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    Home » Holiday Treats and Recipes » St. Patrick's Day

    Oreo Cheese Ball Pot Of Gold

    Modified: Jul 20, '24 · Published: Mar 8, '11 · By: Beth Klosterboer · Commission earned on paid or sponsored links.

    What better dessert to have to celebrate on St. Patrick's Day than this Oreo Cheese Ball Pot of Gold! Have some fun in the kitchen and make this adorable treat with your kids!

    OREO cheese ball pot of gold

    In Irish legend, Leprechauns bury pots of gold at the end of the rainbow, but since a rainbow can only be seen at a distance, the gold is forever elusive.

    I may never find an actual pot of gold sitting beside a wee little leprechaun in a grassy meadow on a rainy day, but I did dream up a way to create my own little treasure in my kitchen.

    Not having magical powers like a leprechaun, I had to use my own hands, and a food processor, to create my pot of gold out of Oreo Cookies, cream cheese, and modeling chocolate. Just a few ingredients and a bit of gold luster dust are all you will need to make magic of your own.

    Making this chocolate pot of gold is so easy and the finished product will make a great centerpiece for any St. Patrick's Day celebration.

    pot of gold OREO Cheese Ball filled with foil-wrapped gold coins.

    When I first created my pot of gold, I used foil-wrapped chocolate gold coins to fill my pot. I found that they were just too big and I wasn't happy with how they looked, so I made my own coins by rolling white modeling chocolate and cutting it using a small round cookie cutter.

    I then brushed gold luster dust over each little round.

    If you don't want to make white modeling chocolate you can alternately use: white fondant, white taffy, Vanilla Tootsie Rolls, or White Mystery Airheads Taffy. Flatten and cut any of these items into small rounds. Or melt white chocolate and pipe it into small discs. For the finishing touch brush with gold luster dust.

    Oreo Truffle Pot of Gold

    Ingredients:

    Chocolate Pot:

    1 package (16.5 ounces) Nabisco Oreo Cookies (vanilla cream filled chocolate sandwich cookie)
    1 - 8 ounce package of cream cheese, softened

    Coins:

    ¼ recipe white modeling chocolate (click here for recipe)
    Powdered sugar for dusting work surface
    gold luster dust

    Optional Green Grass and Green Shamrock:

    1-2 bags of shredded coconut
    green food coloring
    green luster dust

    Special Equipment Needed:

    food processor (or a gallon size zip top bag and a rolling pin)
    rolling pin
    1" round cookie cutter
    parchment paper or wax paper
    pastry brush (or food-only paintbrush)
    Optional: shamrock cookie cutter

    Instructions

    making OREO Cookie cheese ball in a food processor.

    Place cookies in the bowl of a food processor and pulse to fine crumbs. Remove ⅓ cup crumbs and set in a shallow bowl.

    Add the cream cheese to the crumbs in a food processor and pulse to combine. (You can also put cookies in a gallon-size zip-top bag and crush them using a rolling pin or a meat mallet.

    Remove ⅓ cup of crumbs before stirring in cream cheese.)

    shaping a pot of gold (cauldron) out of the OREO cheese ball.

    Pinch off about 3 tablespoons of dough and roll into a long rope. Roll the remaining dough into a large ball. Roll the bottom ⅔ of the large ball in the reserved crumbs, leaving room for the pot's brim to be added.

    Place dough rope around the top part of the dough ball forming the brim. Sprinkle crumbs over the entire surface of the dough ball and brim, pressing crumbs into the dough as needed. Refrigerate for at least 30 minutes or up to 4 days.

    Note: If your brim will not stay attached, remove it and brush off crumbs around the top of the ball. You can even add a bit of water if needed to make the rope of dough stick to the ball of dough.

    making gold coins out of white modeling chocolate and gold luster dust.

    Make Gold Coins:  Knead white modeling chocolate until pliable. Dust your work surface lightly with powdered sugar and dust the top of the modeling chocolate before rolling to keep it from sticking.

    Roll out to ⅛" thickness. Use a 1" round cookie cutter to cut out 30-50 coins. Set coins on a parchment paper or wax paper lined surface. 

    Brush gold luster dust over both sides of each coin. For a list of alternative food items that can be used to create these coins, see the post above.

    What better dessert to have to celebrate on St. Patrick's Day than this Oreo Cheese Ball Pot of Gold! Have some fun in the kitchen and make this adorable treat with your kids!Remove your chocolate pot from the refrigerator at least one hour before serving. Arrange coins on top inside the brim. Optional Decoration: Roll out some white modeling chocolate and cut out a shamrock. Brush it with green luster dust for a shimmery effect, or you can color the white modeling chocolate green using food coloring. (Click here to learn how to color modeling chocolate.)

