GINGERBREAD SNOWMAN TRUFFLES

Gingerbread Snowman Truffles bring holiday cheer in a delightful bite-sized treat! This Christmas treat recipe combines sweet and spicy flavors with a fun, festive design that is sure to impress friends and family during the winter season. 

With simple ingredients like cream cheese, gingersnaps, and almond bark, these gingerbread truffles are easy to make and perfect for sharing. These truffles not only taste great but also make for a fun holiday activity. Crafting these little snowmen can engage family members of all ages, creating delightful memories alongside delicious holiday treats.

Cheerful Holiday Treat- Snowman Truffles!

Snowman gingersnap truffles are a delightful holiday treat that brings festive cheer. These charming confections are perfect for gatherings or as gifts.

These cute little snowman truffles have quickly become a favorite in my household. They are so easy to make, just use gingersnaps, or gingerbread, cookies mixed with cream cheese and voila! Then dip them in white chocolate before adding little Reese’s cup hats, gum drop noses, and licorice scarves!

Our Snowman truffles are not only tasty but also visually appealing. They are sure to bring a smile to anyone’s face during the holiday season!

Why You’ll Love This Holiday Treat Recipe

• Incredibly delicious. Gingerbread Snowman Truffles offer a delightful blend of flavors and textures. The combination of creamy filling and crunchy gingersnaps creates a satisfying treat. Each truffle is coated in white almond bark, offering a smooth and sweet contrast to the spiced filling.
• Simple ingredients & steps. This recipe calls for very basic ingredients like cookies, cream cheese, almond bark, and candies for the decorations. Using simple ingredients means this recipe is accessible for bakers of all levels. With just a few steps, anyone can create these festive truffles!
• Each truffle can be unique. While you may use the same ingredients and steps for all of the truffles, they’ll still look unique because no two will be 100% the same. Change it up even more by using different colors or faces on the truffles.

Gingerbread Truffles Ingredients 

Cream cheese: You will need one 8-ounce block of softened cream cheese to bring the filling together and make it moist and rich.

Gingersnaps: Use 12-ounces of gingersnaps or gingerbread cookies for the flavorful truffle filling.

Almond bark: Coat the truffles with 1-lb. of white almond bark, melted.

Gum drops: All you need is a few orange gum drops to make the noses.

Twizzlers: Twizzler pull and peels will work well to create the snowman scarves.

Reese’s cups and Oreos: Add some mini Reese’s cups and mini Oreo cookies to form the hat for each snowmen.

Frosting: Using black colored frosting for the eyes and embellishments is a quick way to complete this step. You can buy pipeable black frosting in bags ready to go in your grocery store’s baking section.

How to make Gingerbread Snowman Truffles

Truffle filling

Get started by crushing the gingersnap cookies into a fine crumb using a food processor. Or you can place them into a large ziplocked bag and roll over them with a rolling pin until they are a sand like mixture.

Then transfer the cookie crumbs to a large bowl and add in the softened cream cheese.

To make this process easier, use an electric mixer to fully combine these ingredients.

Scoop

Proceed to use a 1 ½ tablespoon sized scoop to make rounded scoops of filling. Roll the mixture into little balls and then set them onto a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.

Chill

Place the tray with the truffles into the fridge and chill for about 30 minutes. Or if you want to speed this process up, put them in the freezer for 15 minutes.

Assemble

When you are ready to dip the truffles, melt the chocolate bark in the microwave in 30 second intervals, stirring between each, until the bark is smooth and completely melted.

Proceed to spoon a little bit of melted chocolate into the shape of a puddle onto the parchment paper.

Then dip each ball into the white chocolate using 2 forks, and then shake off any excess chocolate.

Place each truffle onto the chocolate puddles, repeat with all the remaining truffles.

Once the chocolate has set, you can start to decorate the truffles.

Decorate

For the snowman scarf, take one of the peels from the Twizzlers ad wrap it around each the base of the truffle.

Next, cut the orange gum drops into tiny triangles and use them for the carrot noses.

Then use the black frosting to dot on two eyes.

Also, use the frosting to secure the top half of an Oreo to each snowman’s head. Then add a mini Reese’s cup to the top of the Oreo cookie to finish off the hat.

Serve and enjoy!

Variations of this Cookie Truffle Recipe

There are several ways to customize Gingerbread Snowman Truffles to suit different tastes.

• Flavored Cream Cheese: Experiment with pumpkin spice or cinnamon cream cheese for added flavor depth.
• Different Cookies: Substitute gingersnaps with other cookies, such as speculoos or chocolate ginger cookies, for unique tastes.
• Alternative Coating: Instead of white almond bark, dark or milk chocolate can offer a richer contrast to the filling.
• Decoration Options: Use mini candy corns for noses instead of gum drops, or chocolate chips for the eyes.

How long are gingerbread truffles good for?

You can keep these truffles in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 1 week. This gives you plenty of time to enjoy them throughout the week.

Is there an alternative to using cream cheese in the filling?

Lactose-free cream cheese is a suitable alternative. For a dairy-free option, nut-based cream cheese or silken tofu blended until smooth can work well, maintaining the creaminess needed for the filling.

How do you properly melt almond bark for coating truffles?

To melt almond bark, chop it into small, even pieces. Use a microwave-safe bowl, heating in 30-second intervals, stirring between until fully melted. Adding a small amount of vegetable oil can help keep it smooth.

Can I freeze no bake truffles?

Yes, you can freeze these truffles if you would like. But keep in mind that the chocolate coating will sweat as the truffles thaw, which could cause food coloring to bleed and the cookies to soften. If you want to freeze them, keep them in an airtight container for up to 3 months. Thawing overnight in the fridge will reduce the condensation on the truffles as they thaw.

Can I make snowman truffles smaller?

Yes, you can make these smaller if you like to yield more. Just know that the smaller that they are, the harder they are to decorate because you’ll have less space to work with.

Gingerbread Snowman Truffles a easy no-bake Christmas treat, great for holiday dessert tables! Make this Christmas treat recipe with gingersnap cookies, softened cream cheese, and sweet almond bark, then decorate them like snowmen!