Cheesecake Truffles
A few weeks ago, we were looking for something special to make for our beloved Crystal’s birthday, and simultaneously working around the hurdle of a broken oven inhibiting all baked-goods, when I remembered the Oreo truffles we’ve been making for over a decade, and started wondering what I could make that was similar in technique but more aligned with Crystal’s tastes. Along came these tasty, easy, compassionate concoctions.
If you’re looking for an easy treat to bring along to a holiday gathering, these beauties are a winner and they can be dressed however you please; and frankly they can be altered in just about any vector… for example: add a bit of jam to the middle of your ball and have them be strawberry cheesecake truffles, add peanut butter to make them peanut butter cheesecake truffles, make them with Oreos instead sugar cookies (and take out the almond butter) and you’ll have Oreo truffles, add in cocoa powder and some more maple and they’ll be chocolate cheesecake, etc etc etc.
And if you’ve been hoping for less verbose posts, this one is your Christmas wish. :-) Hopefully after the holidays I can get back on here and do a big catch-up and explanation of why this site has laid dormant for more than half the year (<— in short: homeschool obligations and Syracuse VegFest taking up most free-time), but in the meantime we’re all recovering from the Flu A sweet Ian brought home, and the energy for extra words & resources is zapped.
I’d promised to have the recipe up by the weekend, though, and a promise is a promise, even if it arrives mid Sunday.
We have the ability (deliciously, healthfully, inexpensively) to *preserve/protect* this beautiful planet we share with millions of species & our kin, and to spread compassion with each meal. How are we going to use that power today and forward?✌🏽🤟🏽🖖🏽
Things of note:
-that’s canola, but coconut oil, veg oil, etc would all work fine.
- Miyoko’s is our fave, but there are many vegan cream cheeses out there to pick from.
As seen in the recipe, blend those cookies first and then add in everything else. It’ll incorporate better.
To make them mostly uniform, it’s helpful to use a measuring scoop. If you use a TB spoon, you should get about 28-30 truffles from one batch.
It’s important to lay them out on parchment paper or wax paper so that you can pick them up easy after they’ve been rolled in the choc.
I wish I had a pick of the choc-rolling process, but it uses two hands and my menfolk were both bed-bound.
Just after you’ve dipped them (ie while they are still wet) you can sprinkle whatever you like on them.
For Crystal’s birthday ones, we did sprinkles of flax, rainbow sprinkles, and crushed peppermint candy.
If you’re tempted to go ahead and make these and use calf-milk cream cheese, please take a pause and remember that dairy cows are repeatedly raped so their babies can get stolen (and then slaughtered, or also repeatedly raped) so that their milk can be given to humans who have no necessity to consume it.
I find this inexcusably cruel and heartbreaking, especially given the myriad alternatives available these days.
Further more, dairy milk is disastrous to our environment as seen below.
And if the compassionate or environmental reasons weren’t enough reasons, dairy is not at all good for our health. Here’s a drawing from Quillan of a quote from The Physician’s Committee for Responsible Medicine.
Again and again :-)… We have the ability (deliciously, healthfully, inexpensively) to *preserve/protect* this beautiful planet we share with millions of species & our kin, and to spread compassion with each meal. How are we going to use that power today and forward?✌🏽🤟🏽🖖🏽
