Description
These Valentine Strawberry Cake Truffles are a sweet delight, featuring strawberry cake mix and cream cheese that creates a smooth, rich flavor. Perfect for a quick dessert or a special occasion!
Ingredients
Scale
- 15.25 ounce strawberry cake mix (used Betty Crocker)
- 8 ounce block cream cheese (softened to room temperature)
- ⅓ cup cream cheese chips (roughly chopped)
- 2 (10 oz) bags Ghirardelli vanilla melting wafers
- ½ cup Wilton pink candy melts
- ½ cup Wilton bright pink candy melts
- Sprinkles (optional)
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350°F and line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Heat treat the cake mix to eliminate bacteria.
- Spread the cake mix onto the prepared baking sheet and bake for 5 minutes. Let it cool completely on a wire rack afterward.
- In a medium mixing bowl, beat the softened cream cheese with a hand mixer on medium-high speed until smooth.
- Fold the cooled cake mix into the cream cheese using a spatula, then mix with the hand mixer until you achieve a dough-like consistency.
- Mix in the cream cheese chips until evenly blended.
- Cover the dough with plastic wrap and chill in the refrigerator for 2 hours.
- Prepare two lined baking sheets. Scoop the dough using a 1 ½ tablespoon cookie scoop and form into smooth balls with your hands.
- Let the dough balls rest for 15 minutes to prevent cracking in the coating.
- Melt the vanilla wafers using a double boiler or in the microwave. If using the microwave, heat in 30-second increments, stirring in between.
- Dip each dough ball into the melted vanilla wafers using a fork, letting any excess drip off before placing on the lined baking sheet.
- Before the coating dries, add sprinkles to half of the coated balls.
- Melt the pink candy melts in small microwave-safe piping bags. Drizzle over the remaining coated balls once melted.
- Allow to set completely before serving. Enjoy!
Notes
For best results, ensure the dough balls are chilled before coating.
You can use different types of sprinkles for decoration to match your theme.
Be cautious with the melting wafers to avoid overheating, which can cause them to harden.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 truffle
- Calories: 150
- Sugar: 12g
- Sodium: 50mg
- Fat: 8g
- Saturated Fat: 4g
- Unsaturated Fat: 3g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 17g
- Fiber: <1g
- Protein: 2g
- Cholesterol: 15mg