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No Bake Snowman Truffles

No bake snowman truffles turn chocolate sandwich cookies and cream cheese into two-size truffle treats coated in white candy melts. Add pretzel arms, chocolate-chip faces, and orange icing noses for a festive finish.
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Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 2 minutes
chilling 1 hour
Total Time 1 hour 32 minutes
Servings: 24 servings
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Calories: 260
Ingredients Equipment Method Notes

Ingredients
  

Make the truffles
  • 36 chocolate sandwich cookies finely crushed
  • 1 package (8 oz) cream cheese softened
Coating and decorations
  • 2 bag (12 oz) white candy melts
  • 0.25 cup mini chocolate chips
  • 16 pretzel sticks broken in half
  • 1 tube (4.25 oz) orange decorating icing

Equipment

  • 1 18x13-inch rimmed baking sheet
  • 1 microwave-safe 4-cup bowl

Method
 

Make the truffles
  1. Line an 18x13-inch rimmed baking sheet with parchment paper.
  2. Process the cookies into fine crumbs.
  3. Add the cream cheese and pulse until the mixture is evenly combined and holds together.
  4. Roll the mixture into 24 portions of 1 tablespoon each and 24 portions of 2 teaspoons each, then place them on the baking sheet.
  5. Refrigerate for 30 minutes, until firm.
Coat and decorate
  1. Melt the candy melts in a microwave-safe 4-cup bowl at 50% power in 30-second intervals, stirring after each, until smooth.
  2. Reserve 1/4 cup of the melted coating.
  3. Dip each truffle ball in the remaining coating, letting excess drip back into the bowl, and return it to the baking sheet.
  4. Refrigerate for 15 minutes, until the coating is set.
  5. Rewarm the reserved coating in 10-second intervals until fluid.
  6. Use small dabs of coating to attach one small ball to each large ball.
  7. Use small dabs of coating to attach two pretzel halves as arms to each snowman.
  8. Use small dabs of coating to attach two mini chocolate chips as eyes and three mini chocolate chips as buttons to each snowman.
  9. Pipe an orange icing nose onto each snowman.
  10. Refrigerate for at least 15 minutes before serving and keep refrigerated.

Notes

For neat dipping, let excess coating drip back into the bowl before returning each truffle to the baking sheet. Keep refrigerated for up to 5 days; freezer storage is suitable. For a gluten-free option, use gluten-free chocolate sandwich cookies and pretzel sticks.