oreo truffles and chocolate pretzel treats!

Hey there!  

This week I made some sweets to bag and give to my coworkers.  For my first year as a working lady I wasn't sure what type of gift was appropriate-- so I thought homemade treats were a safe bet.  Plus, everyone in my office has a sweet tooth!  Here's what I came up with:

Nothing too fancy, but cute!

And here are the embarrassingly easy recipes:

Oreo Truffles

Ingredients:

- 1 package of oreos (I used Trader Joe's Jo-Joes that are peppermint flavor)

- 1 package of low fat cream cheese

- Baker's dipping chocolate in white, milk or dark chocolate

Directions:

1. Put all oreos and cream cheese in a food processor and pulse until totally combined in a sort of batter. 

2. Form oreo mixture into balls and place on a cookie sheet.  Place in fridge until firm.  

3. Melt chocolate until it's a pretty thin liquid.  

4. Use a skewer to dip each oreo ball into the chocolate.  

5. Place each ball on cookie sheet on foil or parchment paper.

6. Refrigerate until chocolate has hardened.  

Chocolate Pretzel Treats (for lack of a better name)

Ingredients:

- small pretzels (in the normal pretzel shape... whatever you call that!)

- hershey's kisses

- m&ms

Directions:

1. Place pretzels on a cookie sheet and warm in the oven for about 10 minutes at 300 degrees.  

2. Meanwhile, unwrap hershey's kisses.

3. Remove pretzels from the oven.  

4. Place a hershey's kiss on each of the pretzels.

5. Place an m&m on top of each hershey's kiss, pressing down slightly.

6. Put pretzels in the oven on a plate or cookie sheet for the chocolate to harden.