OREO-Cherry Cookie Balls

By Blondie

Ingredients

• 1 pkg. (8 oz.) PHILADELPHIA Cream Cheese, softened
• 36 OREO Cookies, finely crushed
• 40 maraschino cherries, patted dry
• 3 pkg. (4 oz. each) BAKER'S White Chocolate, broken into pieces, melted
• 8 drops red food coloring
• 2 tsp. red colored sugar

Preparation

Step 1

MIX cream cheese and cookie crumbs until blended.

SHAPE into 40 (1-1/4-inch) balls; press to flatten. Top each with cherry; wrap cream cheese mixture around cherry to completely enclose cherry. Re-roll into balls. Freeze 10 min.

MIX melted chocolate and food coloring until blended. Dip balls in chocolate; place on waxed paper-covered rimmed baking sheet. Sprinkle with sugar. Refrigerate 1 hour or until firm.