I first tasted these two years ago at a Christmas party and immediately had to have the recipe. It’s based on a mix, but I imagine you can follow the same directions substituting from scratch cake and frosting (I’ll try that one day). You can also try it with other cake combinations.
Yield: 45-48 balls
Red Velvet Cake Balls
Ingredients
1 box red velvet cake mix (cook as directed on box for 13 X 9 cake)
1 can cream cheese frosting (16 oz.)
1 package chocolate bark or candy coating (regular or white chocolate)
wax paper
Instructions
After cake is baked and cooled completely, crumble into large bowl.
Mix thoroughly with 1/2 can cream cheese frosting using the back of a large spoon. (start small - you can always add more if you need it.)
Roll cake and frosting mixture into quarter size balls and lay on wax paper cookie sheet. (Should make about 45. You can get even more if you use a mini ice cream scooper, but I like to hand roll them.)
Chill in fridge for a couple of hours. (You can speed this up by putting in the freezer for about 15 minutes.)
Melt chocolate candy coating in microwave per directions on package.
Roll balls in chocolate and lay on wax paper until firm. (Use a spoon to dip and roll in chocolate and then tap off extra.)
Notes
I also only melt a few pieces of chocolate bark at a time because it starts to cool and thicken. It’s easier to work with when the chocolate is still warm so it is fluid and smooth.
I found if I left the balls out in room temp too long they fell apart when dipping in the chocolate. I left them in the freezer and took out one at a time and it sped up the process. I used semi-sweet chocolate, I have a small rice cooker/steamer that worked wonderfully to keep the chocolate melted the entire time(kept the temp on warm). Wonderful recipe, very happy w/the results.
hey! love your recipes btw. was going to try them next week.
One question, I live in Singapore and the weather is quite hot here. Would the cake pop/ balls melt in a 30 min drive to my friend’s house?
I was wondering after you bake them and put them into gift bags..how long will they stay edible? I was wanting to give them as christmas gifts but I am afraid they will spoil before hand.
Simply divine. Going to bake these today for our Christmas party tonight! I am using white chocolate for the coating and a snowflake chocolate piece on top!
I’m having trouble getting the dough to roll evenly in the chocolate. They end up looking like dumplings rather than little chocolate balls. any suggestions???
Hi.
Tell me the best to dip the cake balls into the choc and get them out to set up without making a big mess…There must be an easier way…I’ll be grateful for a hint..
I’ll had these at a party a few months ago and had to seek out the person who made them…She was so thrilled and sat right down wrote out the recipe and also your email address..But forgot to ask about the dipping…
I tried these with a from scratch red velvet cake and a from scratch cheese frosting and it turned out deliciously!
I struggled trying to cover them in chocolate though, they fell apart a bit.
Do these freeze well at all? If so, for how long? I’m making some today for Christmas presents, but also making some for people on Christmas day. Didn’t know if I could use the same batch (since it makes so many!) and just freeze til Christmas.
Can’t wait to try the recipe today! Thanks!
Ok, never mind about my previous comment. I found a fix for when they’re too gooey. After they’ve been in the refrigerator for several hours, just roll them in flour and bake them again for 20-30 minutes at 375, then let them cool in the freezer. They won’t be gooey and they’ll have the consistency of cake. Just make sure they don’t burn on the bottom.
Hi. I just tried this, but for some reason it didn’t work as well as I thought it would have. They were in the freezer for over 12 hours and when I took out a few to coat them in the chocolate, they were OK, but after the chocolate hardened (I put them back in the freezer to speed up the process) I took a bite and they were gooey, not at all cake-like. What am I doing wrong? Are they supposed to be like this?
Hi there! Ive made these two times, the only problem Im having is that when i use the candy melts (i dont have a candy melter) I can never get the right consistancy… I basically use a double broiler… I was told to use shortneing to thin it out a bit if the candy melts get too hot, but sometimes the candy melts run right off, and other times they are perfect. Please help! I want them to look as good as they taste! Thank you Bakerella
My daughter had a friend spend the night last night and they asked if they could bake A cake. (They are 13 y/o s).I told them they could. I walked into the kitchen later to help them clean up their mess to find they had baked, not ONE, but FOUR cakes!!! We are not big sweets eaters in our family so I was a little more than surprised to see FOUR perfectly baked cakes in all kinds of shapes (bundt, flower, round, rectangle). When I asked what they planned to do with them all they said they were going to make a layered cake like on Cake Boss! Lol….I decided I would intervene and turn then into cake balls…a LOT OF CAKE BALLS!!!! Thankfully Christmas is near so I think some teachers will get early Christmas gifts!! Thanks for the recipe to help me get out of this mess ; )
Ok I answered the question. It is way easier to handle by putting the cake/frosting mixture in the freezer for about 15 minutes before rolling. I sprayed my hands with Pam too. Not as messy as it seems others stated. These little treats are to die for!!!!!!!!!!!
Thinking of making these. I’ve made the Oreo ones and I always put the oreo/cream cheese mixture in the fridge, roll them, then put back in the fridge before I dip. Should I try that with the cake mixture?
I just have one question. Is it possible to freeze the cake balls for say two to three weeks, undecorated or dipped of course, until you are ready to make more? Would they stay fresh?
I was so happy to run across this posting about a year ago. I now get requests for these at work all the time and I love making different flavor / color combinations. I have even posted this wonderful recipe and my experience with it on my blog: http://noutensilunused.blogspot.com/2011/11/red-velvet-cake-balls.html . Thank you!
These look delicious!! I’m going to make them and give as gifts for the holidays. I found some great candy boxes at Box and Wrap. This should make great gifts for teachers and neighbors!
Hi Bakerella, just wanted to let you know I think your site is amazing and I can’t believe how incredibly talented you are! One quick question, I’m putting on a very large party for my little girl in two weeks time and I’m a little bamboozled with all the baking I’m doing but I really wanted to add cake pops or truffles to that list. I just wanted to know whether you thought using a store brought mudcake with ganache would work here for the fillings? I know technically this is cheating but with two littlies under 4 and one gigantic party to plan I’m just so swamped that I want to make this as smooth a process as possible. What are you thoughts? Will it work? And do you think I’ll need to make more icing than what comes provided on the cake? I should point out that here in Australia our supermarket mudcakes come with a very thin, but very rich ganache. Any advice you could offer would be great! Cheers!
Im living in france and just wanted to know what exactly the red velvet mix is because here in france premade cake mix is the basic vanilla or nothing. I would love to do these for christmas as my colour theme this year is red and black thanks in advance
Hi! I am just OBSESSED with all these cake balls and the website! SO CUTE!! I was wondering, how long does it take for the cake to cool before I start making the cake balls? Can I put the cake in the fridge to speed up the process?
i learned that if you make the cake at night and mix in with the frostiing in the morning the cake still has that yummy cakie flavor. i love cakeballs they are a fabulous invention!!!!!! i am making ghost cake balls for a halloween party soon and cant wait!!!!
I make a killer red velvet cake from scratch and it was just requested for a party… I might attempt it in this form! I’ve been wanting to try the cake balls and thsi might just be the time to try it out! Thanks!
Hi,
I have to make cakeballs for a party sunday. How far in advance could I make them? COuld I make them friday and keep in the fridge until Saturday night, then dip them Saturday.
thanks, I love you site!
