Balls Everywhere! Cake Balls That Is...

As promised, I do not have tiramisu! I knew I'd come through on that one. This week has been pretty crazy busy and the only way to make it through a week like that is to create a sugar induced coma for yourself and everyone around you. Chocolate should always be involved as well, everyone knows it's good for your heart (sort of) and makes you happy (by distracting you from all other thoughts but obtaining said chocolate). So really, I was doing everyone at work a favor this week by making Chocolate Cupcake Bites. Which in reality are just the same old cake balls I always make, but decorated all cute to look like cupcakes.

CUPCAKE BITES! (not to be confused with "cupcakes bite" - that's just blasphemy)



Yeah, that picture is awesome...I know. You want one, right?

Fine...here's another....


Alright, now that we got that out of the way....

Supplies:
- Cake Balls (go here: http://bit.ly/30J8EK to see how to make them) I used Chocolate Devil's Food Cake and Vanilla Frosting. And lemme tell you, these things were goooood.
- Candy Melts (I used blue and pink)
- Chocolate to melt (I prefer Baker's Semi-Sweet Chocolate Blocks)
- Red Hots, sprinkles, etc. to decorate
- Peanut Butter Cup Candy Mold

This one is pretty simple....You want to fill the cups in the candy mold up with the melted chocolate about 1/3 of the way full. Then you'll place the cake balls into the chocolate so it pushes it up the sides of the candy cup (but not over the top, cuz it makes a mess...trust me, I know). Once you've filled a mold, throw it in the freezer for a few minutes and then take the cake balls out of the mold. The chocolate should have set by this point. Once you're done removing the cake balls you'll dip the tops into the candy melts (in other words, hold it by the chocolate end, turn it upside down and dip the exposed cake area into the melts). Shake it a little to get rid of the excess candy melts then place a red hot on the top of the cupcake and throw some sprinkles on. Let it dry on some wax paper and you're done. You've got adorable mini-cupcake bites. I get bored making the same thing through an entire cake ball process. The recipe makes like 50 - 60 balls, so I tried a few more things with them. I'll leave you with a few pictures and a promise of no tiramisu again next week. Look at me and my planning!



And just one more...


Seriously...I really love chocolate. These are sprinkled with vanilla sugar and cinnamon. Or dusted with gold sparkle sugar. Or just sprinkles. Regardless....there is CHOCOLATE CAKE on the inside.