Chocolate Cake Balls Recipe
These Chocolate Cake Balls are made with crumbled cake and frosting, then dipped in melted chocolate and covered with sprinkles. My family loves this perfect easy treat!
Happy New Year, friends! I hope you had a great holiday and were able to spend it with people you love. We had a pretty nice break ourselves and even took a trip to Maui! It was fun and relaxing, and we made some pretty great memories with the kids. Here’s a little picture from some hiking we did:
It was a lot of fun, but we got pretty muddy on this hike! I think we went through an entire package of baby wipes cleaning up afterwards! We made lots of good memories on our trip, though. 🙂
Like most good things, though, our trip went by way too fast and here we are already halfway through the first week of January. That’s ok though, because it’s time to get back to work here on the blog, and I’m ready for it. 🙂
Today I’m sharing a yummy little treat with you that I made over the holidays. These do require a bit of time, but they are so easy to prepare that even the kids can help with the process. I like to make these year-round, changing up the sprinkles or decor to go with the season or occasion. You can make any variation of these you like, changing up the cake mix and frosting flavors.
First make your cake, let it cool, then crumble it. Add in your frosting (but not too much or your cake balls will be mushy) refrigerate for a bit, then roll into balls. Freeze the balls for an hour, then dip in melted chocolate. I like to use short skewers to help dip my cake balls, then I let them dry inside of a mug or glass. You have to make sure that your cake balls are frozen enough, or they will fall off of the skewers.
I take the cake balls out of the freezer a few at a time so that they don’t thaw out too much while I’m coating them. Add sprinkles while the coating is still wet. You can also use a fork to help you dip the cake balls in the coating, as long as the bowl you are using is big enough. When you’re all done, you have a super easy and yummy holiday treat!
I originally shared these Chocolate Cake Balls over at Kenarry: Ideas for the Home a few weeks ago. While I was there, Carrie was here sharing her recipe for Peanut Butter Fudge. Go check it out if you haven’t had a chance to yet! Enjoy!
Recipe: Chocolate Cake Balls Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 (18.25 oz) package chocolate cake mix + ingredients to prepare cake
- 1 (16 oz) can prepared chocolate frosting
- 1 container microwave dipping chocolate or almond bark
- sprinkles for topping
Instructions
- Prepare cake and bake according to package directions in a 9x13 inch pan. Allow to cool completely.
- After cake has cooled, use your hands to crumble the cake into a large mixing bowl. A fork can also be used to crumble large chunks. Make sure cake is completely broken into fine crumbs.
- Add 1/2-3/4 of the container of frosting, mixing with a spoon until the cake crumbs are coated. I don't add the entire container because then the cake balls come out a little too mushy. Place the bowl in the refrigerator for about 20 minutes.
- Remove the bowl from the refrigerator and roll the mixture into small balls. Place balls on a plate or cookie sheet topped with wax paper and freeze for 1 hour.
- Melt dipping chocolate or almond bark according to package directions. Place a wooden skewer on the bottom of a cake ball and dip into the chocolate, swirling and then tapping off the excess. Place the skewer in a mug or glass (I used short skewers for this recipe) and immediately add sprinkles if using. Allow to dry completely. Repeat with remaining cake balls.
Notes
If you like these Chocolate Cake Balls, then you might also like:
Hot Chocolate Cupcakes with Marshmallow Buttercream
Peppermint Oreo Milkshake
These came out delicious and beautiful, I just have one very minor complaint… I wish the recipe said how to store and how long they are good for!
These sounds delicious and look beautiful my cake balls always look a bit wonky, LOL
Oh my gosh these look so delicious! I’m going to get some green sprinkles and make them for St Patricks Day!
I always love doing something with the kids and this is one of them! Fun and easy to make!
These came out so yummy! My twins loved them and I love how you can customize them with different sprinkles.
I’d eat so many of these. I just love chocolate!
These look delish! Can’t wait to try making them.
Cake balls are so fun! Although I know it can be stressful to make them. Your recipe makes it so easy!
Made them for my son’s Milestone birthday and he loved them. Thanks fir the recipe.
Do we need to chill, freeze them once done? How do we store leftover cake balls?
These are seriously addictive and oh so good!
These are super fun little treats to make with the kids and I love that all you have to do is switch up the sprinkles to make it appropriate and festive for any time of year.
I love how easy these cake ball treats are to make and they are perfect for parties!
These are really good cake balls. u will really enjoy them… 🙂
I didn’t realise cake calls were this easy to make! Can’t wait to try out the recipe 🙂
I love the blue and white sprinkles! So perfect for winter without being too much holiday-ish! Great tip on keeping them in the freezer until you’re ready to dip!
These are perfect for the upcoming holidays! I love that this would be a fun & easy recipe to make with my kiddos too!