Hi! I tried a different recipe, but they were still cake pops.
They did not really stay together, and the melted chocolate
that I dipped them made them fall apart and they just fell off the stick. What am I doing wrong?
Question?
How long can you store these? Would it be possible to mail them in an air tight container? They would make beautiful gifts and I would love to mail them to our grandson in the Navy for Christmas.
holy cow! thats about all i can say, your blog is so helpful, you talk to your fans and help out soo much, your recipes look DEATHLY DELICIOUS :) and all your pictures completely capture the YUM in yummy! i love your site Bakerella! <3 you truly capture the hearts of all women who love to make their families and friends happy! incredible! i have so much to learn :)
ill keep you updated, but i think i might try something interesting… :D
hi! i love ur website..i’ve made a couple of htings and they’ve turned out great! this one howeve,r Im not too sure..is it suppose to be like a cookie dough texture when we role them into the balls? I felt its too moist?
Yyyuuuummmmmm. Where have these been my entire life?! I made some yesterday and I’m totally in love with cake balls now. Thanks for the delish recipe :)
I have been following your blog for a year now, marveling at how awesome you are!! Everything you make is so cute. I am a medical student and dont have much time, but last night I made these for the first time and I am in love!!
I followed Bakerella’s steps and microwave the chocolate barks working w/ little at a time to dip the cake balls and it turned out smooth and at the right “thickness”. I’ve used the double broiler method before. IMO, i have more control by microwave method. Also, chocolate isn’t as thin when I microwave versus broiler method, so I don’t have to double dip to achieve the thickness.
Best tip in dipping the cake-balls is to use a double boiler to melt the chocolate. NEVER NEVER NEVER melt chocolate in the microwave. Just don’t do it! The sugar crystals in the chocolate have to reach a certain heat temp in order to properly re-melt, and the only way of achieving this is through a double boiler. What you do is take a saucepan and fill it about half way full of water. Then take a glass mixing bowl and place it on top of the pan, but make sure the water does not touch the glass, or else there is too much water and it will spit out at you once it starts boiling. Add your chocolate to the glass bowl and stir until melted. Makes the chocolate have a smooth consistency which is best for dipping!
Naomi, I add shortening to my candy melts and microwave them 30 secs at a time. I keep stirring and heating. I’ve found them to work great. Maybe try adding oil or shortening and see if that works for you. Hope that helps. I’m by no means Bakerella but I did just make 130 of them today for a friends wedding this weekend and they turned out pretty darn great :) Good luck!
I am making a cakebites and just wondering how long will it stay fresh if kept refrigerated?…. How about the cakepops, how long will it last if kept in cool place (not refrigerated) with plastic wrap? Please let me know. Thanks
Someone please HELP! I decided to try an make these cake balls today, and because I couldn’t find chocolate bark anywhere (or maybe I just don’t know where to look) I opted for Candy Melts. MAJOR FAIL! :( I was unable to get the Candy Melts to melt to the proper consistency I’m super disappointed. Any suggestions??
I have just come across your website and LOVE the ideas!! I have shared some through my blog but have given credit…hope you don’t mind!!
I will definitely be making these cake balls for my brother’s homecoming tomorrow…
Yesterday I made your delicious red velvet cake balls, along with oreo cake balls. To say they were awesome would be an understatement. More oohs and aahs from relatives that I ever received before and I love to cook. However I while everyone says how easy they are to make on your website, I had so much trouble. I made the red velvet cake mix- No problem. I bought three kinds of chocolate. Nestles Toll House semi sweet chocolate bar, Ghiardellis semi sweet chocolate bar and Nestles white chocolate chips. First I TRIED to melt the Ghiardellis and followed the instructions in the microwave at 50 percent power level for a minute and then 10 second intervals. All of a sudden there was smoke coming out of my microwave and the chocolate burnt. Okay, so I now followed other directions with the Nestles semi sweet bar and melted it at 100% power for 45 seconds and had to do it maybe once or twice more for 10 seconds. It melted okay, not quite as thin as I thought and there was my problem. I had frozen the cake balls for an hour and when I stuck a toothpick in them and dipped them in this chocolate, they just fell apart when lifting them out of the thick chocolate. WHAT A MESS!!!! So I added maybe a 1/4 of a teaspoon of oil, but when I took the balls out of the chocolate they always had the hole in them from the place where I tried to take the toothpick out. It was horrible. Yes they did harden and yes they were delicious, but they looked disgusting. So then I melted the chocolate chips, but this time I added a little more oil. NOT A GOOD THING. While it was thinner, I still had the same problem putting them in with the toothpick and when I took them out they just fell apart. They also hardened but looked horrible. WHAT AM I DOING WRONG? The dipping was so hard for me.
Also, can I freeze the ones I had left over because I made so many because of the mess I made of the dipping?
Hi. I’m just wondering.. Why are you telling people that they need to credit you on a recipe that isn’t yours? Prior to this website, I made Red Velvet cake balls without a recipe and when I was searching for new/different cake ball creations, I found this – the exact way I make mine. I just don’t understand why anyone would need to credit you for a recipe that wasn’t exactly yours to begin with.
Hi Bakerella, I am in England, please can you confirm is cream cheese frosting the same as our buttercream frosting, and how much of this would I need to use.
your cake balls remind me of the rum balls we made when I worked in a bakery many years ago, we used …’ooops cakes’ and left over cake pieces moistened with rum, and a little icing and choco powder, formed into balls and rolled in chocolate sprinkles. A home baker now, I save pieces of cake from my projects (freeze them) and make these for christmas treats. So the young kids can enjoy them too, I do up some with rum flavoring (or no flavoring) and roll those in multi colored sprinkles. Everyone loves them and they are so easy. Plus it uses up the leftover cake.
I am so in love with these little cake balls and cake pops, my daughter wants a fancy birthday this year where everything is homemade, she wants me to make the cake or cupcakes fancy and I think these will be a lovely surprise at her “fancy” party!
hi, so i tried making them
i tried three for sample and they were kind of gooey. Those three i did put chocolate on, but the others i didn’t.
i had them in the freezer and now switched them to my fridge. Do you think that will make them less gooey or did i ruin the batch i made. Sigh
my sister’s friend made some and they were amazing. not sure what to do about making them less gooey. it’s 10:45pm, so i’m going to finish and try them tomorrow after school
HI!
I am making cake pops for my best friends baby shower this coming sunday. (it is tuesday today) I have formed my cake balls and have them setting in the freezer. Sould I coat them today? or should I wait till closer to the date of the party to coat them? If I freeze them till the day before, shouls they be defrosted beforehand? I am just worried about condensation.
Hey! I really like your blog, its adorable and your recipes and creations are amazing! I would like to have my own bakery one day so I really enjoy looking through this blog to get inspiration :) I can’t wait to try these red velvet cakeballs, especially for Christmas!
*I also have a blog on tumblr and it would mean a lot if you checked it out .. I also posted some pictures of a few of your sweets :)*
I love your ideas! I was wondering…I have a friend that lives about 14 hours away from me, and I was wondering if you think they would stay well if I shipped them to her. Or, if there are any other recipes that stay well during shipping, or are good ideas, please let me know! :)
I would love to send her a Christmas package full of goodies, and all of your ideas are so great, so I thought I’d ask what you think. Thank you! :)
Hi!. i tried making these and got to the point where i had to put the red velvet balls in the chocolate. The red velvet balls were coming apart. is it that i didn’t give them enough time to set it the fridge? Thanks!
