I think we can all agree that a warm kitchen is one of the most comforting places to be around this time of the year. The darker days melt away in the soft glow of a kitchen light, while the colder weather becomes an afterthought in the warmth that radiates from an oven. And if you’re not using an oven, as is the case in today’s recipe? Well then you can take advantage of the ease and convenience of no-bake baking and enjoy your treat alongside a warm drink while you’re curled up on the couch. It’s what I would do (read: what I did) anyways.
I hope you don’t mind me posting a recipe that’s probably better suited for the spring or summer, but I got the idea of truffles in my head and didn’t want to wait until next spring to make them — I even walked to the store in close to freezing temperatures just to pick up a bar of white chocolate, and it was so.very.worth it. I suppose I could’ve used more seasonally appropriate sprinkles, but this was the only available option at the store I was at, and I wasn’t about to make another trek through the Arctic to find different ones.
Besides, snickerdoodles have cinnamon, and cinnamon is a fall food, so I’m not completely off the mark… right?? And even if I am, I have a feeling you’ll forgive me my flippant treatment of seasonal eating after just one bite…
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Gluten-Free Snickerdoodle Truffles
- Total Time: 15 mins
- Yield: 12 truffles 1x
Ingredients
- 1.5 cups of crumbled gluten-free snickerdoodle cookies (I used Udi’s)
- 3.5 oz cream cheese, softened to room temperature
- 3.5 oz white chocolate
- gluten-free sprinkles
Instructions
- Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and set aside.
- Using a blender, food processor, or your hands (depending on how soft your cookies are), process snickerdoodles until they become very fine crumbs. Add in cream cheese and mix until fully combined. The dough should be moist enough to hold together when you press it into a ball.
- Using a tablespoon, shape the dough into 1-inch balls and place onto parchment lined baking sheet. Freeze for ~30 minutes.
- Melt white chocolate in a microwave-safe bowl, stirring periodically to ensure no clumps remain.
- Using a toothpick, dip each ball into melted white chocolate, gently tapping side of bowl to remove any excess. Place back onto parchment-lined baking sheet and immediately top with sprinkles. Repeat until all truffles have been coated.
- Refrigerate for ~15 minutes, or until the chocolate has set.
- Store truffles in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 2 weeks, or freeze for up to 1 month.
- Prep Time: 15 mins
I have to be honest with you guys — this may just be the most dangerous recipe I’ve ever made. Between”quality testing” both the pre-coated dough and the final product, I somehow managed to make at least 1/4 of the batch disappear within the span of… an hour? And I think I deserve a pat on the back for being able to stop at that! I mean, between the smooth and creamy interior, and the subtly crunchy chocolate shell, I basically stood no chance. None at all.
I used gluten-free cookies (Udi’s snickerdoodles) for these, but feel free to use any kind of snicker doodle or sugar cookie if you don’t need them to be gluten-free. I also opted for white chocolate for the shell because I didn’t want the taste of cocoa overpowering the taste of cinnamon and sugar. Good choice. I wasn’t sure I’d liked white chocolate, but dang — it tastes better than I remember! And if you don’t have sprinkles, you can combine 1 Tbsp. of sugar with 1/2 tsp. of cinnamon and sprinkle the truffles with that, but I have to say that I highly recommend the sprinkles — they just make life better 😀
Happy Tuesday, friends! This week has been crazy so far, but I’m glad to be rid of the funk that was hanging over met last week. I hope you guys are doing well too!
Disclaimer: This recipe was made as a part of Udi’s Fall Comfort campaign. Udi’s sent me the Fall Comfort package free of charge. All thoughts/opinions expressed are my own.
yum, these look amazing…obviously I love snickerdoodle, and I made snickerdoodle cupcakes yesterday!! Great minds think alike!
I don’t really like white chocolate. It’s too sweet for me…and there’s not really any chocolate in it! It’s all sugar and milk (I learned that at a chocolate factory this summer). I love DARK chocolate. Darker the better. I had a mini candy bar with lunch today. Super delish 🙂
These just might be my favourite recipe you have ever posted- big white choc fan! These look so pretty too! Definitely would help de-funk a funky day 😉 I am going o ther store to get really creamy cream cheese (what kind did you use?) and making these ASAP- I need a bit of de-funking 🙂 xoxo
I used regular fat organic cream cheese from Olympic.
Thanks Amanda- I’m using some of the cream cheese I got on a bagel right now with honey- good combo right there! But I have a feeling the snicker doodle white chocolate cream cheese combo will slightly hedge it out xo
White chocolate definitely isn’t my favourite kind but I don’t discriminate so I wouldn’t mind you shipping me some ;). They look incredible and the non-seasonal sprinkles add a cute touch.
And really, why would cake truffles be a summer-only treat? Actually, I made my own cake pops for the first time ever for the past silvester party and truffles for Christmas. I clearly have no idea of seasonal treats – unless we’re talking Christmas cookies. Because having these all year round would make them less special and we can’t do that, right?!