    To create green coconut grass, place the coconut in a large zip-top bag. Squeeze in about 10 drops of green food coloring. Shake to coat the coconut in the coloring. Add more coloring until you reach a nice vibrant shade of green. Pour colored coconut onto a serving platter.

    Place a chocolate pot of gold on top of the grass. Garnish with a shamrock, if using.

    To serve, slice the pot into 6-10 wedges. You can also just allow your guests to dig into the pot using a small knife and spread the soft chocolate dough onto a graham cracker. Or as will probably happen around here, we'll just dig in with a big spoon and enjoy!

    If you're looking for more St. Patrick's Day food, use the link and check out these awesome recipes.

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    Beth Klosterboer
    Hi, I'm Beth Klosterboer, a professional chocolatier & baker, cookbook author, and event planner. I love sharing recipes for happy occasions here on Hungry Happenings. I also create easy fudge recipes to share at HowToMakeEasyFudge.com, rice krispie treat recipes at HowToMakeCerealTreats.com, and easy cookie recipes at HowToMakeEasyCookies.com
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    1. Diana - FreeStyleMama says

      March 18, 2012 at 11:40 pm

      Delicious!DianaDiana RamblesBento Blog Network

      Reply
    2. The Tablescaper says

      March 11, 2012 at 12:54 am

      Very clever and perfectly seasonal. I'd love to have you join me at Seasonal Sundays.

      - The Tablescaper

      Reply
    3. Marilyn says

      March 08, 2012 at 3:45 pm

      Sooo amazingly awesome.. I featured YOU today via Pin'Inspirational Thursday.. THANKS SOOO MUCH for sharing these last week.. :)) Hope you can stop in and snag a fun button.. Wishing you an amazing day.. xo~Marilyn...

      Reply
      • Beth Jackson Klosterboer says

        March 08, 2012 at 4:06 pm

        Hi Marilyn, thanks so much for the feature. Can you give me the link? I tried going to your site via your Google Profile, but it is blocked.

        Reply
    4. Trish - Mom On Timeout says

      March 07, 2012 at 9:08 pm

      You're being featured today! Thanks for sharing!

      Reply
      • Beth Jackson Klosterboer says

        March 08, 2012 at 4:04 pm

        Thanks for the feature, Trish!

        Reply
    5. Trish - Mom On Timeout says

      March 07, 2012 at 8:53 pm

      Oh my gosh! I just love this! Pinned it and thanks so much for sharing at Taking A Timeout Thursday!

      Reply
    6. Carrie says

      March 06, 2012 at 9:05 pm

      So cute! Thank you for sharing at Sharing Saturday! I hope you have a wonderful week!

      Reply
    7. Heather @ Raising Memories Blog says

      March 04, 2012 at 4:04 am

      oh wow, Beth, that is awesome!! If you're interested, I hope you'll share this at my Sharing Time Linky! http://www.raisingmemories.com/search/label/sharing%20time
      Have a great weekend 🙂
      ~Heather

      Reply
    8. Alicia Yamashita says

      March 04, 2012 at 2:23 am

      So neat! I can't believe that!

      Reply
    9. Jocelyn says

      March 03, 2012 at 7:28 pm

      These are awesome looking!!!!!

      Reply
    10. Megan and Emily@Whimsically Homemade says

      March 03, 2012 at 5:35 pm

      What a perfect party favor! These will be awesome for my boyfriend's game night friends. Definitely have this saved! Now following you. 🙂

      Reply
    11. sugarswings says

      March 01, 2012 at 3:27 am

      what a great idea, love it and love your homemade coins!

      Reply
    12. Trish - Sweetology101 says

      February 29, 2012 at 8:32 pm

      I am a GIGANTO fan of these - my daughter was born on St Patty's day!! I wish I had the time to make these but I might tuck it away for next year. BTW THANKS for the dog advice, I feel a bit overwhelmed but all in all good things are happening, she finally slept in her kennel w/o barking YA! Thanks for linking to Tea Party Tuesday!

      Reply
      • Beth Jackson Klosterboer says

        February 29, 2012 at 9:02 pm

        Thanks Trish. I'm glad to hear things are going well with the puppy. The first few months are a lot of work and can be frustrating, but as soon as you look into her big eyes it's easy to melt and realize why you have her. Enjoy!

        Reply
    13. SusieQTpies says

      February 29, 2012 at 1:55 pm

      That is adorable! Great job on it! I would LOVE for you to stop in and link up to my Oreo Happy #100 Birthday Party! LInk this post and anything else Oreo! http://cafescrapper-scrapsoflife.blogspot.com/2012/02/happy-100-birthday-oreo-cake-blog-link.html

      Have a great week! Susie

      Reply
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