Hi… I’m going to try these in the pop form for my son’s 1st birthday party… I had wanted to do them with yellow cake though… Do you guys think that will work okay?? Still use cream cheese frosting for the mix-in?? Any thoughts or input would be greatly appreciated!! :)
Hi, I´m from Sweden and I ended up here by an acident and I love it. I´m quite intrested in baking your cake pops. But in your recipe it says that you need a “Red velvet cake mix” and I don´t think we have that in Swden. Do you know how I can come across one of those? Would appreciate it a lot.
Can anyone help me?
I have to find recipes and ingredients to make 7500 cake balls for a high profile event. They have to be equal amounts of Red, White and Blue. We were thinking Red Velvet for the red, white cake for the white and chocolate for the blue. Any suggestions?
I am making cake balls and cake pops for my wedding in two weeks. I have been searching everywhere to find out how long they would hold up in the freezer. Do you know? I want to make the cake and icing mixture and roll them into balls and then freeze them for about a week, then I’ll dip them a day or two before the wedding in bark and add decorations. Will this work or do I need to just wait until a day or two before the wedding?
I ADORE cake balls, and came across a great combo that your readers may enjoy. I used a chocolate fudge cake, baking it just until it was done (don’t want crispy corners), and mixed it with half a tub of chocolate frosting and just enough peanut butter to bring the whole thing to the right consistency. Absolutely amazing!
And I had to laugh–my son brought home a lovely girl he’s dating who wanted to make dessert, and she showed up with cake pops! We love her!
If I don’t use a pkg of chocolate bark and use large bittersweet choc bar from Trader Joe’s or bulk chocolate from Whole Foods or somewhere else, how much do I generally need for these cake balls or cake pops? Thanks so much!
I spotted your book at Lowe’s of all places, and I had to flip through. I couldn’t purchase it, not enough moolah!! LOL. But I’m so glad I found your website!! My firemen will enjoy these cake balls!! LOVE YOU!!
This recipe looks so awesome. I want to make them for my boyfriend. How long would you have to leave them in the fridge or freezer? I feel like thats where I would mess up.
Hi I was wondering if you can tell me what the shelf life on the cake balls are? How long in room temperature? How long if they are in the refridgerator? How long if they are in the freezer? Thanks so much!
A friend made these for my mom’s birthday yesterday and they were fabulous!! Thanks for sharing the recipe! I don’t know if I will ever want a “real” birthday cake ever again :)
HI! I made these today…..I don’t think I didn’t it right. the cake I used was baked last night, maybe I added too much frosting or froze them too long…they were very moist…and heavy….I used Wilton candy and it didn’t get very runny so I ended up just using a plastic bag and topped them like cupcakes….can you help ?? Thanks SO much
Hi,
I was just wondering if you have ever made cake balls using a yellow cake mix? If so, how did they turn out? I was going to use a yellow mix with cream cheese frosting and chocolate for the outside. Thanks, Alicia
To start off i think your site Is amazing and wonderful! I have been wanting to make the cake balls for years but was always scared of the result lol I finally baked the cake, formed the balls and put them in the freezer over night…my question is am I supposed to dip them in the chocolate while they are frozen? Or let them sit for a bit? Also is it okay to leave them out of the fridge for one night or they have to be refrigerated?? Thanks so much!
Hi! I am going to try to make these for my daughter’s fall wedding. The idea is to make white pumpkins with cake similar to the pumpkin bar recipe we have. I think it will pair very well with the cream cheese frosting so I am so excited to try it. I read every single one of the notes to you from different people and am glad I did. I’m going to make sure they’re cooled completely by sticking them in the fridge before I dip them in the white bark and then I’m going to put them in an airtight container a few days before the wedding. (I’m going to make a practice batch here in the next few days though just to make sure I have the process downpat.) I was wanting to know though, what you would suggest to use as stems for the pumpkins? I don’t really want anything green since that isn’t usually seen with white pumpkins and we’re trying to keep it fall-looking and not Halloween-looking. Thank you and I love your adorable site! :D
Hi Bakerella! I’ve tried to make these with SOOO many different kinds of chocolate, and NONE of them work. My local supermarkets don’t sell chocolate bark, and all the kinds I’ve used have been too thick and they just glob over the cake (and it makes a mess)… what kind would you recommend I use instead of the bark? Thanks!! =)
Hi there my daughter katie is such a big fan and so am I we were wondering where would get color candy. Melts we do this for momy and daughter time but I think we would rather do it more often thanks for the memories you are giving us
Where would we be able to get color candy melt and how much are they my daughter thinks the world of you she is one of your biggest fans thanks for the ideas
So.good. The cake was a bit tricky to get completely cooled, the directions said 15 mins, but that still wasn’t enough. They were amazing though! If I was to use a different cake mix, would anything else in the recipe change? Thanks you’re awesome! God bless.
Bakerella, hello! Your ideas rock! With tough times at home, i decided to do this for a few freinds that were looking for something creative for their kids birthdays. So i decided to create cakepops and sell them. It helped me so much financially as a single mom with two kids. I have a home busniess now making lollipops, cupcakes, cakepops! I named my Home business “Eat Your Expressions”. Now i’m the life of their parties and people are talking! Thank you so much!
These are actually what origanlly brought me to your blog. I love Red Velvet cake after trying it for the first time this last valentines day. I’d love to make these but I’ve never seen Red Velvet cake mix in the stores. I’m gonna give it a trh from scratch, I’ll let you know how it turns out.
I made these last year for the first time when cake I was making crumbled as I switched it out of the pan. I didn’t want to waste the cake and thought about making little cake calls with the icing already inside/mixed in. I thought I was just the coolest person ever cause I hadn’t ever seen them before but thought they would be nifty… Lol I’m a dork I know, everyone seems to have heard of them except me!! I started out with red velvet, but have also made lemon, orange, French vanilla and of course, chocolate!!! They are a super hit at work, parties, and make great gifts for any occasion! So glad to see other people enjoying them as much as I do!!
Hi, Ive been making the cakepops for family and friends, and they look sooooo like a professional made the, The problem im coming into is i bought the wilton candy, and its so thick… do i need to keep it in the micro longer or what do i do. HELP !
Hello, i tried the cakeballs and they were tasty but very moist., should I just cut back on the creme frosting ? and what do you consider few hours in the fridge after you make the balls?
OMG my mind is just flying…from red velvet cake to pumpkin with cream cheese frosting and white bark to carrot cake …I have got to get baking….maybe all of the above ….
