Oreo Acorns

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We are nuts about these Oreo Acorns! 

Oreo Acorns

These Oreo Acorns are so fun and easy to make.

They will be the perfect addition to any fall harvest party, or even Thanksgiving!

All of the guys in my house are big fans of Oreos and Peanut Butter, so the combination of the two couldn’t create a more desired treat with my crew!

You can also incorporate this idea for other seasons and holidays. For example, at Christmas, make Christmas Grinch Oreo Balls

To begin, gather all of the ingredients, make sure your cream cheese is out and coming up to room temperature.

Next, put a few oreos at a time into your food processor, and pulse it until they turn into crumbs.

Before we had a food processor, I put them in a zip top bag and pummeled them with a rubber mallet 🙂

Once the Cream Cheese is softened, begin to fold the Oreo crumbs into it until they’re well blended.

Use a heaping tablespoon of the mixture to form into acorn shapes.

To form, roll into an elongated ball, then pinch one end to make it slightly tapered.

Place the acorns on a baking sheet with wax paper and place them in the freezer for 1 hour.

After the acorns are hard, melt the chocolate.

Dip each acorn into the chocolate with a fork.

Tap the edge of the bowl to remove any excess chocolate – then place back on parchment paper.

Continue until all acorns are dipped, and then allow them to come to room temperature to harden.

Once the chocolate covered acorns are hardened, melt the butterscotch chips (or Reese’s Peanut Butter Chips) and pour brown sprinkles into a separate bowl.

Dip the tops of each chocolate covered acorn into the butterscotch – then immediately dip into the sprinkles.

Cut ½ inch pieces of the pretzel sticks.

Dip the edge of each pretzel stick into the butterscotch and press into the top of each acorn.

Return to baking sheet to allow the pretzels to set before serving.

 

Yield: 24

Oreo Acorns

Oreo Acorns
Prep Time 15 minutes
Additional Time 1 hour
Total Time 1 hour 15 minutes

Ingredients

  • 1 package peanut butter Oreos
  • 1 8 oz. package cream cheese softened
  • 12 oz Chocolate chips or Chocolate Candiquik chips
  • 6 oz Butterscotch or Peanut Butter chips
  • Brown Sprinkles
  • Pretzel Sticks

Instructions

Allow the cream cheese to come to room temperature

Put Oreos in the food processor and pulse until you have crumbs. You may need to split this into two batches depending on the size of your food processor.

Once the cream cheese is softened, mix the Oreos and cream cheese together until well blended.

Use a heaping tablespoon of the mixture to form into acorn shapes. To form, roll into an elongated ball, then pinch one end to make it slightly tapered. Place the acorns on a baking sheet with wax paper and place them in the freezer for 1 hour.

After the acorns are hard, melt the chocolate. Dip each acorn into the chocolate with a fork. Tap the edge of the bowl to remove any excess chocolate – then place back on parchment paper. Continue until all acorns are dipped, and then allow them to come to room temperature to harden.

Once the chocolate covered acorns are hardened, melt the butterscotch chips and pour brown sprinkles into a separate bowl.

Dip the tops of each chocolate covered acorn into the butterscotch – then immediately dip into the sprinkles.

Cut ½ inch pieces of the pretzel sticks. Dip the edge of each pretzel stick into the butterscotch and press into the top of each acorn. Return to baking sheet to allow the pretzels to set before serving.

Nutrition Information:

Yield:

24

Serving Size:

1

Amount Per Serving: Calories: 154Total Fat: 9gSaturated Fat: 5gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 3gCholesterol: 10mgSodium: 87mgCarbohydrates: 19gFiber: 1gSugar: 15gProtein: 2g

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These are a few items I found helpful in my own kitchen when making this Oreo Acorns recipe:

Hamilton Beach (70730) Food Processor & Vegetable Chopper with Bowl Scraper, 10 Cup, ElectricRachael Ray 56524 3-Piece Oven Lovin’ Cookie Pan Steel Baking Sheet Set, Gray with Orange GripsAmazonBasics Silicone Baking Mat Sheet, Set of 2Oreo Chocolate Peanut Butter Pie Sandwich Cookies, 12.2 OunceReese’s Baking Chips Peanut Butter Flavored, 10-Ounce Bags (Pack of 6)Wilton 710-168 Chocolate Jimmies Food Decorative, 6.25-OunceOreo with a Twist: 75 Easy recipes and fun to make food craftsAmazing Oreo RecipesOreo as The Main Ingredient for Magical Desserts: Oreo Desserts that You Can Even Make for Special Occasions

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40 Comments

  1. These are adorable! I will definitely have to try these out – using the butterscotch instead of the peanut butter! so creative!

  2. These look delicious! Thanks for posting the recipe. I think I’m going to try these out on the family before Thanksgiving.

  3. These really look so good and professionally done!!! My children, grandchildren,and great grandchildren would love these! I will keep this recipe and make a huge batch of them for everyone!!!!

  4. These are too cute and perfect for fall. Anything with cream cheese and I’m in love. I can’t wait to make these for our next church function, thanks for sharing!

  5. Those are adorable! I would love to make these for my co-workers, but one of them is allergic to peanuts, I might try the butterscotch ones instead! Thanks for the idea!

  6. These look delicious. Cream cheese, peanut butter and chocolate what more could anyone ask for?

  7. I’m such a big Oreo cookie fan! I’m always on the lookout for new recipes with them. Yours is sure to be a savory treat with the blend of sweet and salty flavors.

  8. Because the Oreo Acorns look as delicious as it does, I can’t wait to try this special recipe out. I only hope I will be able do as good as you did in the heartwarming photos.

  9. You did such a great job on your acorns! I think that I would eat all the Oreos before I got the recipe completed!

  10. Oh my goodness these look so good! I will for sure have to make these with my kids! Thank you!

  11. These are so cute, how did you ever think of doing something like this. I probably can’t carry it off though.

  12. I like that you use whole oreos in the food processor. I’ve seen recipes before where they only use the cookie part not the center.

  13. These acorns are so creative and look so delicious!
    thank you
    form name Barbara Montag

  14. These are so stinking cute and who doesn’t like Oreo’s!! I can’t wait until next year, when my granddaughter will be old enough to make these with me!

  15. What a creative recipe! I bet these are a hit at parties. I might add this to my Christmas cookie rotation and impress my family. lol

  16. Those are so cute! I wouldn’t last long after getting the peanut butter oreos (which I can’t say I’ve ever tried! LOL) But they look good !:)

  17. These look amazing, what a wonderful job you did, they came out so nice, I bet they tasted really
    delicious! because they sure do look like they do,

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