I have 2 sisters and 2 brothers. The girls in my family were responsible for cooking and cleaning while the boys in my family really didn't do much. So when I hit my teen years I went hardcore Liberal, I was a strong feminist. I let my sister do all of the cooking and basically refused to learn when I came of age to be taught. However, when I was 15 my Mawmaw got very sick and none of the other girls were there to learn how to bake for the parties (I'm the youngest girl), so it was thrown on me. The second I put my hands into the dough I fell in love, I just wanted to bake all of the time. I spent that whole summer (other than 2 weeks spent at band camp) learning how to bake cakes, pies, cookies, etc... too this day I still cannot get enough of it!!