Bakerella, I have made these cakeballs before and I love them! I just have one question. I might be in charge of making these for a wedding instead of the grooms cake. I would say that I would need to make at least 2 for every person and right now there should be 300+ at the wedding. That’s 600+! Could I make these weeks in advance and freeze them before dipping in chocolate? Would they still be good?
ive made these using a recipe that uses 16oz of cream cheese . needless to say adding the rest off the ingredients must put it over.everyone loves them though so they can’t be that bad
I modified it a bit for a baby shower that I threw a few weeks ago for a good friend of mine. She is having a little girl, so instead of adding a ton of red food coloring to the white cake mix to make it red, I added a few drops at a time until it got to the perfect shade of baby-girl pink! I rolled the cake balls in the white chocolate bark and let them cool. Let me tell you, they were a HIT!!! Most of the guests were shocked that I had made them as they thought they had been purchased. I had a card for each dessert and food item and labeled these little treats “Cake Bites.”
This is a great dessert treat and can be easily modified in color for any occasion. I’m just not sure if I’d use them for a baby-boy shower….as the cake balls would be blue (if you get my drift!) :)
I absolutely love your site and everything on it! I am so passionate about trying new things (especially food things) and I made them for my boyfriend who absolutely LOVED them and took them into work. I am definitely going to try to make these in all sorts of different flavors and see how they come out! Thank you so much for all these wonderful ideas!
I made these for the first time yesterday and they are delicious! They came out a little more moist than I would have liked, so when I make them again I think I will use maybe 3/4 the can of frosting rather than the whole thing. I just love them though; I am SO glad I found your blog! I’ll definitely continue making these as I want to try out several different cake/frosting combination’s (as well as get better at the dipping process!) Thank you so much for such an ingenious idea!
My friend and I are trying to make cake pops for a wedding shower. We are having trouble with the candy melts. It stays thick and when its time for the dipping part, the cake comes right off of the stick. Is there anything you can recommend us, so we dont have to keep wasting more cakes and candy melts??? Thanks!!!!
hi , im in australia and im finding it really hard to find a cream cheese frosting , is there one you might be able to email to me for these cakes ?
thanks :)
I am planning on making cake pops when I have two of my grandkids for a week later this month. Can we dip them in melted chocolate chips or a baking chocolate/butter mixture?
I am making these today for our party tonight, ive made triple chocolate ones before and everybody loved them. I do use store bought ingredients, but they always turn out wonderful. I am so excited, they are super simple yet look and taste like something professional.
This is such a great idea, I am making them today but just realized I did not buy a cream cheese frosting. Will a regular frosting work as well? thanks!!!
Hi! My friend and I tried to make these the other day. But we could not get the balls to roll in chocolate so nicely. It was very hard to cover the entire ball with chocolate. Is this a problem with the melting of the chocolate or our rolling skills? We used a spoon, but when we tried to put the balls down with the spoon, the spoon ended up scrapping some chocolate off the ball and leaving a bit of the ball uncovered. The final result was still very yummy, but looked less than appetizing .
Thank you for your time! This is an amazing recipe!
I’m going to make these!!! My family loves my Red Velvet Cake!!! I got the recipe from joyofbaking.com. When I showed these to my son, he suggested dipping them in caramel, then the chocolate!!!! I think it’s a great idea!! I’ve been sick and in and out of the hospital since I came across you recipe, when I well enough, I’ll be making these!!! The family can’t wait!!! I’m thinking about making a double batch, so I’ll have enough to go around!!!
Mixing the cake with the frosting was messy, but it was no problem. The only real issue I had was that I bought Kroger brand Vanilla chocolate bark and melted it in the tray as it said, and it got pretty melted after a minute and fifteen seconds, but I thought it would get more melty… It didn’t. It became crumbly and I couldn’t melt it again, so all I had was just the cake balls without the candy coating! I suppose if it looks semi-smooth, it will work. Any suggestions to help me next time?
Question:
Do you have to let the cake cool complectely before you crumble it for cake balls?
I have no patience, and was wondering if you can skip that part?
Ps, i love the website(:
WOAH! I had no idea you could make other things
similar to the oreo truffle — I sound clueless i know.
but honestly, i’ll have to make this sometime — or chocolate
cake truffles. that sounds so good!
thanks for sharing :D!
Bakerella- I’m making the red velvet cake balls for my parents 30th wedding anniversary. One of their wedding colors was red so its important that they are red all the way through inside.. do I need to color my cream cheese frosting before mixing into balls or will the red in the cake make it red all the way through? Thanks! :)
I am trying this right now. Crossing my fingers that they work out :) Thank you so much–your work is incredible. When I grow up (lol) I want to be just like you :))
Hey thanks for this recipe! Do you think substituting chocolate cake for red velvet cake would produce good results too? Thanks a bunch for this yummy looking recipe!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I made these the other day! Totally delicious, however, in my rush to get them ready (it was about midnight) I didn’t do the almond bark dunking process correctly and it got a bit…messy. Oh well!
I was wondering if I can use your recipe for red velvet cake from scratch & use that to make these balls? The only RV mix I found is Duncan Hines, and to me, it just tastes like a normal cake. I am really looking for the thick, dense type of RV cake, and I dont think I can get that through a box mix. But I saw a review regarding the oil amount & how it can cause it to get messy. I wanted to know if I should just use the Duncan Hines box & will the frosting add some flavor? Or is it okay to use cake made from scratch?
I tried making cake pops. I did freeze them before dipping in the chocolate but when i dipped them in the chocolate, they kept falling off the stick. Was it because the chocolate was too hot? The cake balls were getting soft and falling off the stick. Any suggestions?
Hi,
I make and freeze the undipped cake balls. however when i take them out for dipping, they get frost(ice) on them in seconds. and when i dip in chocolate, i can see discolored dots on them the next day. they look awful. i have no idea what i am doing wrong. is it becoz i a using real chocolate? i used ghiradelli.
thanks,
Samaya
Hi. Well I am making some cake pops fOr my sisters baby shower in 2 days and I’m getting a head start but I would like to know if I keep them in the fridge, freezer or even just keep then out??
What I did with the chocolate was roll it in chocolate then pick it up with a spoon and tapped it on the bowl like 10 times, the chocolate smooths itself out that way. Hope that helps!
I made these last night and my family LOVED them. Thanks you so much for this great recipe!
What i did for the chocolate part is; I set them on a spoon and with another spoon pour some of the chocolate on top. Then smooth it out with the bottom of spoon.
It takes a lot of time and patience, but they come out beautiful!
OMG!!!!! I HAVE TO MAKE THESE!!!!!!!!!!!!! MY FAMILY GOES CRAZY OVER RED VELVET CAKE, SO THESE WILL BE GONE IN A BLINK OF AN EYE!!!! I’M GOING TO DOUBLE OR TRIPLE THIS RECIPE!!! THE ONLY THING THAT I WIIL CHANGE IS THAT I WILL MAKE TH CAKE FROM SCRATCH!!!!
Valentine is not the name of Valentine’s day so you know I live in Brazil there my name is not Valentine’s Day my name is Valentine but hey they do not talk like Valentine’s day ok ta bring.
I loved the cake is very tasty I do not speak English is that I translated the English into Portuguese traduzir Adorei o bolo é muito gostoso eu não falar Inglês é que eu traduzi do Inglês para o Português
Bakerella, I love red velvet and tried making these last night, however i had a very hard time figuring out how to dip them in the melted chocolate i kept burning my fingers rolling them in the melted bark and they didnt come out as pretty…any suggestions?
Hey there, I would like to ask if you can do anything that has to do with math with these. When I saw this I was blown away and wanted to use for my Math ‘social’ Party. Any Suggestions that could go with this?
