Oreo Truffles

Today is the first day of final exams. Which means that all my grades had to be finished yesterday so that students would know their grade going into finals. Which meant that last night, for the first night in a long time, I had -- wait for it -- nothing to grade! Bliss! Joy! Rapture!

Which meant I couldn't wait to get home and cook something. So for my project, I picked something I could bring to school and share:

Oreo Truffles

Ingredients:
1 package Oreos
1 8 oz. block of Philadelphia Cream Cheese, softened
1 lb. of chocolate (I used Dove Milk Chocolate Silky Squares, but have also covered the truffles in white chocolate, turning them into Inside-Out Oreos)

Directions:
Break up a package of Oreos into chunks and place in a food processor. Process until smooth (no chunks in thr truffles!). Add the softened cream cheese and process until the mixture comes together (generally, you'll know this has happened when the mixture forms a shiny clump on one side of the food processor's bowl). Using a small ice cream scooper (mine is 1-inch in diameter), scoopt the Oreo mixture out onto a wax paper- or parchment-lined cookie sheet. Refrigerate for 15-20 minutes. While mixture cools, melt chocolate in a double boiler.* Remove cooled mixture from the refrigerator, roll scoops into balls and dip in melted chocolate. I used forks to remove the balls from the melted chocolate so that the excess could drip off. Place chocolate-covered balls onto another wax paper- or parchment-lined cookie sheet and refrigerate overnight.

These are incredibly rich, so enjoy them with a large glass of milk handy.

*If you don't own a traditional double boiler, or, like me, discovered that chocolate burns easily in a traditional double boiler, try this trick:
Place a glass bowl over a pot of gently simmering water. Make sure the bowl isn't touching the water. Congratulations! You've just created a homemade double boiler. Chocolate (or anything else you're in the mood to melt) will melt more slowly, but I've never burned chocolate using this method.