Hot Chocolate Truffles (4 Ingredients)
These Hot Chocolate Truffles come together with minimal effort and just four ingredients. Rich, decadent, and easy to make, they’re the perfect addition to your holiday dessert platter!
Do you bake Christmas cookies during the holiday? We definitely do, whipping up batches and batches of sugar cookies, chocolate crinkle cookies, and Grandma’s molasses cookies.
However, all that baking can be pretty tiring. So, we throw in some easier treats, too, and these hot cocoa truffles are an absolute fave.
Virtually failproof, they’re so easy the kids can help make them, and you can have fun mixing and matching a variety of toppings. Add them to your baking list this holiday season, and we guarantee they’ll become a Christmas staple!
Ingredients You’ll Need
Below is an overview of the ingredients and instructions to make this recipe. Please be sure to scroll down to the recipe card below for the complete details!
- Oreos – We use regular Oreos, but you can experiment with different flavors. Just make sure to use regular, not double stuffed varieties, or the truffles will be too creamy.
- Cream Cheese – Be sure to use full-fat, brick-style cream cheese, and let it come to room temperature before you begin!
- Hot Cocoa Mix – Use any kind of powdered hot chocolate mix you like best.
- Dark Chocolate Chips – This forms the coating. Feel free to use semi-sweet or white chocolate chips if preferred.
- Oil – Use coconut oil, light olive oil, or avocado oil with the melted chocolate chips to create a smooth, spreadable consistency.
- Sprinkles – Technically optional but highly recommended holiday sprinkles add the perfect festive touch!
Helpful Tools
How to Make These Easy Chocolate Truffles
- Process. Place the Oreo cookies in the bowl of a food processor, and pulse on low until the cookies resemble coarse sand.
- Mix. Transfer the Oreo pieces to a large bowl, and add the cream cheese and hot cocoa mix. Stir until well combined.
- Portion. Use a cookie dough scoop or spoon to portion the mixture into balls. Place the truffles on a baking sheet lined with wax paper, and freeze for 30 minutes or until solid.
- Prepare the coating. Place the chocolate chips in a microwave-safe bow, and microwave in 30 second increments, stirring in between until the chocolate is melted. Be careful not to let it burn! Then, stir in the oil.
- Coat. Dip each truffle into the melted chocolate, using a fork to lift them up, and let any excess drip off.
Pro-Tip: If the chocolate coating is too thick, whisk in another teaspoon of oil, and microwave again for 15 seconds.
- Set. Arrange the coated cocoa truffles on the baking sheet, and sprinkle them with sprinkles immediately. Let the truffles set at room temperature, and enjoy!
Common Questions
Stored in an airtight container, leftovers will stay fresh in the refrigerator for up to two weeks.
Yes! You can freeze these hot chocolate truffles for up to 3 months. Let them thaw in the refrigerator or at room temperature to serve.
Yes! Feel free to omit the sprinkles completely, or replace them with options like chopped nuts, shredded coconut flakes, crushed peppermint, raspberry powder, mini marshmallows, cocoa powder, or powdered sugar. You can also add an extra drizzle of melted chocolate over the truffles for a pretty appearance.
More Holiday Treats
Hot Chocolate Truffles (4 Ingredients) Recipe
Equipment
- 1 fork
Ingredients
- 24 Oreo sandwich cookies (regular, not Double-Stuf)
- 8 ounces (1 brick) cream cheese, room temperature
- 1/2 cup hot chocolate mix
- 1 1/2 cups dark chocolate chips (or semisweet or white)
- 2-3 teaspoons oil (coconut, light olive or avocado oil)
- holiday sprinkles
Instructions
- Place the Oreo cookies in a food processor. Process the cookies on LOW until the mixture resembles course sand.24 Oreo sandwich cookies
- Pour the cookie crumbs into a large bowl. Mix in the room temperature cream cheese and hot cocoa mix until combined (see notes).8 ounces (1 brick) cream cheese, room temperature, 1/2 cup hot chocolate mix
- Using a 1 1/2 Tablespoons cookie dough scoop or a spoon take the mixture and roll into balls. Place on a baking sheet lined with wax paper and freeze for 30 minutes.
