Carrot Cake Truffles

By Tracy

20 Person

40 Minutes

0 Calories

If you’ve never made cake pops, they are easy. All you need is cake, frosting, and candy melts/chocolate. For this recipe, I baked a carrot cake from a box mix and made a batch of my cream cheese frosting. (You can find that recipe here.) Because I needed the frosting for a few other recipes, I made a full batch. However, you can make only a half or quarter recipe since you will only need about a cup of frosting for the truffles. Obviously, you can make these truffles in any cake flavor you’d like. However, I thought carrot cake was most appropriate for the season.

Ingredients

Carrot sugar candies, optional
1 cup orange candy melts
2 tbsp. vegetable shorting
4 oz. white chocolate baking bar
1 bag pure white candy melts
1 cup cream cheese frosting
1 prepared carrot cake mix

Method

01

Bake the cake mix. In a large bowl, crumble the carrot cake with your hands. Using a spatula, stir in about 3/4 cup of the cream cheese frosting. Add more as needed. The mixture should stay together when rolled into a ball, but not be overly sticky.
02

Roll the cake mixture into 1-inch balls. Set the cake balls on a plate and refrigerate until cool, about 30 minutes.
03

In a medium bowl, add the white candy melts, white chocolate, and vegetable shortening. Microwave at 30-second intervals, stirring after each until melted.
04

Dip the cooled cake balls into the melted white chocolate mixture and coat completely. Set on wax paper and allow chocolate to set completely.
05

In a small microwave-safe bowl, melt the orange candy melts by microwaving them at 30-second intervals, stirring after each, until melted.
06

Add the melted orange candy melts to a piping bag or plastic baggie. (Use caution if using a plastic bag. If your melted candy is too warm, it can cause the bag to break.) Cut a small tip off one corner of the bag and drizzle the melted candy onto the coated cake balls. Top with a carrot sugar candy, if desired.
07

Once the candy coating is completely set, pack and store the truffles in an air-tight container.

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Carrot Cake Truffles

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( By Tracy )

01 Information

Grade medium
Serving 20 servings
Prep Time 10 Mins
Cook Time 30 Mins
Total Time 40 Mins

02 Ingredients

Carrot sugar candies, optional

1 cup orange candy melts

2 tbsp. vegetable shorting

4 oz. white chocolate baking bar

1 bag pure white candy melts

1 cup cream cheese frosting

1 prepared carrot cake mix

03 Method

Step 1

Bake the cake mix. In a large bowl, crumble the carrot cake with your hands. Using a spatula, stir in about 3/4 cup of the cream cheese frosting. Add more as needed. The mixture should stay together when rolled into a ball, but not be overly sticky.

Step 2

Roll the cake mixture into 1-inch balls. Set the cake balls on a plate and refrigerate until cool, about 30 minutes.

Step 3

In a medium bowl, add the white candy melts, white chocolate, and vegetable shortening. Microwave at 30-second intervals, stirring after each until melted.

Step 4

Dip the cooled cake balls into the melted white chocolate mixture and coat completely. Set on wax paper and allow chocolate to set completely.

Step 5

In a small microwave-safe bowl, melt the orange candy melts by microwaving them at 30-second intervals, stirring after each, until melted.

Step 6

Add the melted orange candy melts to a piping bag or plastic baggie. (Use caution if using a plastic bag. If your melted candy is too warm, it can cause the bag to break.) Cut a small tip off one corner of the bag and drizzle the melted candy onto the coated cake balls. Top with a carrot sugar candy, if desired.

Step 7

Once the candy coating is completely set, pack and store the truffles in an air-tight container.

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