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Red Velvet Cake Balls

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Bite-sized, candy covered cake.

Ingredients

  • 1 box Red Velvet Cake Mix
  • ¾ cans Cream Cheese Frosting
  • 1 pound Package Candy Coating

Preparation

Bake cake as instructed on package in a 13 X 9 pan.

After cake is cooked and cooled completely, crumble into large bowl.

Mix thoroughly with 3/4 can cream cheese frosting.

Roll cake/frosting mixture into quarter size balls and lay on cookie sheet. (Should make 45-50)

Chill for several hours or speed this up by putting in the freezer for about 15 minutes to get the rolled balls firm enough to dip.

Using a small bowl, melt candy coating in microwave per directions on package. (30 second intervals, stirring in between.)

Remove chilled balls a few at a time from the freezer and dip in melted candy coating. Drop the ball in the bowl of melted candy coating and then cover exposed areas using a spoon.

Lift the ball from the chocolate with the spoon without rolling it around and tap spoon on side of the bowl to allow excess chocolate to fall off.

Slide each ball on to a wax paper covered cookie sheet to dry.

Drizzle extra melted candy coating on top for decoration.

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velgruidlrock on 12.2.2010

I have made these a few times now. They are always a hit. I completly cooled my cake before crumbling it though. I use fondue forks for the dipping.

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drfjeske on 7.10.2010

These are my ‘go to’ treat when I have to take goodies somewhere. For some reason, all the teens & 20-somethings I know LOVE THEM. I am quite popular when I have cakeballs!

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juliefsu on 3.22.2010

I made these as the surprise dessert for my annual Oscar party a couple of weeks ago. (I thought the whole red carpet-red velvet thing was cute.) My friends were completely amazed by these, and I may or may not have eaten about half of them myself. My only complaint is that I wish they made dark chocolate bark, because I think that would be even more delicious! Thank you, bakerella; these will become a tradition, I suspect!

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Anne McCoy on 2.21.2010

I made these cake balls but the candy coating was way too thick. Perhaps it was the brand I used. Any suggestions on how to thin it out? Otherwise, my family loved them.

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volli11 on 2.16.2010

I made these the other day and they were awesome! but I had a hard time with the chocolate coating, I felt that it was a little too hard to dip and make them look good, does anyone of any suggestions? Maybe specific type of coating to use

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Natasha on 2.21.2011

Couldn’t find red velvet cake mix. So I made it with Devil’s cake with white chocolate coating. Yummm!

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PamFromNY on 12.20.2010

These are so easy it’s ridiculous! Definitely use only 1/2-3/4 tub of frosting. Candy bark makes a nice crunch on the outside compared with soft cake center. I once tried chocolate chips/paraffin wax but the outside was soft and I missed the crunch. The only benefit was the balls did not crack and seep cake through.

This is a fabulous recipe. Thank you for sharing!

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velgruidlrock on 12.2.2010

I already wrote a review. Sorry I am new.
Vel

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KrisDot on 5.24.2010

These are de-lish! Always gobbled up whenever we make them, and so easy to make whatever flavor combinations you want!

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dunnemama on 5.21.2010

These are fantastic! My friends love it when I make them! My favorite combo is chocolate cake, dipped in white chocolate- yummy!
I usually dip about half of them and then freeze the rest because the recipe makes such a huge batch!
I dip them straight out of the freezer, but like the previous reviewer, once the cake mixture defrosts, it oozes out of the chocolate, but if you just wipe it off before displaying then it looks fine!
Also- I use chocolate bark rather than candy melts- and I haven’t ever had problems with cracking or much sweating.
Also, I have kept them in an airtight container on the counter overnight and they kept fine.

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