Description
Creamy No-Bake Peppermint Bark Snowballs bring holiday cheer with their delightful blend of chocolate and mint. Festive treats will transport taste buds to winter wonderlands, inviting guests to savor each delectable bite.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 cup (120 g) crushed chocolate sandwich cookies (such as Oreos)
- ¼ cup (60 g) cream cheese, softened
- 1 cup (240 ml) white chocolate chips, melted
- ½ cup (80 g) crushed peppermint candies or candy canes
- 1 cup (120 g) powdered sugar (for rolling)
Instructions
- Crumb Creation: Pulverize chocolate sandwich cookies and peppermint candies into fine, uniform crumbs within a spacious mixing bowl, ensuring a consistent texture for the base mixture.
- Binding Process: Incorporate softened cream cheese into the cookie-peppermint crumb blend, kneading meticulously to develop a cohesive, malleable consistency that will hold the snowballs together.
- Chocolate Integration: Gently fold molten white chocolate throughout the mixture, stirring with precision to guarantee even ingredient distribution and a smooth, glossy appearance.
- Shaping Technique: Mold compact spherical formations using gentle hand pressure or a miniature scoop, aiming to create uniform one-inch diameter orbs with consistent shape and size.
- Sugar Coating: Delicately roll each snowball in a generous layer of powdered sugar, rotating to achieve complete, even coverage that provides a festive, snow-like exterior.
- Chilling and Setting: Arrange the sugar-dusted confections on a parchment-lined tray, then refrigerate for a minimum of 60 minutes to solidify the structure and enhance flavor melding.
Notes
- Crush Cookies Precisely: Use a food processor for ultra-fine, uniform crumbs to ensure smooth, consistent texture in snowballs.
- Balance Cream Cheese Moisture: Ensure cream cheese is softened but not overly wet to maintain proper binding and prevent snowballs from becoming too sticky.
- Control White Chocolate Consistency: Melt chocolate slowly and carefully to prevent seizing, stirring gently to create smooth incorporation without clumping.
- Chill for Perfect Texture: Refrigeration is crucial for solidifying snowballs, allowing them to hold shape and develop enhanced flavor melding.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 1 hour
- Category: Desserts, Snacks
- Method: Blending
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 13
- Calories: 150
- Sugar: 18 g
- Sodium: 50 mg
- Fat: 7 g
- Saturated Fat: 4 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 3 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 22 g
- Fiber: 0 g
- Protein: 1 g
- Cholesterol: 10 mg