Pumpkin pie balls were supposed to be pumpkin Oreo balls of some sort. Shelley and I were experimenting with recipes, and this one didn’t quite go as planned. However, what we ended up with was even better than our goal. For once, our reality turned out to be better than the expectation. Gotta love when that happens.
Pumpkin Pie Balls Recipe – No Bake Dessert
So, the plan was to make pumpkin Oreo balls or pumpkin truffles. Shelley had a vision of coating them all in orange colored chocolate, decorating each one, and creating a pumpkin patch. Hahahaha. Nope. The dough balls just weren’t having that idea. We started to think the recipe was a complete fail until we raided Gram’s pantry. Crushed graham crackers were just the ticket to give the perfect flavor of pumpkin pie.
With a quick dot of green gel food coloring, Shelley still got her pumpkins. We were able to stage a small pumpkin patch using cereal as “hay” and some pumpkin candy. Our Gram’s house is so perfect for staging photos. She has all the cool photo props. Plus, my grandparents love that we leave the treats there for them!
The texture of these little dough bites is soft and light. They need to be refrigerated and get pretty soft if left out for too long. If we had successfully covered the balls in chocolate, they would have been way too sweet. With the graham crackers, it’s just the right balance of salty and sweet.
Pumpkin Pie Balls Recipe – No Bake Holiday Dessert
Ingredients
- 30 vanilla Oreos
- 5 ounces cream cheese – softened
- 1/4 cup pure pumpkin
- 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon pumpkin spice
- 3 large graham crackers
Instructions
- Using a food processor, crush Oreos to a fine grain.
- Mix the cream cheese and pumpkin with the crushed Oreos to make the dough.
- Put dough on wax paper and freeze for 15-20 minutes.
- Roll dough into small balls and place on wax paper-lined cookie sheet.
- Refreeze for about 25 minutes.
- Crush graham crackers.
- Coat the dough balls with the graham crackers crumbs.
- Place a small dot of green gel food coloring on top of ball to make it look like a pumpkin.
No bake recipes are always a win. We are so happy that these pumpkin pie balls ended up turning out. According to everyone that tried them, they are definitely a keeper.
Don’t miss our other pumpkin recipes. We did a whole batch of them. If you have any recipe suggestions for us, bring them on, too.
Let us know if you try pumpkin pie balls! Tag us in your recreations and we will share your pictures.
Sarah L says
I love serendipity things like these pumpkin balls. Yum.
Dana Rodriguez says
These are so cute and they sound good! I think we would love these!
Faye Gates says
It is now that time of year. I will be trying this recipe this weekend.
Jennifer says
Oooh, let us know how you like it!! 🙂
shelly peterson says
These look really good and are the cutest little things. I love no-bake desserts.
ellen beck says
I like everything about these! No bake, great ingredients and simple to make. Love the idea of graham cracker coating. I bet these are great.
Rana Durham says
i lovr ve this idea and its so fun to make with kids. i will share this with friends as fall fave .
Tamra Phelps says
Oh, my Mom would love these. She loves pumpkin flavored anything! And they look pretty cute, too, lol.
ellen beck says
I dont think hey look bad at all. You know sometimes our ‘fails’ leads us in a different direction and it turns out just fine. I really like using pumpkin when I can, it is high vitamin C and is good for you too.
Wendy Browne says
I pinned these to make with my toddler next fall.