I have started participating in The Secret Recipe Club – SRC.   So for this month, I have been assigned to make a recipe from a blog called Making Memories with Your Kids.  To honor its mission, I am making something fun with/for my children.

Looking through the blog’s recipes, I ended up finding a Brazilian recipe for brigadeiros.  I was pleased to find out that its author, Erin, had done an exchange program in Brazil several years ago and has great memories of Brazil and of her Brazilian family — which made me very happy.  Since she made brigadeiros and we had already published our recipe a few months ago, I decided to choose its American counterpart: The equally infamous Oreo Cookies Balls, which are both easy and fun to make.  As you can see, this American treat was approved by my little Chef and daughter Hannah…

… as well as by both her Mommy and Daddy.   Yes, we gobbled them up like little kids. 

Just like brigadeiros, these Oreo treats are very versatile and suitable for many occasions such as baby showers, birthday parties, weddings, to give as gifts, and of course, for many holidays (e.g. Valentine’s Day and Easter )– all depending on which way they are decorated.

Just use your imagination, and let your inner child be your guide.

xx

Yield: 18-24 cookie pops

Segment: From My Table To Yours

Ingredients:

• 1/2 pkg. (4 oz.) cream cheese, softened
• 18 oreo sandwich cookies
• 1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract**
• 8 – 12 oz. light cocoa candy melts, melted
• 1/4 cup (or more) multi-colored sprinkles

** This ingredient is not part of the original recipe. It was added by me to enhance its flavor.

Directions:

1. In a food processor or blender, process the oreo sandwich cookies until finely crumbed. Mix cream cheese, cookie crumbs, and vanilla with a wood spoon until blended.

2. Shape into 18-24 (1-inch or 1-tablespoon) balls. Freeze for 10-20 minutes in a shallow baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Insert lollipop stick into center of each ball. Dip each one into the melted chocolate; top with the sprinkles while chocolate is not completely dry. Place lollipops standing up in a bowl filled with dry beans (in order to avoiding flat tops) or  if making bonbons, place on a.parchment paper-covered rimmed baking sheet.

3. Refrigerate for 1 hour or until firm. Any spare should be stored in a tightly covered container in the refrigerator.

Note: Recipe adapted from Making Memories with Your Kids, a member of The Secret Recipe Club.

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Receita em Português:

Pirulitos ou Bombons de Oreo

Rendimento: 18-24 unidades

(Excelente para chá de bebê, festas de aniversário e casamento, páscoa, dia dos namorados, etc dependendo da maneira que é decorado)

Ingredientes:

• 113 g cream cheese, amolecido à temperature ambiente
• 18 biscoitos recheados Oreo
• 1/2 colher de (chá) de essência de baunilha**
• 227 a 340 g chocolate meio-amargo, derretido
• 1/4 xícara de (chá) ou mais de granulado ou bolinhas para decorar

** Esse ingrediente não faz parte da receita original.

Modo de Preparo:

1. No processador ou liquidificador, triture os biscoitos recheados até obter uma farinha. Misture o cream cheese, biscoito moído e a essência de baunilha com uma colher de pau até obter uma mistura homogênea.

2. Molde 18 a 24 bolinhas (do tamanho de um limão pequeno ou brigadeiro). Ponha numa forma forrada com papel-manteiga. Congele por 10 a 20 minutos. Insira um pauzinho de pirulito no centro de cada bolinha. Mergulhe cada bolinha no chocolate derretido e depois enfeite com o granulado colorido enquanto que o chocolate ainda não tenha enxugado totalmente. Ponha os pirulitos de oreo de pé em uma tigela cheia com feijão cru para evitar que o seu topo fique achatado ou, se estiver fazendo bombons de oreo, coloque em uma forma forrada com papel manteiga.

3. Leve à geladeira por 1 hora ou até ficar firme. Qualquer sobra deverá ser refrigerada dentro de um depósito plástico tampado (limpo e sem cheiro pois chocolate absorve odores).

OBS: Receita adaptada do blog Making Memories with Your Kids, o qual é parte de The Secret Recipe Club.

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