Description
These Valentine Strawberry Cake Truffles are a sweet treat with irresistible flavors and simple prep. Combining strawberry cake mix with cream cheese, they are perfect for a special occasion or as a delightful dessert at home.
Ingredients
Scale
- 15.25 ounce strawberry cake mix
- 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 for safety.
- Spread the cake mix on the baking sheet and bake for 5 minutes. Cool completely on a wire rack after baking.
- In a mixing bowl, beat the softened cream cheese with a hand mixer until it's smooth and creamy.
- Fold the cooled cake mix into the cream cheese mixture using a spatula, then mix fully with a hand mixer until a dough forms.
- Incorporate the cream cheese chips until evenly distributed throughout the dough.
- Cover the dough with plastic wrap and chill in the refrigerator for 2 hours.
- After chilling, line two baking sheets with parchment paper. Scoop 1½ tablespoon of dough and roll into smooth balls.
- Let the rolled balls sit for 15 minutes to expand and reduce the risk of cracking during coating.
- Melt the vanilla melting wafers using a double boiler or microwave at low heat until fully melted.
- Dip each dough ball in the melted vanilla wafers, tapping the fork to remove excess coating, and place on the baking sheets.
- Sprinkle desired toppings on half of the dough balls before the coating sets.
- Melt the pink candy melts in small piping bags and drizzle over the remaining dough balls.
- Allow the truffles to set completely before serving.
Notes
Make sure to heat treat the cake mix to eliminate any potential bacteria.
Chilling the dough is essential for proper texture and coating adherence.
Use various sprinkles for a festive touch to your truffles.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 truffle
- Calories: 120
- Sugar: 9g
- Sodium: 50mg
- Fat: 6g
- Saturated Fat: 3g
- Unsaturated Fat: 2g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 16g
- Fiber: <1g
- Protein: 2g
- Cholesterol: 15mg