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OREO Orange Zested Cookie Ball Pops

Throw a great watch party and invite some friends and family over for the most exciting tournament in college basketball – the NCAA®! I always find a reason to have a get together and just enjoy each other’s company. Now is the time to bring the fan-ily together and watch a great game of basketball! AND I promise this tasty and delicious recipe will ensure every moment of the party is a hit!

This OREO Orange Zested Cookie Ball Pop is perfect if you’re a lover of golden OREO cookies, orange marmalade, and white chocolate. OREO cookies are one of my favorites to use in different recipes. You can use any flavor of OREO to make them just how you like!

Prep Time: 35 min Total Time: 1 hr 45 min Makes 48 servings, 1 cookie ball pop each.

Ingredients
1 pkg. (8 oz.) brick cream cheese, softened
36 Golden OREO Cookies, crushed
1 Tbsp. orange zest
1/4 cup orange marmalade
16 oz. white candy coating wafers, melted
1/2 cup multi-colored sprinkles or sugars

Preparation
Cover rimmed baking sheet with wax paper. Mix cream cheese, cookie crumbs and orange zest until blended; shape into 48 (1-inch) balls.

Spoon marmalade into piping bag fitted with 1/4-inch tip. Use to pipe about 1/4 tsp. marmalade into center of each cookie ball. Place on prepared baking sheet. Freeze 10 min.

Dip 1 lollipop stick into candy coating, then insert dipped end of stick into center of 1 cookie ball. Return to baking sheet. Repeat with additional lollipop sticks and remaining cookie balls. Freeze 10 min.

Dip cookie ball pops, 1 at a time, into remaining candy coating, turning to completely coat each cookie ball with candy coating. Return to baking sheet. Immediately top with sprinkles.

Refrigerate 1 hour or until candy coating is firm. Keep refrigerated.

Substitution
Substitute Neufchatel cheese for the cream cheese.

Special Extra
Use sprinkles in the colors of your favorite sports team(s).

How to Easily Dip the Cookie Balls
For best results, keep the cookie balls refrigerated until ready to dip, in small batches, in the melted candy coating wafers.

Nutrition Information Per Serving: 120 calories, 6g total fat, 4g saturated fat, <5mg cholesterol, 55mg sodium, 16g carbohydrate, 0g dietary fiber, 13g total sugars includes 12g added sugars, <1g protein

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Marlo Cagle