I want to try to make these for my boyfriend, but shape them into hearts, and put them on a stick like the cake pops. If I use this recipe and technique (but put them onto sticks before I dip them), do you suppose they would come out well?
I am making the puppy dog cake ball pops. How far ahead can I make them and I need to put them in lollipop bags. Do I need to refrigerate them or can I leave them on the counter with the AC on? We are giving them as favors at my grandson’s 1st birthday party.
Hi Bakerella – today I made these for the first time! They taste delicious. Love the idea. I had a question though. I used Baker’s chocolate and ended up melting the entire box (8 squares) and only had enough to coat 10 balls! What did I do wrong? How do I get a thinner chocolate coating so that there is enough to coat them all? Thanks!
Hi bakerella, I am worried that I will have trouble getting them covered in the chocolate, do I use a spoon? Another thing are these difficult to make or pretty easy? Thanks!!! Your recipes are the best!
Lucky Me!! I was in the middle of making these wonderful treats when questions arose and I thought AHA! go to the net and find your answers. Your site was the 2nd that popped up and the best with information! Thank you so very much for great info and encouragement. My cake balls are my first but the first of many! They turned out delish with your help.
BTW you have an incredibe blog!!! I got hooked and spent almost an hour reading….and drooling !!
Thank so much !
Renny
Hey Bakeralla,
We just made these today, we’re both 14 and tried to do the recipe ourselves. It came out great but when we wanted to eat them the had stuck to the pan. They were still really yummy though! Thanks for the recipe :)
hi ! im thinking of doing these as a gift to a friend i was wondering how i should store them ? its just a over night thing and then ill give it to her. should i just pop them in the fridge ?
My daughter turns one next month and I’m going to try to make these look like lady bugs. I’m going to dip the bottom half of the balls in milk chocolate then make the top half red by food coloring in white chocolate.
I will make sure to post pictures. If you have am email I can send pictures too.
I am so excited hope they work for me.
I just the purchased the babycakes cakepop maker I am so excited to get underway w this new hobby any recommendations with working with that machine? And I love all your little creations and the details put into them!
I have a question. I have never made cake pops and was wondering if the recipe would work the same using a cake pop maker? I guess it would omit the steps of crumbling the cake, adding cream cheese to the mix and rolling them into balls. What do you think??
I was so glad i came across these. i was looking for ideas for my daughters 2nd b day when i trpped across this. I use to grab the cake pops from starbucks but now i think im going to make my own. This will be a great thing to have for lots of occasions.
Hey i really love this idea and plan to make them for mothers day on Sunday. i just wanted to ask if chocolate icing would go good inside these. Also i love you mommy! 8)
I having difficulty finding chocolate bark. They have chocolate morsels and chocolate baking bars at the store but no bark. Is bark an essential part or can I buy some morsels and melt them for dipping. If I could use morsels, how much would I need?
I am making these for a party tonight and need to use the “sped up” process of cooling and setting them. How long should I leave them in the freezer? Thanks!
Hi! Thank you soooooo much for this recipe! I love redvelvet cake and i especially love cake balls! Im using it for recipe day in my computer class:) check out my website and keep me posted on your new recipes!
I was so excited to try out this recipe, so i went to the store and picked up the items needed. My local grocery store did not carry chocolate bark so i picked up Ghirardelli Classic White Chocolate Premium Baking Chips…. I dont know if it was the chocolate i used, but the taste was just not good. Im very disappointed with the result, is there another option for coating these other than chocolate?
My daughter’s party is Saturday. What do you recommend for a timeline for making these? Couldvi make them Wednesday? Would they still be fresh? How should I store until sat?
Also- I want to dip in pink/green sprinkles. Do you just dip in choc and immediately place in the sprinkles? Thanks!!
I have just bought your book here in the UK and think it is amazing – so I have been shopping to get some stuff for it today,the only problem I have encountered is that buying the candy is difficult and very limited in colours! Fingers crossed it will all go well tomorrow!
This site focuses on fun and easy baking. You’ll find ideas for cake pops (a Bakerella creation), cakes, cupcakes, cookies, and more. You may even find yourself smiling from all the sweetness.
I found if I left the balls out in room temp too long they fell apart when dipping in the chocolate. I left them in the freezer and took out one at a time and it sped up the process. I used semi-sweet chocolate, I have a small rice cooker/steamer that worked wonderfully to keep the chocolate melted the entire time(kept the temp on warm). Wonderful recipe, very happy w/the results.
hey! love your recipes btw. was going to try them next week.
One question, I live in Singapore and the weather is quite hot here. Would the cake pop/ balls melt in a 30 min drive to my friend’s house?
OMG AMAZING! Thanks SOOOO MUCH!
I was wondering after you bake them and put them into gift bags..how long will they stay edible? I was wanting to give them as christmas gifts but I am afraid they will spoil before hand.
This is hard where do u get the cake batter!!!!!!!!!
Do u think mints goes good with it??????
Hey Bakerella i am baking those cake pops.But how do u decorate them?????Thanks ;-)
Simply divine. Going to bake these today for our Christmas party tonight! I am using white chocolate for the coating and a snowflake chocolate piece on top!
I don’t quite understand what chocolate bark is, sorry im new to this, is it necessary?
I’m having trouble getting the dough to roll evenly in the chocolate. They end up looking like dumplings rather than little chocolate balls. any suggestions???
Hi.
Tell me the best to dip the cake balls into the choc and get them out to set up without making a big mess…There must be an easier way…I’ll be grateful for a hint..
I’ll had these at a party a few months ago and had to seek out the person who made them…She was so thrilled and sat right down wrote out the recipe and also your email address..But forgot to ask about the dipping…
I made your pops and they turned out beautifully. I tied little Christmas Bows around the sticks.
I made too many and want to freeze them for a couple of weeks. Can I freeze them?
I made these. Ratio of cake to icing was way off. Don’t use the full amount of icing. Maybe try half. Had to throw it all away.
Hi Bakerella! My name is Bria. I really enjoyed your cake balls.
I actually have some cake mix in the oven right now.
I tried these with a from scratch red velvet cake and a from scratch cheese frosting and it turned out deliciously!
I struggled trying to cover them in chocolate though, they fell apart a bit.
And a legend was born…
Can you use melted chocolate chips instead of the candy melts or bark?
Do these freeze well at all? If so, for how long? I’m making some today for Christmas presents, but also making some for people on Christmas day. Didn’t know if I could use the same batch (since it makes so many!) and just freeze til Christmas.
Can’t wait to try the recipe today! Thanks!
I want to make these for Christmas presents – how long will they keep once made and what is the best way to store them – any suggestions?
Ok, never mind about my previous comment. I found a fix for when they’re too gooey. After they’ve been in the refrigerator for several hours, just roll them in flour and bake them again for 20-30 minutes at 375, then let them cool in the freezer. They won’t be gooey and they’ll have the consistency of cake. Just make sure they don’t burn on the bottom.
Hi. I just tried this, but for some reason it didn’t work as well as I thought it would have. They were in the freezer for over 12 hours and when I took out a few to coat them in the chocolate, they were OK, but after the chocolate hardened (I put them back in the freezer to speed up the process) I took a bite and they were gooey, not at all cake-like. What am I doing wrong? Are they supposed to be like this?