Not only do these look amazing, who would have guessed that they could be so easy!! I know what I’m making for my family’s Thanksgiving now (though I may have to make a batch or 3 before then to ensure I get them right!)
Oh Gawwwsh!!! These truffles sound like trouble! And, from MY history with YOUR recipes, they are probably HIGHLY addictive! This easy recipe list of yours isn’t making things easier on me….
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These look GORGEOUS – cinnamon and white chocolate are a perfect combo – regular chocolate would have had a conflict of interest with the cinnamon for sure! I do love white chocolate, but the fact that it isn’t full of the good stuff found in dark chocolate, limits my freestyle eating of it!
Sweet thing I ate was one of my 3 layer bars last night…recipe coming soon….
😆 I’m glad I’m not the only one who justifies eating chocolate for the health benefits 😉 And you better not be keeping these 3 layer bars a secret for too long!
I was hoping when I saw your IG picture that this was an easy recipe because they look SOOOO good. I dont think the recipe could get any easier! I cant wait to try these!
Yum! If I had a Pinterest, I would “pin,” but instead I’ll just write this down on loose-leaf and get to work on making sure these get whipped up in my kitchen soon. I love love love white chocolate, it’s second only to dark chocolate, and definitely beats milk chocolate. My favorite cookies are white-chocolate-reese’s-filled-peanut-butter cookies (with gf flour, of course), and I agree that the white chocolate works great with cinnamon flavors, and avoids overpowering the delicate flavors of snickerdoodles (second favorite cookies, btw).
Seriously, great idea. And so easy! I’m glad you’re over your funk too, especially if it means your creative mind starts thinking up tasty things like this! Thank you!
These look so pretty Amanda! Like cake pops almost! And the pastel colored sprinkles remind me of easter! They’d be perfect for a family get together!
I NEED THESE RIGHT THIS SECOND!!!!!!
Yes I loooooooove white chocolate!!
And the last sweet I ate…hmm can’t remember! Toss up between coffee crisp, reese PB cup, and oh henry! I ate like a million halloween-sized ones and can’t remember which was the last one in my mouth. OOPS.
Easily the best part about Halloween candy — being able to get a taste of lots of different candies without having to commit to a full-sized one.
oh my gosh, youre killing me here…. NEED.. not want… NEED
These are adorable!! Perfect for Easter (coming from the Jew over here hah)
ummmm yum! Thanks so much for sharing and I might have to make those this weekend! I used to be a white chocolate only kind of girl. But if chocolate is in the name it will disappear in a twinkling 😉
Last sweet treat was a palm full of semi-sweet chocolate chips. I was too lazy to actually turn them into a baked good!
I’ve definitely been there 😉 That and eating bakers chocolate squares out of desperation when nothing else was available.
Thankfully, I do not like white chocolate at all or I would be SCA-ROOD with this recipe. These look delish, though, Amanda! And snickerdoodles are definitely a holiday cookie so these fit perfectly into this season!
You could always just leave the white chocolate out 😉 Even just mixing cookie crumbs with cream cheese is surprisingly delicious.
AMANDA. These look incredible! I love snickerdoodles and I can’t even imagine them in truffle form. Seriously, I think my mind is about to explode. Yes, I definitely commend you for stopping at 1/4…I wouldn’t have had that much self control!
This is such a fun idea… I’ve never seen snickerdoodle truffles!
I love the candy corn M&Ms which are allegedly white chocolate. Last sweet treat… some Thindictives… I was so hungry from waking up early and not loving my smoothie I needed a snack before lunch!
I’m making these with my homemade pumpkin snickerdoodles. I kind of had a freak out when I saw these in IG. Brilliant! and so easy!!!
Pumpkin snickerdoodles?! This is a thing?! Couldn’t you have told me that yesterday before I got around to no-baking these? 😛
I do love snickerdoodles! I’ve never been a huge white chocolate fan cause it’s so sweet, but I bet these wouldn’t be too sweet. They look so good!
Oh my my, I would totally sacrifice a belly ache for these. I love white chocolate dare I say better than chocolate. And I totally agree, there is nothing better than baking on a chilly Sunday morning in your robe with a cup of coffee. Have a fantastic day pretty lady!
I honestly never thought these would only include 4 ingredients. They look way fancier than that. But I LOVE a simple recipe, and this looks like a darn good one. I have a feeling that once I started eating these, though, that I definitely would not be able to stop! Also, why is it that sprinkles make everything better? They are just so fun, right? I must still be a kid at heart! 😉
I don’t love white chocolate but I do eat it – just prefer dark or milk instead. These look so yummy, so cute and so simple. I love making truffles and when I have the patience, I make them in cupcake shapes using a candy mold.
These truffles sound amazing and they look so pretty too! I’m not always a fan of white chocolate on its own – I find it too sweet, but if it’s mixed into something or coating something like this, I like it much more. I’m definitely wishing I was home instead of at work right now, so I could buy the ingredients and make them! 😉
And, I totally agree with you on being in the kitchen this time of year! I do most of my baking around the fall/winter season, and one of the things I love to do is open the oven to let the warm air into the room once I take the baked item out. Somehow this is so comforting for me!