- Once the unfinished truffles are frozen, pour the chocolate chips into a microwave-safe bowl. Microwave in 30 second intervals for 2 minutes and stir often until all the chocolate chips are melted. Be careful the chocolate doesn't burn! Whisk 2 teaspoons oil into the chocolate mixture.1 1/2 cups dark chocolate chips, 2-3 teaspoons oil
- Remove the truffles from the freezer and dip one by one into the melted chocolate. Using a fork, set the truffle on the tines to let the chocolate drip off while lightly tapping the side of the bowl with the handle to remove the excess chocolate. If the chocolate coating on the truffles is too thick, whisk in another teaspoon oil and/or microwave the melted chocolate again for 15 seconds.
- Place the coated truffles on the lined baking sheet and sprinkle immediately with sprinkles before the chocolate hardens.holiday sprinkles
- Store the truffles in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 2 weeks.
Just made these with vanilla chips. So good!
Hi Jean,
Merry Christmas! Thanks for making them and leaving a review. I bet the vanilla chips are sooo good in this recipe. We’ll have to try those next time!
I have literally made 100s of these over the years!! They ALWAYS turn out fabulous and make such great gifts.
Love these hot cocoa truffles! I missed the boat for Christmas but I think Valentine’s Day sprinkles would be so cute! Can’t wait to try this recipe out!
That is a great idea, Erica! A friend’s mother was just asking me if these truffles would be great for Valentine’s Day and I told her they certainly would be. Oh how cute, red, white, and pink sprinkles would be!! Have fun making (and eating!) these sweet treats. 🙂
Oh wow, those look amazing! 🙂 Lisa
I may or may not have had a tummy ache yesterday because of how many I had eaten… 😉 They are SO good! Blessings to you, Lisa!
This sounds great! Truffles are Always a Good Idea!! 🙂
Hey Angela, I agree! Is there ever a bad time to create, eat, or give truffles?! 😉
Your Hot Cocoa Truffles will be perfect for the holidays! Hope you have a fantastic weekend and thanks so much for sharing with us at Full Plate Thursday!
Miz Helen
Thanks Miz Helen! I agree, these little beauties couldn’t be anymore Christmas-y if they tried 😉
Oh my gosh, these look amazing. Thank you for sharing your recipe at the Snickerdoodle Create~Bake~Make link party! I am featuring your truffles today at the party.
Oh wow, thank you so much Sharon!! I hope these make your holiday just a little bit sweeter 🙂 Merry Christmas!
These look so tasty, Sammi and they would make a perfect holiday gift too! Thank you for sharing your 4 ingredient Hot Cocoa Truffles with us at Hearth and Soul. Sharing! I also shared your Peppermint Chocolate Energy Bites on our H&S Facebook page 🙂
Yes, you are so right, April! These do make a fabulous gift 🙂 Thank you, as always, for your support of this blog!
Wow these sound so good! I love truffles especially at this time of year. Popping over from #recipeoftheweek
Hey Kirsty! If you love truffles, you will L-O-V-E these ones 🙂 I just bought more ingredients today to make these because I can’t stop sharing them with loved ones 🙂
They look gorgeous and totally irresistible. Thanks for sharing!
I would have to agree with you, Vicki…TOTALLY irresistible! 🙂
These truffles look so good I want to just grab one off the screen! So yummy!
I totally know the feeling! I have Hot Cocoa Chips Ahoy on my grocery list for tomorrow because I NEED more of these 😉
Genius!! I just got so hungry!
Ha! I know the feeling 😉 Every time I see these photos I am reminded of how delicious these truffles are. Merry Christmas, Lindsay!
These look delicious! I’ve never made truffles…we may need to try these for Christmas this year!
Oh, you simply must make them, Janelle! These truffles are SO easy and taste like a million bucks!
Those look amazing!
Thank you! I am craving one right now 😉
These are really pretty! Thanks for sharing at Family Joy Blog linkup!
Thank you, Charlotte! I think they are pretty too…and pretty tasty too 🙂