Description
These No-Bake Snowman Truffles are a delightful, festive treat perfect for winter celebrations. Made with golden Oreo cookies and dairy-free cream cheese, then coated in rich dairy-free white chocolate, these cute snowman-shaped truffles are easy to make and require no baking. Decorated with colorful food gels and candy scarves, they make a charming and delicious holiday dessert that is vegan and dairy-free.
Ingredients
Scale
Base Ingredients
- 150g golden Oreo cookies (or plain/gluten-free biscuits)
- 60g vegan/dairy-free cream cheese
Coating
- 200g dairy-free white chocolate
Decorations
- Black food gel
- Orange food gel
- Strawberry laces or candy pencils (for the scarf)
Instructions
- Prepare the Tray: Line a baking tray with greaseproof paper and set it aside to prepare for the truffles.
- Crush the Cookies: Place the golden Oreo cookies in a food processor or blender and pulse until they become fine crumbs. Alternatively, crush them using a rolling pin if you don’t have a processor.
- Mix Base: Transfer cookie crumbs into a large mixing bowl, add the vegan cream cheese, and mix together thoroughly until the mixture is sticky and holds shape when squeezed.
- Shape Snowmen: Using clean hands, weigh 20g of the mixture and roll into a ball. Then roll 7g into a smaller ball and stack it on top of the larger ball to form a snowman. Place the formed snowmen onto the prepared tray and repeat with remaining mixture.
- Freeze to Set: Place the tray in the freezer for about 20 minutes until the snowmen feel firm to touch.
- Melt Chocolate: Approximately 5 minutes before taking the truffles out, melt the dairy-free white chocolate in a heatproof bowl over a saucepan of boiling water (bain-marie) or in the microwave until smooth.
- Coat Truffles: Remove truffles from freezer and either insert a toothpick into each to dip in melted chocolate or balance on a fork and use a spoon to coat. Allow excess chocolate to drip off. Repeat coating if desired for thickness. One coat is sufficient with these light cookies.
- Set Chocolate: Place the coated truffles back onto the tray and freeze for 5-10 minutes. The chocolate will firm quickly due to the cold truffles.
- Prepare Decorations: Color some leftover white chocolate with black and orange food gels separately, transfer each to a piping bag, and snip the tips to create fine lines.
- Decorate Faces: Pipe orange carrot noses, then add black eyes, mouths, and buttons to each snowman using the colored chocolates.
- Add Scarves: Cut strawberry laces or candy pencils to size and wrap around each snowman’s neck like a scarf. Optionally use a dab of melted white chocolate to secure the scarf.
- Final Set: Return decorated truffles to the freezer for 5 minutes to set decorations firmly.
- Serve: Remove from freezer and enjoy your festive no-bake snowman truffles!
Notes
- For a gluten-free version, use gluten-free plain biscuits instead of Oreos.
- Vegan or dairy-free cream cheese and white chocolate can be found in specialty or health food stores.
- If you don’t have a food processor, crushing cookies with a rolling pin in a sealed bag works well.
- Use a toothpick or fork carefully when dipping truffles to avoid breakage.
- These truffles are best stored frozen and consumed within a week for freshness.
- Feel free to swap strawberry laces for any similar candy for the scarf decoration.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 0 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: No-Cook
- Cuisine: International
Keywords: No-bake truffles, vegan dessert, holiday treats, snowman recipe, dairy-free chocolate truffles, festive snacks
