Halloween Oreo Balls

Festive Halloween Oreo Balls

First up, MONSTER TRUFFLES. These ended up being my favorite, so they get written about first in the line-up! 🙂

Monsters, Inc. is one of my all-time favorite movies and these little guys definitely remind me of a monster you’d see from that movie! One big eye and some sprinkles on top — these couldn’t be easier to make! I’ve found the large edible eyes at different grocery stores (usually with cake decorating, sprinkles, or general baking aisle). The candy melts and sprinkles are hit or miss at grocery stores, but I’ve always had luck finding them at crafting stores. Also if you are local to SLC area, you can grab the sprinkles for a great deal at Orson Gygi which is one of my favorite places in SLC to find decorating supplies. They’ve got sprinkles of every color you could imagine.

In case you can’t find the ingredients in the store, or prefer the convenience of shopping online, here are links to the ingredients I used:

• Lavender Candy Melts
• Wilton Large Edible Sugar Candy Eyeballs – Cake Cookie Cupcake Icing Decorations
• Lavender Sprinkles

PUMPKIN TRUFFLES. When I first was thinking about doing a post of Halloween truffles, I came up with 8 different ideas. I sent all 8 ideas in a text message to my sisters and had them vote for their top 4. The only one that got all 4 votes was a pumpkin! It definitely surprised me, but they did end up cute so I’m glad they made the cut. 😉

These little guys have pretty standard ingredients that aren’t too hard to find. Pretzels, M&M’s, and orange candy melts. Especially since it’s Halloween time, I’ve seen orange melts at lots of different grocery stores. But, just in case you can’t find the orange melts in the store, or prefer the convenience of shopping online, here is an Amazon link for them:

• Wilton Orange Candy Melts

These little guys again, have pretty standard ingredients that aren’t too hard to find. In fact, these should be the easiest 🙂 Regular milk chocolate (or dark or semi-sweet — whatever you like best!) and more oreos for the wings! I suggest using the thin oreos since they hold up better, but if you don’t want to buy two different kinds of oreos, the regular will work okay.

Again, in case you can’t find the edible eyes in the store, or prefer the convenience of shopping online, here is an Amazon link for them:

• Candy Edible Eyeballs

MUMMY TRUFFLES. The idea of mummies to me is super creepy, but they are one of my favorites to make into food. (See here: mummy bark and mummy milanos) These truffles get drenched in white chocolate and then you let them completely dry. After they are dry is when you’ll pipe on extra white chocolate to give the “bandages” more of a defined look. I also like to pipe a little bit of chocolate over the eyes to make them seem more encased in the “mummy”.

Again, in case you can’t find the edible eyes in the store, or prefer the convenience of shopping online, here is an Amazon link for them: Alternatively, you could use 2 mini chocolate chips put in upside down into the truffle!

• Candy Edible Eyeballs

There are full written recipes for each truffle below. Please note that each recipe is for making an entire batch of ONE type of truffle. If you want to make all four or an assortment then you’ll want to make a regular batch of the Oreo truffles and then scale down the decoration parts to exactly how many of each Oreo truffle you want. The quantity of truffles you get of course depends on the size you roll them out. 

WITCH TRUFFLES

In case you can’t find the ingredients in the store, or prefer the convenience of shopping online, here are links to the ingredients I used:

• Dark Green Candy Melts
• Candy Edible Eyeballs
• Black Licorice OR Black Sparkle Gel

Next up, SPIDER TRUFFLES. These are actually a recipe I shared last year, but they get a spot in the video tutorial this year. 🙂 The one thing I get asked is where to find black licorice. I’ve always found it in candy aisle with the individually wrapped “gourmet” candies (instead of with regular black and red licorice). I’ve also found it in gas stations (ha!) and if all else fails it’s always somewhere online!

In case you can’t find the ingredients in the store, or prefer the convenience of shopping online, here are links to the ingredients I used:

• Candy Edible Eyeballs
• Brown Sprinkles

FRANKENSTEIN TRUFFLES.

These guys crack me up — so cute and super easy to make! I used a different green candy melts color, but if you are making the witches at the same time, that green will work great for these.

Again, in case you can’t find the decorations in the store, or prefer the convenience of shopping online, here is an Amazon link for them:

• Candy Edible Eyeballs
• Black Sparkle Gel
• Brown Sprinkles
• Vibrant Green Candy Melts

OWL TRUFFLES. 

I had a hard time coming up with the last Halloween truffle and as soon as I thought of an owl, I had a blast trying to make it. The big eyes are just miniature oreos pulled apart with an M&M pressed into the center. The beak is also just an M&M! These are probably the easiest ones to make and the ingredients are super simple to find.

• Brown Sprinkles