CHOCOLATE-CHERRY COOKIE BALLS

Chocolate-Cherry Cookie Balls image

A cherry on top is nice. But a cherry inside? That's spectacular-especially when it's inside a creamy, chocolatey cookie ball!

Provided by My Food and Family

Categories Recipes

Time 1h30m

Yield 40 servings

Number Of Ingredients 6

Ingredients

1 pkg. (8 oz.) PHILADELPHIA Cream Cheese, softened
36 vanilla creme-filled chocolate sandwich cookies, finely crushed
40 maraschino cherries, patted dry
3 pkg. (4 oz. each) BAKER'S White Chocolate, broken into pieces, melted
8 drops red food coloring
2 tsp. red colored sugar

Steps:

Mix cream cheese and cookie crumbs until blended.
Shape into 40 (1-1/4-inch) balls; press to flatten. Top each with cherry; wrap cream cheese mixture around cherry to completely enclose cherry. Re-roll into balls. Freeze 10 min.
Mix melted chocolate and food coloring until blended. Dip balls in chocolate; place on waxed paper-covered rimmed baking sheet. Sprinkle with sugar. Refrigerate 1 hour or until firm.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 120, Fat 7 g, SaturatedFat 3.5 g, TransFat 0 g, Cholesterol 10 mg, Sodium 75 mg, Carbohydrate 0 g, Fiber 0 g, Sugar 0 g, Protein 1 g