Hi there! Ive made these two times, the only problem Im having is that when i use the candy melts (i dont have a candy melter) I can never get the right consistancy… I basically use a double broiler… I was told to use shortneing to thin it out a bit if the candy melts get too hot, but sometimes the candy melts run right off, and other times they are perfect. Please help! I want them to look as good as they taste! Thank you Bakerella
My daughter had a friend spend the night last night and they asked if they could bake A cake. (They are 13 y/o s).I told them they could. I walked into the kitchen later to help them clean up their mess to find they had baked, not ONE, but FOUR cakes!!! We are not big sweets eaters in our family so I was a little more than surprised to see FOUR perfectly baked cakes in all kinds of shapes (bundt, flower, round, rectangle). When I asked what they planned to do with them all they said they were going to make a layered cake like on Cake Boss! Lol….I decided I would intervene and turn then into cake balls…a LOT OF CAKE BALLS!!!! Thankfully Christmas is near so I think some teachers will get early Christmas gifts!! Thanks for the recipe to help me get out of this mess ; )
I made these, but with confetti cake. Oh so delicious!! But they were not near as pretty as yours, they were a little lumpy…=)
I’m trying these out for desert after Thanksgiving dinner (along with pie, of course!) But, will almond bark work instead of the chocolate? Thanks!
Ok I answered the question. It is way easier to handle by putting the cake/frosting mixture in the freezer for about 15 minutes before rolling. I sprayed my hands with Pam too. Not as messy as it seems others stated. These little treats are to die for!!!!!!!!!!!
my grankids love makeing these ,they have so much fun.They cant wait till christmas they have some great ideals to decorate them
Thinking of making these. I’ve made the Oreo ones and I always put the oreo/cream cheese mixture in the fridge, roll them, then put back in the fridge before I dip. Should I try that with the cake mixture?
I just have one question. Is it possible to freeze the cake balls for say two to three weeks, undecorated or dipped of course, until you are ready to make more? Would they stay fresh?
I was so happy to run across this posting about a year ago. I now get requests for these at work all the time and I love making different flavor / color combinations. I have even posted this wonderful recipe and my experience with it on my blog: http://noutensilunused.blogspot.com/2011/11/red-velvet-cake-balls.html . Thank you!
i have tried these and they are like eating HEAVEN!!!!!!
These look delicious!! I’m going to make them and give as gifts for the holidays. I found some great candy boxes at Box and Wrap. This should make great gifts for teachers and neighbors!
http://www.boxandwrap.com/candyboxes.html
Has anyone tried to make rock and roll cake balls, like Elvis or guitar cakeballs?
Hi Bakerella, just wanted to let you know I think your site is amazing and I can’t believe how incredibly talented you are! One quick question, I’m putting on a very large party for my little girl in two weeks time and I’m a little bamboozled with all the baking I’m doing but I really wanted to add cake pops or truffles to that list. I just wanted to know whether you thought using a store brought mudcake with ganache would work here for the fillings? I know technically this is cheating but with two littlies under 4 and one gigantic party to plan I’m just so swamped that I want to make this as smooth a process as possible. What are you thoughts? Will it work? And do you think I’ll need to make more icing than what comes provided on the cake? I should point out that here in Australia our supermarket mudcakes come with a very thin, but very rich ganache. Any advice you could offer would be great! Cheers!
Im living in france and just wanted to know what exactly the red velvet mix is because here in france premade cake mix is the basic vanilla or nothing. I would love to do these for christmas as my colour theme this year is red and black thanks in advance
hello!..can the cake balls be dipped in poured fondant instead of the chocolate melts? … thanks =)
Omg so cute I am going to make them monday
thank you for the recipe, my friends and I in Germany we love these cakeballs!
Love these! I am making them for a party saturday. Do you think it would be ok just to refrigerate the rolled balls overnight?
Hi! I am just OBSESSED with all these cake balls and the website! SO CUTE!! I was wondering, how long does it take for the cake to cool before I start making the cake balls? Can I put the cake in the fridge to speed up the process?
btw looooove these delicious cakealls
<3 anonomys
L-O-V-E LOOOVE THEM!!!
i learned that if you make the cake at night and mix in with the frostiing in the morning the cake still has that yummy cakie flavor. i love cakeballs they are a fabulous invention!!!!!! i am making ghost cake balls for a halloween party soon and cant wait!!!!
I make a killer red velvet cake from scratch and it was just requested for a party… I might attempt it in this form! I’ve been wanting to try the cake balls and thsi might just be the time to try it out! Thanks!
Hi,
I have to make cakeballs for a party sunday. How far in advance could I make them? COuld I make them friday and keep in the fridge until Saturday night, then dip them Saturday.
thanks, I love you site!
Hey these look just deelish! I really want to try it out for a party but I was wondering how many cake pops will one box of cake mix make?
I love these
Hi! I tried a different recipe, but they were still cake pops.
They did not really stay together, and the melted chocolate
that I dipped them made them fall apart and they just fell off the stick. What am I doing wrong?
Hi! Im from Colombia..and i leke it so much you products.. I want to know how do you do the frostin cream cheese recipe..
Thanks
Question?
How long can you store these? Would it be possible to mail them in an air tight container? They would make beautiful gifts and I would love to mail them to our grandson in the Navy for Christmas.
holy cow! thats about all i can say, your blog is so helpful, you talk to your fans and help out soo much, your recipes look DEATHLY DELICIOUS :) and all your pictures completely capture the YUM in yummy! i love your site Bakerella! <3 you truly capture the hearts of all women who love to make their families and friends happy! incredible! i have so much to learn :)
ill keep you updated, but i think i might try something interesting… :D
hi! i love ur website..i’ve made a couple of htings and they’ve turned out great! this one howeve,r Im not too sure..is it suppose to be like a cookie dough texture when we role them into the balls? I felt its too moist?
Yyyuuuummmmmm. Where have these been my entire life?! I made some yesterday and I’m totally in love with cake balls now. Thanks for the delish recipe :)
Hi,
I was wondering how you tap off the extra chocolate because I’m having a lot of difficulty trying to get the extras off
thanks !
I have been following your blog for a year now, marveling at how awesome you are!! Everything you make is so cute. I am a medical student and dont have much time, but last night I made these for the first time and I am in love!!
Thanks, keep up the awesome work!!
About to make these with orange cream cake instead. Not sure how its gonna turn out, but I’m excited
Dontcha like ma name? lol. Thank you for the recipe that was so delisious!
THOSE WERE SO DELISOUS! I made like 90 and when my mom tried to give some to our neighbors i almost cried. =) THANK YOU SO MUCH!
Hi, can I replace melted chocolate Chips with the chocolate bark? Should I add anything to the chips? What is the difference between the two
I would like to try these but I’d like to use melted dove chocolate. Do you think it would work if I thin it if it needs it.
What do u do with the chocolate do u melt it or do u add something to it like heavy cream
I followed Bakerella’s steps and microwave the chocolate barks working w/ little at a time to dip the cake balls and it turned out smooth and at the right “thickness”. I’ve used the double broiler method before. IMO, i have more control by microwave method. Also, chocolate isn’t as thin when I microwave versus broiler method, so I don’t have to double dip to achieve the thickness.
