These sweet little treats seem to be all the rage this year, and I made them for our office Christmas party. I first heard about these from a really great site called Bakerella, this women is some kind of talented. She really is amazing. Though mine pale in comparison to her’s they were mighty delicious and fun to make.
I used Spice cake mix and cream cheese frosting with both white and chocolate bark for dipping The great thing about these balls is you can play around with a number of different cake mixes, frosting and bark and come up with some really great ideas.
Ingredients: 1 box cake mix, 1 can frosting, 1 bag almond bark
Bake your cake to box directions, let cool for 1 hour and be sure to sample a piece
(not really but DT couldn’t resist)
In a large bowl use 2 forks and start crumbling the cake
Till it looks like this
Then add about 3/4 the can of frosting, any more than that and I think it makes it too mushy
Once the frosting is fully incorporated it will look like this, so appetizing.
Roll the cake mixture into balls and place on a lined cookie sheet and put in the freezer for 1 hour to harden, this makes it easier when dipping the cake balls into the chocolate
Take the chocolate a put in a bowl and nuke for about 1 minute till melted
Then take the frozen cake balls and dip them in the chocolate and roll them till fully covered
Place them back on the lined cookie sheet to harden
These are guaranteed to be at hit! The kids love them and it would be a great dessert for them to help making.
Print This RecipeThis post is listed @ Kelly’s Korner, “Christmas Cookies and Treats”Cake Balls
You take any flavor cake mix and bake according to directions. Let cool and then crumble into a big bowl. Add any flavor of icing and mix well. Roll into half-inch balls and chill in freezer for about an hour. Melt down baking chocolate (I like Ghiardelli’s) and dip each ball into the chocolate and then re-freeze until chocolate is set. If you use the right kind of chocolate it shouldn’t melt on your fingers and can be kept at room temperature for a good while.
Some flavor combination ideas:
Devil’s Food Cake mix with Chocolate Cream Cheese icing and flaked coconut mixed in dipped in dark chocolate.
Yellow Cake mix with Coconut Pecan icing dipped in white chocolate.
A cute idea for Easter would be egg shaped balls of Confetti cake mix with vanilla icing dipped in white chocolate colored with pastel food coloring.
Other ideas:
Spice Cake or Carrot Cake with cream cheese frosting
Red velvet w/cream cheese frosting dipped in white chocolate
Strawberry cake with vanilla frosting, dipped in dark chocolate
Christmas Cookie Exchange 2009
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They look yummy! I might have to let my kids make some. Thanks!
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OMG! I can make this! I’m almost sure of it! I think I’ll give this one a try to take as a dessert for christmas and christmas eve! Oh! I’m so excited I can finally do something on your site! lol
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thanks so much for posting this! I just printed it off – they look great!!
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Yummy tackle!!
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Yours look better than mine did! But man they are SO yummy no matter how they look. We used the Christmas Cake Mix with red and green mix ins and vanilla frosting and then dipped them in chocolate. So Good!
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I made some using red velvet cake mix and white bark. Make sure you freeze completely! ha! ha! But oh so yum!
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I’ve seen them around and these look as good as ever. Happy TMTT!
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Yum! I like the idea of the spice cake mix with cream cheese frosting =D
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I admit I laughed out loud when I saw cake balls.
Ever find yourself sayin’, hey, stop breaking my cake balls?
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Sheila-yes, they are so much fun, easy to make and sooo good!!
Christa- I must admit I did say several times, Stop touching my balls, lol!
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Everyone is tackling baking today and my hips are doubling in size just reading about it…
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Sounds yummy!
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It’s so much funnier when a woman says “stop touching my balls”.
I’m a big fan of 3C’s too. My name starts with “C” of course, “C” is for cookie, and that’s good enough for me (site: Cookie Monster) and “C” is for coffee….still haven’t had my morning cup!
My mom snubbed me bad one year at Christmas and gave my brother a box of spiced wafer cookies. I got gots. No cookies for me!
If you want to see a look of pure evil and cookie envy on my face, follow the link below.
http://www.giggleon.com/merry-christamas-ooops-sitsmas/
I’ve got a funny Christmas post coming up and I think this post is perfect for me to link to. I’ll keep you posted.
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How delicious!! I love that you used spice cake!
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These look delightful…so many options! The Christmas themed cake balls posted on Bakerella are adorable but way too much work for me. Yours seem do-able! Thanks!
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mmmmmmmmmmm!
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Ohh, those look tasty! I’m going to have to try those this week I think.. maybe with some white chocolate and crushed candy canes
(Apparently I love pumpkin in October/November and peppermint in December.)
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It’s so awesome that you posted about cake balls! I just posted a recipe from allrecipes.com on my Sabbath-Prep Saturday post and I truly am so excited to try them! It’s cool to see how well yours turned out! Thank you so much for linking up with us today and I’ll look forward to seeing you next Monday! Have a wonderful holiday season!
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Oh my goodness!!!! This sounds wonderful. I am so glad you shared this recipe with us. Thanks for participating in TMTT.
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I’m so glad you posted this! I had one of these for the first time the other day and it was so YUMMY!!! Of course, I had no idea how they made ‘em, but now I do. Thanks! I may have to try this myself.
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Those look yummy!!!! I might have to try these with the kids, thanks for the recipe!
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Oh, yours look good! I made the Cupcake Bites this summer, and they turned out really cute! That Bakerella knows her stuff!
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FYI – chocolate fudge cake and caramel frosting comes out tasting like brownies.. and they’re so good!
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I’ve made these before, but I think spice cake and cream cheese icing would be tasty!
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These look SO GOOD! I can’t wait to make some red velvet cake balls!
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These look like something my kids would love to make – thanks for sharing!
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These look so great!
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I have seen cake balls on Bakerella before, but been very hesitant to make them. I think they would be so yummy and fun, and the kiddos would really love to get involved! Thanks for sharing, and for the different variation ideas! I think I might finally try it!
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I love that the possibilities are endless with this recipe.
Thanks for sharing!
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I adore Bakerella! I am going to have to try these. Everyone raves about them and they just look soooo yummy!
Thanks for sharing!
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Oooh…I want to try these. I think my hubby would really like the spice cake ones. I’m going to write this one down to make next week. Thanks for sharing it with us!
Hope you’re having a great day!
Karen
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Thanks for the idea!! They sound yummy :0)
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I made these with chocolate cake, icing and milk chocolate. SOOOOO good! My coworkers ate all of em’.
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