Happy 100th Birthday Oreo® Cookies!

These No Bake Oreo® Cookie Balls will be a hit for any event or for your own guilty little pleasure! Ingredients needed: 1 pkg. of Oreo® cookies, 1/2 cup of milk, 1 package of JELL-O® chocolate instant pudding, 12 to 16 Baker's semi-sweet chocolate squares, 4 to 8 Bakers white chocolate squares. Preparations are as follows: In a small bowl, make a paste out of the pudding and the milk. Put 36 of the Oreos into a gallon-size zip-top bag and crush them (with a rolling pin or a mallet). Add the crushed cookies to the pudding mixture and stir will. Form the mixture into small balls and place on a wax-paper lined cookie sheet; freeze them for about 10 minutes. While they're in the freezer, place the semi-sweet chocolate squares in a microwave-safe bowl and heat, stirring often, until melted. Dip the chilled oreo balls into the melted chocolate, place them on a fresh wax-paper lined cookie sheet, and refrigerate or freeze for another 10 minutes. Melt the white chocolate squares, and drizzle the melted white chocolate over the cookie balls using a fork or a spoon. Return them to the refrigerator to harden briefly before serving. Makes 40 to 45 cookie balls. Enjoy!

No Bake Fruit Pie

I want to share a favorite recipe taught to me by my sweet grandmother, note I said taught, not given. We made this dessert together many times, making it all the more sweeter to me. I call this one Grandma's no bake fruit pie. Ingredients needed: 1 ready made graham cracker crust, or the crust can be made from crushed graham crackers mixed with melted butter and sugar, either works fine. 1 can of ready made fruit pie filling or fresh fruit when in season, or home-canned fruit if available, all choices work well. ( my favorites used for this recipe being, strawberry, cherry, and blueberry ) 1 box of Dream-Whip pie filling, 1 eight oz. package of cream cheese ( my favorite being the Philadelphia brand ) 1 tsp of vanilla Preparations go as follows: Prepare Dream-Whip as per directions on package, while mixing with electric mixer, add creme cheese and vanilla flavoring, mix on high speed till Dream-Whip, & cream cheese filling becomes thicker and fluffier. Stir into graham cracker pie crust. Chill till firm. Top with fruit pie filling of choice, chill till ready to serve and VOILAAAAAA you have a scrumptious no bake chilled fruit pie. Got to love a recipe that takes longer to type out and share than it takes to prepare. ( ha )

"blueberry before having all topping added"

"strawberry upon completion"