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!
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.
- 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
- 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.
These are a few items I found helpful in my own kitchen when making this recipe:
Hamilton Beach 70740 8-Cup Food Processor, BlackWilton Recipe Right 3 Piece Cookie Pan Set
AmazonBasics Silicone Baking Mat – 2 Pack
Oreo Peanut Butter Sandwich Cookie, 15.25 oz
KRAFT PHILADELPHIA CREAM CHEESE BRICK ORIGINAL 8 OZ PACK OF 4
Nestle TOLL HOUSE Real Semi-Sweet Chocolate Morsels 12 oz. Bag
Reese’s Peanut Butter Baking Chips-10 oz
Wilton 710-168 Chocolate Jimmies Food Decorative, 6.25-Ounce
Snyder’s Of Hanover Old Fashioned Dipping Sticks Pretzels, 12 Ounce
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Kathy Pease says
These are so cute and I will have to try this.
Eugenia Hall says
Looks scrumptious! These would be so cute for a fall party.
Janice Crespo says
These are adorable! I will definitely have to try these out – using the butterscotch instead of the peanut butter! so creative!
Brandy Schwartz says
These look delicious! Thanks for posting the recipe. I think I’m going to try these out on the family before Thanksgiving.
Lisa Ehrman says
I would love to be able to make these for a party.
Lisa Ehrman says
These look so good! Thanks for sharing the recipe!
ladymagnolia99 (Judy Cox) says
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!!!!
Sarah L says
A great fall treat. Thanks for the recipe.
marie lowther says
This is such a cute idea! Thank you so much for sharing 🙂
Calvin F. says
Creative and delicious at the same time!
Sally Gearhart says
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!
Cynthia R says
These are so cute. I can’t even tell the base is an oreo!
Regina says
Looks like another goodie to add to my Thanksgiving Meal. Thanks!!
STEPHANIE HIRSCH says
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!
Debra Holloway says
These are so awesome, and so real looking. I love these and my grandson will too.
Miranda Wood says
These look delicious. Cream cheese, peanut butter and chocolate what more could anyone ask for?
Amy Green says
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.
Charity Cram says
These are cute and delicious looking treats!
Jerry Marquardt says
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.
Renee Rousseau says
You did such a great job on your acorns! I think that I would eat all the Oreos before I got the recipe completed!
Nancy Burgess says
These are so cute aND they look delicious!
Krystal Dunlap says
Oh my goodness these look so good! I will for sure have to make these with my kids! Thank you!
Anita Jude says
Wow these are very creative and different , and they look like they would taste so delicious !
tiffany dayton says
They look good enough to eat! Wish I had one or two.
Cynthia R says
These are so cute, how did you ever think of doing something like this. I probably can’t carry it off though.
christy caldwell says
These are so cute! I love them! Very unique and I bet they are so yummy.
slehan says
Those are very clever and fun.
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Cathy French says
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.
jalapenomamamn says
These acorns are so creative and look so delicious!
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Mary Gardner says
These are so cute and look delicious too!
Linda Meyers-Gabbard says
These look and sound so yummy. Anything with Oreos has to be good
Lisa Garland says
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!
reneewalters3 says
Those are absolutely adorable! I bet they are delicious!
Lynne B says
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
ov099 says
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 !:)
Natalie says
These acorns look exactly like the real thing!
Dotty J Boucher says
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,
rsbrandt44 says
I got curious and tried eating a real acorn once. Seemed kind of bitter. These look better.