I’m sitting next to my mom right now, and she said she wishes she could go into the computer scrren and pick a truffle to eat! I guess that means I have to make these for her soon! Not that I mind. They look so delicious…and simple. My kind of recipe 🙂 And now I’m think of what other kinds of cookies I can transform – dangerous!
Summer, fall, winter… you don’t need any excuses to make truffles, they’re 100% appropriate at any time of the year 😉 And I’m on board with you about the whole cinnamon and the holidays thing. I wonder how these would be with pumpkin cream cheese instead of regular cream cheese?! I might just have to test that out sometime…
Thank you for posting such an incredible, mouthwatering recipe!!
Pumpkin cream cheese actually sounds pretty incredible… Although I would probably add a little extra cinnamon so that it didn’t mask the flavour of the snickerdoodles too much.
Yum! They look great and I love all the ingredients!
Oh my gosh, I need to make this like yesterday. When you teased this with the Instagram picture yesterday I knew I was going to like them! Snickerdoodles are one of my favorites. Yep, making these ASAP. Treat yourself Tuesday, right? 🙂
Nothings wrong with truffles in fall! I bet these cute little sprinkled poppers are exactly the right thing to accompany a hot cacao with melty marshmallows. Oh man, now I really want to start making cake pops.
Can you believe that I’ve never had a cake pop? And that this was my first time having truffles, too? My dessert life is far too sheltered…
Those look delicious and like the kind of “baking” I actually enjoy!!! My boys would love them!!
I’d be popping these like a drug addict pops pills. Just imaging them dipped in White chocolate almond butter gives me butterflies =)
The darker days melt away in the soft glow of a kitchen light” << Yes. That describes how I feel every winter/fall night perfectly. I just could never find the right words to describe how it looks to myself! These look delightful. I love snickerdoodles (which I didn't realize until last Christmas) but these sound like a great adaptation to the Oreo balls you make with cream cheese and crushed cookies.
These do sound dangerous indeed! I think they wouldn’t make it in front of my camera lense, they’d be eaten before that! Pretty they are – and I LOVE white chocolate!
I always forget how much I like white chocolate until I have it! These. Look. Awesome. After recreating several of your recipes I have no doubts that any you post will be fantastic 🙂
Yummo! Snickerdoodle is totally a Fall flavor!
So I don’t think I’ve ever had a snickerdoodle. Not one that I can remember, anyways…is that a really bad thing? I’d definitely break that with these truffles though, how can you go wrong with anything dipped in white chocolate and coated in sprinkles? (obviously, I can’t resist the sprinkles bit).
As for chocolate, I don’t discriminate…I have my favourites, but really I’ll eat any kind 😉 And the last sweet I ate was a slice of ice cream cake from my freezer…so good.
It’s dangerous in the best way possible 😀 And I LOVE white chocolate – it’s so underrated.
Snickerdoodles AND white chocolate?? I die!! These look so yum and I love the colorful sprinkles. Maybe it’s not appropriate for fall, but I appreciate the extra color :-). As a vanilla lover, I am also a huge white chocolate fan. I can only handle small amounts at a time as it’s quite soon. Have you tried white chocolate kit kats? Too.die.for!
I haven’t! I’m pretty sure that I’ve seen it somewhere, but I can’t remember where. I’ll be keeping my eyes open for it!
I love snickerdoodles, they are for sure one of my top favorite cookies! I have never made cookie truffles like this. An old coworker of mine always used to bring in oreo ones, they were always a big hit. I’m worried if I tried to make them they would look horrible and not perfect like these.
Confession: putting sprinkles on things instantly makes them look 100x better 😉
Confession… I’ve never been the biggest fan of snickerdoodles. I think it’s because I always expected them to taste like a Snickers bar as a kid and it just never panned out that way 😉 I was thinking that these looked quite Easter-esque so it’s funny that you mentioned the sprinkles, hehe 🙂 I’m definitely going to have to try these with a sugar cookie, anything to do with a truffle is pretty much amazing!
But… but… the swirls of cinnamon and sugar!! 😛 I think I love snickerdoodles so much because they remind me of Cinnamon Toast Crunch, which is basically the best food there is.
I just ate a square of chocolate (well, maybe 3), which pales in comparison to these bad boys!!! Hahah, my food somehow disappears during quality testing as well. Also, cinnamon is on my radar 12 months of the year, so I guess that means so are these snickerdoodle balls of deliciousness. I never eat white chocolate, so this might be a good excuse to broaden my horizons.
Never ever? Ohh girl, you’re definitely missing out! It’s kind of false advertising since there’s absolutely nothing chocolatey about it, but it’s a nice change once in a while. I definitely recommend getting your hands on a Hershey’s Cookies ‘n’ Cream bar if you can.
These look amazing. I’ve had M&Ms for dinner tonight – at work late … And am at risk of a sugar crash. Might need to make these when I get home to keep me afloat 🙂