Description
Make tiny, festive snowman truffles without turning on the oven — buttery cookie-cream centers dipped in dairy-free white chocolate and wrapped with a candy scarf. Cute, quick, and totally vegan — perfect for holiday baking with kids or as last-minute edible gifts.
Ingredients
Scale
- 150 g golden Oreo cookies (or plain vanilla / gluten-free biscuits)
- 60 g vegan cream cheese
- 200 g dairy-free white chocolate
- Black food gel (for eyes, mouth & buttons)
- Orange food gel (for carrot noses)
- Strawberry laces or candy ropes (to form scarves)
Instructions
- Prepare a tray by covering it with parchment paper and put it to one side.
- Crush the cookies into fine crumbs. Use a food processor for speed, or pop them into a sealed plastic bag and smash them with a rolling pin until they’re crumbly.
- Tip the crumbs into a mixing bowl and add the vegan cream cheese. Stir until the mixture becomes sticky and holds together when pressed — it should be moldable but not too wet.
- Form the truffles: portion about 20 g of the mixture and roll into a ball for the body. Make a smaller 7 g ball for the head and press it gently on top of the larger ball to create a snowman. Arrange the finished figures on the prepared tray. Repeat until all the mixture is used.
- Chill the tray in the freezer for around 20 minutes, or until the truffles feel firm when touched.
- Melt the dairy-free white chocolate in a heatproof bowl set over a pan of simmering water (a bain-marie), stirring until smooth. Alternatively, microwave in short bursts, stirring between intervals to avoid overheating.
- Remove the chilled snowmen from the freezer. Using a toothpick pushed into the base or holding them on a fork, dip each truffle into the melted white chocolate, letting excess drip back into the bowl. You can spoon chocolate over them or dunk fully — repeat for a second coat if you prefer a thicker shell. Place the coated truffles back on the lined tray.
- Because the centers are very cold, the coating will set quickly; return the tray to the freezer for 5–10 minutes to firm up the chocolate.
- Prepare decorations: tint small amounts of leftover white chocolate with black and orange food gel and transfer each to a piping bag (or a small zip bag with the corner snipped).
- Pipe an orange dot for the carrot nose, then add black dots for eyes, a smiling mouth, and buttons down the body. Trim the strawberry lace to the right length and wrap it around each snowman’s neck as a scarf, securing it with a touch of melted chocolate if needed.
- Chill briefly (about 5 minutes) so the decorations set, then remove and serve.
Notes
- Storage & notes
- Keep these truffles refrigerated in an airtight container. Because they contain cream cheese, they must stay chilled.
- Best enjoyed within 4 days of making.
- To freeze: first freeze the coated truffles on a tray until solid, then transfer to a sealed container; they keep well for longer storage. Thaw in the fridge before serving.