Best tip in dipping the cake-balls is to use a double boiler to melt the chocolate. NEVER NEVER NEVER melt chocolate in the microwave. Just don’t do it! The sugar crystals in the chocolate have to reach a certain heat temp in order to properly re-melt, and the only way of achieving this is through a double boiler. What you do is take a saucepan and fill it about half way full of water. Then take a glass mixing bowl and place it on top of the pan, but make sure the water does not touch the glass, or else there is too much water and it will spit out at you once it starts boiling. Add your chocolate to the glass bowl and stir until melted. Makes the chocolate have a smooth consistency which is best for dipping!
Naomi, I add shortening to my candy melts and microwave them 30 secs at a time. I keep stirring and heating. I’ve found them to work great. Maybe try adding oil or shortening and see if that works for you. Hope that helps. I’m by no means Bakerella but I did just make 130 of them today for a friends wedding this weekend and they turned out pretty darn great :) Good luck!
I am making a cakebites and just wondering how long will it stay fresh if kept refrigerated?…. How about the cakepops, how long will it last if kept in cool place (not refrigerated) with plastic wrap? Please let me know. Thanks
Someone please HELP! I decided to try an make these cake balls today, and because I couldn’t find chocolate bark anywhere (or maybe I just don’t know where to look) I opted for Candy Melts. MAJOR FAIL! :( I was unable to get the Candy Melts to melt to the proper consistency I’m super disappointed. Any suggestions??
I have just come across your website and LOVE the ideas!! I have shared some through my blog but have given credit…hope you don’t mind!!
I will definitely be making these cake balls for my brother’s homecoming tomorrow…
Yesterday I made your delicious red velvet cake balls, along with oreo cake balls. To say they were awesome would be an understatement. More oohs and aahs from relatives that I ever received before and I love to cook. However I while everyone says how easy they are to make on your website, I had so much trouble. I made the red velvet cake mix- No problem. I bought three kinds of chocolate. Nestles Toll House semi sweet chocolate bar, Ghiardellis semi sweet chocolate bar and Nestles white chocolate chips. First I TRIED to melt the Ghiardellis and followed the instructions in the microwave at 50 percent power level for a minute and then 10 second intervals. All of a sudden there was smoke coming out of my microwave and the chocolate burnt. Okay, so I now followed other directions with the Nestles semi sweet bar and melted it at 100% power for 45 seconds and had to do it maybe once or twice more for 10 seconds. It melted okay, not quite as thin as I thought and there was my problem. I had frozen the cake balls for an hour and when I stuck a toothpick in them and dipped them in this chocolate, they just fell apart when lifting them out of the thick chocolate. WHAT A MESS!!!! So I added maybe a 1/4 of a teaspoon of oil, but when I took the balls out of the chocolate they always had the hole in them from the place where I tried to take the toothpick out. It was horrible. Yes they did harden and yes they were delicious, but they looked disgusting. So then I melted the chocolate chips, but this time I added a little more oil. NOT A GOOD THING. While it was thinner, I still had the same problem putting them in with the toothpick and when I took them out they just fell apart. They also hardened but looked horrible. WHAT AM I DOING WRONG? The dipping was so hard for me.
Also, can I freeze the ones I had left over because I made so many because of the mess I made of the dipping?
Any help would be appreciated.
I thought these looked good to for that wedding shower
Hi. I’m just wondering.. Why are you telling people that they need to credit you on a recipe that isn’t yours? Prior to this website, I made Red Velvet cake balls without a recipe and when I was searching for new/different cake ball creations, I found this – the exact way I make mine. I just don’t understand why anyone would need to credit you for a recipe that wasn’t exactly yours to begin with.
Hi Bakerella, I am in England, please can you confirm is cream cheese frosting the same as our buttercream frosting, and how much of this would I need to use.
your cake balls remind me of the rum balls we made when I worked in a bakery many years ago, we used …’ooops cakes’ and left over cake pieces moistened with rum, and a little icing and choco powder, formed into balls and rolled in chocolate sprinkles. A home baker now, I save pieces of cake from my projects (freeze them) and make these for christmas treats. So the young kids can enjoy them too, I do up some with rum flavoring (or no flavoring) and roll those in multi colored sprinkles. Everyone loves them and they are so easy. Plus it uses up the leftover cake.
I am so in love with these little cake balls and cake pops, my daughter wants a fancy birthday this year where everything is homemade, she wants me to make the cake or cupcakes fancy and I think these will be a lovely surprise at her “fancy” party!
hi, so i tried making them
i tried three for sample and they were kind of gooey. Those three i did put chocolate on, but the others i didn’t.
i had them in the freezer and now switched them to my fridge. Do you think that will make them less gooey or did i ruin the batch i made. Sigh
my sister’s friend made some and they were amazing. not sure what to do about making them less gooey. it’s 10:45pm, so i’m going to finish and try them tomorrow after school
HI!
I am making cake pops for my best friends baby shower this coming sunday. (it is tuesday today) I have formed my cake balls and have them setting in the freezer. Sould I coat them today? or should I wait till closer to the date of the party to coat them? If I freeze them till the day before, shouls they be defrosted beforehand? I am just worried about condensation.
thanks! –Mary
Can You Make the Cake Balls A Day In Advance?
Hey! I really like your blog, its adorable and your recipes and creations are amazing! I would like to have my own bakery one day so I really enjoy looking through this blog to get inspiration :) I can’t wait to try these red velvet cakeballs, especially for Christmas!
*I also have a blog on tumblr and it would mean a lot if you checked it out .. I also posted some pictures of a few of your sweets :)*
I love your ideas! I was wondering…I have a friend that lives about 14 hours away from me, and I was wondering if you think they would stay well if I shipped them to her. Or, if there are any other recipes that stay well during shipping, or are good ideas, please let me know! :)
I would love to send her a Christmas package full of goodies, and all of your ideas are so great, so I thought I’d ask what you think. Thank you! :)
Hi!. i tried making these and got to the point where i had to put the red velvet balls in the chocolate. The red velvet balls were coming apart. is it that i didn’t give them enough time to set it the fridge? Thanks!
Can you tell me if these need to be refrigerated due to the cream cheese? Especially the oreo cookie ones..
SOUND DELICOUS!!!!!! TRYING RIGHT NOOOOW
Hi… I’m going to try these in the pop form for my son’s 1st birthday party… I had wanted to do them with yellow cake though… Do you guys think that will work okay?? Still use cream cheese frosting for the mix-in?? Any thoughts or input would be greatly appreciated!! :)
Hi, I´m from Sweden and I ended up here by an acident and I love it. I´m quite intrested in baking your cake pops. But in your recipe it says that you need a “Red velvet cake mix” and I don´t think we have that in Swden. Do you know how I can come across one of those? Would appreciate it a lot.
Best regards Gabbi from Sweden
Can anyone help me?
I have to find recipes and ingredients to make 7500 cake balls for a high profile event. They have to be equal amounts of Red, White and Blue. We were thinking Red Velvet for the red, white cake for the white and chocolate for the blue. Any suggestions?
I am going to make some german chocolate cake balls and want to dip them in carmel. What would be the best carmel to melt down & use? Thanks!
