I have a section on the Recipe page of this blog for Cake Balls & Truffles but I’m just realizing that I’ve only posted one recipe per year over the last few years.
One recipe per year! Boozy S’mores Truffels in 2016,  Brigadeiros in 2015,  Dulce de Leche Cake Balls in 2014,  Dark Chocolate Nutella Cherry Truffles in 2013. And the year before that I had none (zero!) I was really surprised to see this because I feel like I’m always rolling truffles or oreo balls or cake balls, but I guess I didn’t get to chronicle everything. I’ve been called Queen of Cake Balls more than once and I feel like I have to relinquish that title.
I’ll settle for Princess of Oreo Truffles. Because now we have these Hazelnut Oreo Truffles.
I made these Hazelnut Oreo Truffles twice in the last month to bring to parties, and everyone thought that I must have spent hours making them. They’re so creamy and rich, with the texture perfectly offset by the crunch from crushed Oreos and toasted hazelnuts, that they taste like they are the product of hard work.
The truth is that it took more effort to wrap each truffle individually (I made these for one of my girl friend’s bachelorette party as party favors) than to actually whip them up.
I royally accepted all compliments thrown my way, and didn’t admit that these are wonderfully easy, no-bake treats. I didn’t say that Oreo balls have been around for a long time (my first blurry ...