Cake Batter Truffles!

I saw a few recipes online that lead me to this little number.  It's a winning combination of a few different recipes.


Firstly, let me just tell you - these are SO good.  I took them to a holiday party last night and they were a huge hit.

Cake Batter Truffles

1 box yellow cake mix

1 stick unsalted butter, softened

¼ tsp. vanilla

¼ c. sugar

2 – 3 tbls. milk, half & half or cream

2 tbls. candy sprinkles, divided

1 package vanilla candy coating

Cream together butter, sugar and vanilla with electric mixer.  Mix in entire box of yellow cake mix.  Add milk 1 tbls. at a time until you have a stiff dough.  (The temperature and humidity of your house will depend on what you need, so it might change each time you make the recipe.)  Stir in 1 tbls. candy sprinkles.

Roll dough into ¾” balls and chill for at least 15 minutes.  You could make these a day ahead, but you would want to cover them.  Once you are ready to coat, remove from fridge and allow to rest for about 15 minutes. If you try to coat super cold middles with warm candy coating, they will expand and crack.  NO GOOD!  

Melt vanilla candy coating and coat the cake batter balls, immediately topping with remaining sprinkles.