Yummy Red Velvet Cake Balls

These little cake balls are super fun to make and look really impressive for so little ingredients. I always love making something that looks this pretty in the end.  This type of recipe has endless possibilities on what cake you use and what type of frosting too.  Homemade cake and frosting would be great.  The link below has great ideas for cake ball variations.  I love the one that is for Saint Patrick's day with the green sprinkles.  These are great portions for little ones like Ella! I bet Ella would love it if I made funfetti cake balls with funfetti frosting!

Red Velvet Cake Balls

• 1 box red velvet cake mix (cook as directed on box for 13 X 9 cake)
• 1 can cream cheese frosting (16 oz.)
• 1 package chocolate bark (regular or white chocolate)
• wax paper

*I don't know what package of bark this lady is talking about because I used 2 5oz bars of chocolate and one 8 oz bark of white chocolate all found in the baking aisle.

1. After cake is cooked and cooled completely, crumble into large bowl.
2. Mix thoroughly with 1 can cream cheese frosting. (It may be easier to use fingers to mix together, but be warned it will get messy.)
3. Roll mixture into quarter size balls and lay on cookie sheet. (Should make 45-50. You can get even more if you use a mini ice cream scooper, but I like to hand roll them.)
4. Chill for several hours. (You can speed this up by putting in the freezer.)
5. Melt chocolate in microwave per directions on package.
6. Roll balls in chocolate and lay on wax paper until firm. (Use a spoon to dip and roll in chocolate and then tap off extra.)
*it took a lot of tries to figure out how to get the chocolate on them. Finally what worked for me is to place the cake mixture ball on the wax paper and using a spoon pour the chocolate over it. I then used the back of the spoon to spread it around. This kept my finger prints off of the dessert.

I also only melt a few pieces of chocolate bark at a time because it starts to cool and thicken. It’s easier to work with when it’s hot.