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Growing up, our dad would always request circus animal cookies for his birthday and father’s day. It was a gift we could afford as little girls, and it was always exciting seeing the look on his face (which was probably a little exaggerated) when he opened them up. I was reminded of this sweet memory as I was at my in-laws last weekend. My cute mother-in-law made me a Valentine, and there were circus animal cookies inside. I got thinking about it, and decided they could easily be made into a yummy truffle! I used the recipe for our no-bake thin mint cookies, and substituted the thin mints for circus animals!
Circus Animal Truffles Recipe
I love Circus Animal Cookies and decided they could easily be made into a yummy truffle! I used the recipe for our no-bake thin mint cookies, and substituted the thin mints for circus animals!
Serving
Ingredients
- 12 ounces frosted animal crackers cookies, 1 package
- 4 ounces cream cheese
- 8 ounces vanilla bark
Instructions
- In a food processor, pulse the circus animals a few times, and then blend them down until they are just crumbs. It might be easier to do this in two batches (even if you don't have a food processor, you can still make these. Throw the cookies in a big Ziploc bag and start pounding them with a hammer until you have a lot of fine crumbs).
- Next, mix the cream cheese and cookie crumbs together in a bowl until well-mixed. Roll the mixture into 1 inch size balls, and place them on a wax paper covered baking sheet. Place the baking sheet in the fridge for about 30 minutes, so the balls are easier to dip in the white chocolate and do not fall apart.
- Once the truffles have been in the fridge for a while, melt the vanilla bark in a microwave-safe bowl in the microwave. Heat for 30 seconds at a time, stirring in between each heat burst. Repeat until the bark is all melted.
- Roll each ball in the melted bark until it is fully covered. I usually use two forks to push the truffle around until it is all covered. Then, using the two forks, carefully pick up the truffle and allow the excess chocolate to run off before placing back on the wax paper. Repeat with all the truffles. Top with sprinkles before the bark hardens.
Nutrition
Calories: 119 kcal · Carbohydrates: 16 g · Protein: 1 g · Fat: 6 g · Saturated Fat: 2 g · Cholesterol: 3 mg · Sodium: 91 mg · Potassium: 29 mg · Fiber: 1 g · Sugar: 10 g · Vitamin A: 31 IU · Calcium: 13 mg · Iron: 1 mg
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these sound interesting but the picture shows red and pink middles. the animal cookies I am familiar with are tan like graham cracker consistency. Do you use the frosted ones or did you add food coloring or?
Yummy! These are so fun!
I am wondering the same thing — the recipe doesn’t seem to match the cute picture. Food coloring, or batch iced circus cookies by color… maybe both?
Also in the last paragraph about dipping it references MINT chocolate?
I think she means for you to get the pink and white frosted Circus ones. They should be in the same aisle 😉
After you dip the balls in the chocolate do you put them in the fridge to harden and will they garden sitting out ?
I am so excited!!! circus animal cookies are my favorite!!!!! EEEK thank you for sharing!
It will harden outside of the fridge. But you don’t want to leave them out of the fridge for more than a few hours because they have cream cheese in them.
The recipe was adapted from our thin mint truffles. The ingredients say white chocolate for the dipping. The recipe also calls for the frosted animal cookies. They are pink and white on the cookie aisle. Mothers cookies and Keebler both make them. Hope this helps!
Use the frosted/iced animal cracker cookies on the cookie aisle. Keebler and Mothers Cookies both make them.
They looks so yum, you have done great job 🙂
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I think she may have just been trying to help by pointing out the error in the recipe. It does say mint chocolate in the last paragraph.
Thanks Sarah, we fixed the last paragraph!
This is such a great idea. I am goingto make some for my friends for Christmas. Thanks for being so creative.
Recipe states Frosted animal cookies
Hi! I’m super excited to try out your recipe! Do you happen to know if they will still be good the next day ifni leave them in the fridge?
These are great for about a week in an airtight container in the fridge.
That is so yummy…. Great recipe… Thank you for sharing 🙂
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Hi,
These look delicious. I have questions about the bark though.
1) How much bark/chips should I use? Do you mean 4 small squares? Or 4 bars? 4 small squares doesn’t seem like it will be enough, but maybe I’m wrong?
2) In the recipe ingredients and instructions, you reference both vanilla bark AND chips. But in the comments you mentioned white chocolate…so is it vanilla chips I should be getting? Bark? Or white chocolate chips/bark?
So sorry! We used 8 oz of the Plymouth Pantry brand of almond bark. I’ll be sure to clarify and edit the recipe.
Thanks!
Steph
How many truffles does this recipe make?
It makes about 20 truffles. It really depends on how big you roll the dough balls.