We are almost a month into the New Year, and I know all of you are being so good on your New Year’s Resolution’s….. =)
Or are you????
Have you fallen off the wagon already? That was my problem for much of my life! I would make these grand declarations, only to fall off the wagon a few weeks in ….. discouraged…… I would throw in the towel…… even when 7/8 of the year was still in front of me! Please tell me there are others out there that did this as well? Don’t leave me hanging, thinking I am the only basket case, who plays mental games with oneself?
Which is the biggest reason why I didn’t make any Resolution’s this year, but instead concentrating on one word ~ HEALTH! I will admit, it is slow going, and actually took me two weeks to get in the swing of things. I was back on the Juicing, drinking it twice a day…..starting to feel in my groove again……and then BAM! …. had to deal with a sinus and double ear infection! Not my child! ME! I haven’t had a double whammy like that in years. Thankfully, I am on the mend, and planning great things for the upcoming months to come!
Cake Batter Truffles! You are going to love these, and there is absolutely no baking involved. Much less labor intensive than my first love……Cake Pops, but just as good. Actually, I will admit, these beauties are so rich….you will actually be satisfied by just eating one. Don’t shake your head and laugh! I am being totally serious with that last statement! Still laughing? Prove me wrong, and make these yourself!
Cake Batter Truffles fit perfectly with my Word of the Year! Health is not about depriving myself of the things that I love! It is about introducing new activities and ideas into my life to make my body more balanced. Which is why I am comfortable making sweet treats (plus I have two teenagers, and all of their friends to act as taste testers)! Cake Batter Truffles are perfectly portioned, and I swear that your sweet tooth will be satisfied with just one. Now, that doesn’t mean that you won’t eat one for breakfast……one for lunch….followed by a third for dinner! What I do believe is you will be able to walk away after eating 1, instead of sitting around the table eating 5 or more, resulting in a sugar coma you will not recover from for the rest of the day. Everything in moderation, right?
I initially found this recipe over at Chef in Training and The Girl Who Ate Everything, but had to make a few tweaks to it for my own liking and taste buds. In their recipes, it called for only a cup of the cake mix. I really didn’t want 2/3 of a cake mix sitting around, so I increased the cake mix, and adjusted a few of the other ingredients as well. I also didn’t put any cake mix in the melted almond bark. This would have thickened the melted chocolate, and I wanted my melted chocolate to stay silky smooth…..even after the 50th truffle was being dipped.
If you are a truffle lover, why don’t you check out these awesome Chubby Hubby Truffles? They will definitely make you stop singing these Winter Blues!
Let me know what you think……and definitely tell me if you couldn’t stop at just one???
Shaunna
**********UPDATE**********
Big shout out to Emma over at Teapots and Twine. She lives over in the UK, and wanted to make these for her adorable husband last week. She took the time to figure out the British equivalent, as they don’t use cups…..they utilize the gram system instead. Check out the recipe below, as I have added the grams in ( ). Thank you Emma!!!
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Cake Batter Truffles
Printable Recipe
Ingredients:
- 1 cup unsalted butter, softened (200g butter)
- 1 cup sugar (200g sugar)
- 2 1/2 cups flour (375g flour)
- 1 yellow cake mix (2x packets of sponge cake mix equal to 425g)
- 2 tsp. vanilla
- 1/8 tsp. salt
- 5-7 Tbsp milk
- 4 Tbsp. sprinkles
- 24 oz white almond bark or white chocolate (680g white chocolate)
Directions:
- Beat together the butter and sugar using an electric mixer until combined. Add in the cake mix, flour, salt, and vanilla and mix thoroughly. Add 5 or more Tbsp of milk if needed to make the dough consistent. Mix in sprinkles by hand.
- Roll dough into 1 inch balls and place on parchment lined cookie sheet. Chill dough balls in the refrigerator for 15 minutes to firm up.
- While the dough balls are chilling, in a double boiler melt the almond bark on low, stirring often. Remove the dough balls from the refrigerator, and using a fork, dip the truffles into almond bark and shake off any excess bark by tapping the bottom of the fork on the side of your bowl. Place truffle on a 2nd parchment lined baking sheet and top with sprinkles. Repeat with remaining dough balls until finished.
- Chill cake batter truffles in the refrigerator until ready to serve. Makes 50 Cake Batter Truffles!
You may find Cake Batter Truffles linked up to these great parties……
I know how to make the cake pops, I will try to to this one for the kids on Valentine’s day… They will love something different.
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The biggest difference Remu, is how you dunk them into the chocolate! Well that, and Truffles are ‘no bake’…. Let me know how they like them!
Thanks for posting this recipe. I tried making these truffles last night and everything went well until I tried dipping the truffles into the melted almond bark…It was really difficult keeping the truffles on the fork and they kept on breaking apart. Not sure if I should leave the truffles in the refrigerator longer than 15 minutes so they harden even more. Any tips for keeping them on the fork and in one piece?
My only thought would be to add in a tiny bit more milk, but be careful you don’t add too much. Also, when you are rolling them into balls, work with them a little making sure they are solid. Yes, refrigerate them longer……or better yet, dump them in the freezer. You are not going to hurt them if you keep them in the refrigerator or freezer longer. If you notice in some of my other cake ball/pop recipes I will make them the night before and dip them in the morning.
These look totally yummy! I love the little sprinkles on them too 🙂
Thanks for linking up 🙂
Sarah @ A Cat-Like Curiosity
Oh yummy! Sharing on Facebook later today – thank so much for linking up at Mom On Timeout!
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These look delish, you are really temping me. I think I’m going to have to try this!
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Sure (I pressed the email link but it didn’t seem to work)-
We used:
– 200g butter
-200g sugar
– 375g flour
– 2 x packets of sponge cake mix equivalent to 425g (we don’t have yellow cake mix in the UK)
– 680g white chocolate
and everything else was the same!
Thank you Emma! I will update the post tomorrow night. Sorry about the email button. I switched themes recently and it must have screwed up the link url ‘s. I will try to get it fixed soon.
These look completely amazing!! Will definitely have to try 🙂
Thanks Emma, let me know what you think after making them.
I will do! My husband will adore these. I just need to work out the British equivalent of your measurements because we don’t use cups, we use grams! I might have a go at them later today – lazy Sunday 🙂
We made them this afternoon- they were so scrumptious! May or may not have eaten more than one…even though, like you said, one was actually quite satisfactory. Hubby approved too! Thanks!!
I am so glad you liked them. Would you mind emailing me the gram conversion, and I will update the recipe to include both?