cake balls

cake balls or cake pops seem to be all the rage these days.  i volunteered to make them for my sorority's recruitment this week and when i say some i mean 150+.  saturday i headed to iowa city to rach's house (she was gracious enough to volunteer to help.)  we started around 9:00 in the morning and finished up around 7:00 that night.  i did take a break to sit down and watch the second half of the iowa game and for some pizza to celebrate the victory while the cake balls set up in the freezer.  

normally these are very easy to make but when you're making so many it took a lot longer than normal.

here is a step by step process of how you can make them yourself.  enjoy, it's a fun process!

first bake cake, flavor of your choice.  i chose red velvet.  leave cake out overnight to dry.

the most fun part - finely crumble cake.

most recipes call for half a can of frosting or 8 oz. of cream cheese, but i used the full thing.for these i used cream cheese frosting.

mix frosting and cake until all combined.

i use a medium cookie scoop to evenly proportion. 

roll into balls, wash your hands after every 6 or 7.

place cake balls on lined cookie sheet and put into freezer at a minimum of 4 hours or overnight for best results.

melt chocolate almond bark to coat. best tool i found for dipping was a plastic fork, removing the middle two prongs.

i drizzled with red candy melts for a decorative touch.

the final product, all 154 of them.

delish.