Red Velvet Truffles

Little ones would love to help roll these into balls!


Prep time: 1 hour 25 minutes
Start to finish: 3 hours (these were very time consuming)
Servings: 80+
Temp: 350

Ingredients:

1 box German Chocolate cake mix
Water, vegetable oil and eggs called for on cake mix box
1 bottle (1 oz) red food color
1 tbsp unsweetened baking cocoa
1 cup of cream cheese frosting (1lb store bought container)
3 bags of white or green candy melts (I find A.C Moore has the best deals on these during the holidays)
Sprinkles

1- Heat oven to 350. Spray a 13x9" cake pan with baking spray (I used the stuff with flour. In a large bowl, beat cake mix, water, oil, eggs, food coloring and cocoa with an electric mixer on low speed for 30 seconds. Beat on medium speed for 2 minutes. Pour into pan.

2- Bake 40-45 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool completely in pan on cooling rack.

3- Lay out wax paper on a table (I used my dining room table because you will need a lot of space). Cut cake into 9 squares and remove from pan and crumble into a large bowl; stir in frosting. Roll mixture into 1 1/4" balls and place on wax paper.

4- Melt candy melts as directed
**I suggest investing in a Wilton chocolate melter, they are like $20 at A.C Moore and you can use you 50% off coupon that you get in the A.C Moore ad in the Sunday paper on it. The also sell them at Walmart. They are a time saver! You just pour in your candy melts set it to melt and stir occasionally then when they are completely melted yo set it to warm and it will keep it smooth and not burn it all day long, it just takes really hot water to rinse it out so you can switch between candy melt colors!
Dip each cake ball into melted coating, tapping off excess and taking care not to get crumbs in the coating. Return to wax paper and decorate with your choice of sprinkles before coating sets. Let them set and dry for a few hours before storing them.

These store well in a Ziploc too!