NO-BAKE COOKIE TRUFFLES

No-Bake Cookie Truffles image

Provided by Fake Bake

Categories dessert

Time 1h

Yield 21 truffles (7 of each kind)

Number Of Ingredients 11

2 3/4 cups vanilla wafer crumbs (from one 11-ounce box cookies, pulverized)
One 8-ounce package cream cheese, at room temperature
7 whole hazelnuts
10 ounces white candy melts, melted
12 ounces flake sweetened coconut
7 chocolate-covered mint candies, such as Junior Mints
10 ounces chocolate melting wafers, melted
2 ounces green candy melts, melted
7 circus animal cookies
7 ounces pink candy melts, melted
Multicolor nonpareils, for sprinkling

Steps:

For the cookie truffles: Combine the cookie crumbs and cream cheese in the bowl of a stand mixer and beat until a thick non-sticky dough is achieved. Roll dough by the generous tablespoon into 21 balls.
For the coconut hazelnut: Press a hazelnut into the center of each of 7 truffles. Dip in the white chocolate and roll in the coconut. Place on parchment paper to set, about 30 minutes.
For the grasshopper: Make a hole in each of 7 truffles and stuff them with the chocolate-covered mints. Dip in the chocolate and garnish with a drizzle of green chocolate. Place on parchment paper to set, about 30 minutes.
For the circus animals: Make a hole in each of 7 truffles and stuff each with a piece of a circus animal cookie. Dip in the pink chocolate and place on parchment paper. Garnish with the multicolor nonpareils. Let stand until set, about 30 minutes.