Sweet and chocolatey, these adorable monster Oreo balls are a fun party treat! Make these little monsters for Halloween or a birthday party, party guests won’t be able to resist these fudgy treats wrapped in colorful chocolate decorated like funny monsters!

Purple oreo ball from the side decorated with a large candy eye and sprinkles to look like a monster with more orange, green and purple chocolate truffles behind decorated like monsters.

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Why We Love Monster Truffles

Adorable For Halloween- These adorable treats make a fun Halloween truffle and a make a cute dessert for any Halloween party.
Delicious Sweet Treat– It’s hard to have just one of these ooey gooey chocolatly bites, they a fudgy and delicious inside wrapped in chocolate!
Fun For A Party – Cute and spunky monster oreo balls make the cutest party platter for a monster, alien or even space-themed birthday party. Plus these are a no bake treat you can make ahead before the party.

These sweet peanut butter no bake Mummy Nutter Butters or chocolate Mummy Cookies would be so fun on a platter with these monsters. Graveyard Dirt Cups are another easy no bake Halloween party treat!

Ingredients For Monster Oreo Balls

36 Oreos 14.3 ounce package or other chocolate sandwich cookies
8 ounces cream cheese softened
24 ounces candy melts Pick a few different colors, I used orange, purple and green candy melts.
48 candy eyes at least one eyeball per monster, I like to use different sizes of eyes.
sprinkles optional

Candy eyes and candy melts can often be found in the cake decorating section of craft stores.

How To Make Monster Oreo Balls

Line a rimmed baking sheet with parchment paper or a silicone baking mat.
Place cookies in food processor and mix until cookies turn into fine crumbs. See notes if you don’t have a food processor.
Add cream cheese to the cookie crumbs. Mix with a silicone spatula until a dough forms. Do not mix the mixture in the food processor as the cream cheese mixture can become too liquidy.
Roll the dough into balls, about one tablespoon per truffle. I like to use this cookie scoop set, for this recipe you’ll need the small cookie scoop. Place each truffle on the parchment paper-lined baking sheet so they are not touching. Freeze the truffles for at least 15 minutes.

Scooping chocolate truffle mix from a bowl from overhead and rolling into balls put on a parchment paper lined pan.

Place each color of candy melts in its own heatproof bowl. Melt the candy melts in the microwave for a minute at half power, then stir. Continue heating the candy melts in thirty-second increments until each forms a smooth chocolate sauce.
Remove truffles from the freezer. Place truffle balls into one of the colors of candy melts one at a time to coat, using a fork so excess chocolate can drip off. Place each coated ball on parchment paper (or I used a silicone baking mat) so they are not touching each other. Decorate immediately with sprinkles if desired before the chocolate sets.

A bowl of melted orange, green and purple chocolate wiith spoons on a counter next to a pan holding oreo truffles that have been dipped in purple chocolate from overhead.

Place the pan in the freezer for 15 minutes to help the chocolate to fully harden. Use leftover melted candy melts almost like glue to add the candy eyes to each monster. Place the pan back in the freezer for 5 minutes to let the eyes set, then enjoy!

Monster oreo balls truffles in orange, purple and green from the side decorate with candy eyes and sprinkles.

Variation Ideas

Switch Up The Chocolate– You can swap any color of candy melts for the outside chocolate, but you can also use white chocolate, dark chocolate or almond bark.
Hide A Candy In The Middle– Hiding colorful MM chocolates or some other Halloween candy in the middle can be really fun!
Swap The Oreos– You can swap in any flavor of Oreo cookies for the chocolate ones. Try peanut butter, mint or golden oreos for a vanilla version.

These Monster Oreo balls are a fun twist on classic Chocolate Oreo balls. You can also try some of my other flavors like lemon, strawberry shortcake or strawberry lemonade or my other fun Bat Oreo Balls which are way fun for Halloween! Or make a whole graveyard with this spooky graveyard poke cake.

How Long Do These Treats Last?

Store these monster oreo balls in the refrigerator in a covered, airtight container. Expect these truffles to last 3-4 days well.

Can You Freeze These Monster Truffles?

You can freeze these monster Oreo balls and will have their best freshness for up to a month. I recommend putting them with layers of freezer paper or parchment paper in between chocolates.

Close up side view of a purple coated truffle decorated with sprinkles and a candy eye with more monster truffles dipped in orange, green and purple chocolate in the background.

Monster Oreo Balls

Author Kristy Richardson

Course Dessert, Party Ideas

Cuisine American

Prep Time 30

Cook Time 0

Chill Time 35

Total Time 1 5

Sweet, chocolaty and fudgy, these adorable monster truffles are easy to make and perfect for a Halloween party treat.

Ingredients

▢ 36 Oreos 14.3 ounce package or other chocolate sandwich cookies
▢ 8 ounces cream cheese softened
▢ 24 ounces candy melts Pick a few different colors, I used three
▢ 48 candy eyes at least one eyeball per monster, but maybe more
▢ sprinkles optional

Instructions

Line a rimmed baking sheet with parchment paper.
Place cookies in food processor and mix until cookies turn into fine crumbs. See notes if you don’t have a food processor.
Add cream cheese to the cookie crumbs. Mix with a silicone spatula until a dough forms. Do not mix the mixture in the food processor as the cream cheese mixture can become too liquidy.
Roll the dough into balls, about one tablespoon per truffle. I like to use this cookie scoop set, for this recipe you'll need the small cookie scoop. Place each truffle on the parchment paper-lined baking sheet so they are not touching. Freeze the truffles for at least 15 minutes.
Place each color of candy melts in its own heatproof bowl. Melt the candy melts in the microwave for a minute at half power, then stir. Continue heating the candy melts in thirty-second increments until each forms a smooth chocolate sauce.
Remove truffles from the freezer. Place truffle balls into one of the colors of candy melts one at a time to coat, using a fork so excess chocolate can drip off. Place each coated ball on parchment paper so they are not touching each other. Decorate immediately with sprinkles if desired before the chocolate sets.
Place the pan in the freezer for 15 minutes to help the chocolate to fully harden. Use leftover melted candy melts almost like glue to add the candy eyes to each monster. Place the pan back in the freezer for 5 minutes to let the eyes set, then enjoy!

Notes

Making Cookie Crumbs Without a Food Processor
- If you don’t have a food processor, you can place the cookies in a gallon size strong zip-top bag. Use a rolling pin or even a full canned good to crush the cookies into crumbs inside the bag.
- After the cookies have become crumbs, you can mix in the rest of the ingredients with the cookie crumbs with an electric mixer. If you don’t have an electric mixer you can mix them together by hand but it may take a little longer and the cream cheese needs to be well softened.
Tips For Decorating The Truffles With Candy Melts
- Sometimes by the time you are decorating the truffles with the candy melt chocolate, the chocolate begins to harden. Candy melts can be placed back in the microwave and heated at half power in increments just like when you first melted the chocolate.
- Be careful not to get any water or other liquid in the candy melts chocolate as this will cause the chocolate to seize. (become grainy and hard.) A little extra oil can be used to thin the chocolate further if needed.