#631 - Oreo Cookie Balls

(by Shirley McNevich)

1 package Oreo cookies (regular size)
8oz. Philadelphia cream cheese (softened)
1 - 12oz. bag Nestle's semi-sweet chocolate bits
1/2 bar paraffin wax

Grind the Oreo cookies (a few at a time) in a blender or food processor--they should be crushed very fine. In a mixer add cream cheese--beat. Add ground Oreo cookies--beat. Remove bowl from mixer and scrape the sides with a spatula. Roll the batter into balls (about the size of a quarter). Refrigerate them until firm. In a double boiler, add water to the bottom pan and Nestle's chocolate bits and paraffin wax in the top pot--turn heat to medium and melt the chocolate and wax--stir until melted and smooth. Turn heat down to low. Use a toothpick and dip each cookie ball in chocolate until covered--placed dipped cookie balls on a tray lined with Saran Wrap--turn toothpick to remove. Use a little chocolate on the toothpick to cover the whole in each cookie ball left by the toothpick hole. Keep refrigerated.