I am making cake balls and cake pops for my wedding in two weeks. I have been searching everywhere to find out how long they would hold up in the freezer. Do you know? I want to make the cake and icing mixture and roll them into balls and then freeze them for about a week, then I’ll dip them a day or two before the wedding in bark and add decorations. Will this work or do I need to just wait until a day or two before the wedding?
Do you think i could dip the pops into nutella mixed with milk or nestle cream? I totally burnt my chocolate while melting it!
I ADORE cake balls, and came across a great combo that your readers may enjoy. I used a chocolate fudge cake, baking it just until it was done (don’t want crispy corners), and mixed it with half a tub of chocolate frosting and just enough peanut butter to bring the whole thing to the right consistency. Absolutely amazing!
And I had to laugh–my son brought home a lovely girl he’s dating who wanted to make dessert, and she showed up with cake pops! We love her!
Help! I’m having the hardest time melting the chocolate down to dip it smoothly! What should I do??
If I don’t use a pkg of chocolate bark and use large bittersweet choc bar from Trader Joe’s or bulk chocolate from Whole Foods or somewhere else, how much do I generally need for these cake balls or cake pops? Thanks so much!
hi your web sit seemes osome
If I store my cake pops wrapped in candy bags and stored in an air tight container in a cool basement, will they keep for a couple weeks?
I spotted your book at Lowe’s of all places, and I had to flip through. I couldn’t purchase it, not enough moolah!! LOL. But I’m so glad I found your website!! My firemen will enjoy these cake balls!! LOVE YOU!!
This recipe looks so awesome. I want to make them for my boyfriend. How long would you have to leave them in the fridge or freezer? I feel like thats where I would mess up.
Hi I was wondering if you can tell me what the shelf life on the cake balls are? How long in room temperature? How long if they are in the refridgerator? How long if they are in the freezer? Thanks so much!
A friend made these for my mom’s birthday yesterday and they were fabulous!! Thanks for sharing the recipe! I don’t know if I will ever want a “real” birthday cake ever again :)
HI! I made these today…..I don’t think I didn’t it right. the cake I used was baked last night, maybe I added too much frosting or froze them too long…they were very moist…and heavy….I used Wilton candy and it didn’t get very runny so I ended up just using a plastic bag and topped them like cupcakes….can you help ?? Thanks SO much
Can I add a 1/2 cup of rum to the cake after I crumble it? And than roll it into the chocolate? And can I use chocolate cake instead of red velvet?
Hi,
I was just wondering if you have ever made cake balls using a yellow cake mix? If so, how did they turn out? I was going to use a yellow mix with cream cheese frosting and chocolate for the outside. Thanks, Alicia
These are cake balls of heaven
I tried them and they were delicious
i love these!! so addicttive!:)
To start off i think your site Is amazing and wonderful! I have been wanting to make the cake balls for years but was always scared of the result lol I finally baked the cake, formed the balls and put them in the freezer over night…my question is am I supposed to dip them in the chocolate while they are frozen? Or let them sit for a bit? Also is it okay to leave them out of the fridge for one night or they have to be refrigerated?? Thanks so much!
How far in advance can we make them. I have a potluck dinner tomorrow at 12:00. Can I store them in the fridge over night?
Hi! I am going to try to make these for my daughter’s fall wedding. The idea is to make white pumpkins with cake similar to the pumpkin bar recipe we have. I think it will pair very well with the cream cheese frosting so I am so excited to try it. I read every single one of the notes to you from different people and am glad I did. I’m going to make sure they’re cooled completely by sticking them in the fridge before I dip them in the white bark and then I’m going to put them in an airtight container a few days before the wedding. (I’m going to make a practice batch here in the next few days though just to make sure I have the process downpat.) I was wanting to know though, what you would suggest to use as stems for the pumpkins? I don’t really want anything green since that isn’t usually seen with white pumpkins and we’re trying to keep it fall-looking and not Halloween-looking. Thank you and I love your adorable site! :D
Hey! We dont have cream cheese frosting in a can in South Africa. What could I use as a substitute or make from scratch?
Hi Bakerella! I’ve tried to make these with SOOO many different kinds of chocolate, and NONE of them work. My local supermarkets don’t sell chocolate bark, and all the kinds I’ve used have been too thick and they just glob over the cake (and it makes a mess)… what kind would you recommend I use instead of the bark? Thanks!! =)
Hi there my daughter katie is such a big fan and so am I we were wondering where would get color candy. Melts we do this for momy and daughter time but I think we would rather do it more often thanks for the memories you are giving us
Where would we be able to get color candy melt and how much are they my daughter thinks the world of you she is one of your biggest fans thanks for the ideas
OK SO WHERE IS THE FACEBOOK LIKE BUTTON ON THIS DANG RECIPE!???
I am trying this tonight!
i LOVE watermelon
rock in and fan out i love these yo!
thanks for the recipe. I was dying for the recipe ever since i first tasted them. thanks a lot.
So.good. The cake was a bit tricky to get completely cooled, the directions said 15 mins, but that still wasn’t enough. They were amazing though! If I was to use a different cake mix, would anything else in the recipe change? Thanks you’re awesome! God bless.
Bakerella, hello! Your ideas rock! With tough times at home, i decided to do this for a few freinds that were looking for something creative for their kids birthdays. So i decided to create cakepops and sell them. It helped me so much financially as a single mom with two kids. I have a home busniess now making lollipops, cupcakes, cakepops! I named my Home business “Eat Your Expressions”. Now i’m the life of their parties and people are talking! Thank you so much!
These are actually what origanlly brought me to your blog. I love Red Velvet cake after trying it for the first time this last valentines day. I’d love to make these but I’ve never seen Red Velvet cake mix in the stores. I’m gonna give it a trh from scratch, I’ll let you know how it turns out.
I made these last year for the first time when cake I was making crumbled as I switched it out of the pan. I didn’t want to waste the cake and thought about making little cake calls with the icing already inside/mixed in. I thought I was just the coolest person ever cause I hadn’t ever seen them before but thought they would be nifty… Lol I’m a dork I know, everyone seems to have heard of them except me!! I started out with red velvet, but have also made lemon, orange, French vanilla and of course, chocolate!!! They are a super hit at work, parties, and make great gifts for any occasion! So glad to see other people enjoying them as much as I do!!
Hi, Ive been making the cakepops for family and friends, and they look sooooo like a professional made the, The problem im coming into is i bought the wilton candy, and its so thick… do i need to keep it in the micro longer or what do i do. HELP !
Hello, i tried the cakeballs and they were tasty but very moist., should I just cut back on the creme frosting ? and what do you consider few hours in the fridge after you make the balls?
Thanks,
Diana
where did u get the cake mix at i looked for it at savemart and it wasnt thier:( have u tried oreo balls???
How much does it cost for all the supplies ?
I absolutely love making these. But when ever I dip them in the chocolate, they fall apart. How can I avoid that?
OMG my mind is just flying…from red velvet cake to pumpkin with cream cheese frosting and white bark to carrot cake …I have got to get baking….maybe all of the above ….
Bakerella, I have made these cakeballs before and I love them! I just have one question. I might be in charge of making these for a wedding instead of the grooms cake. I would say that I would need to make at least 2 for every person and right now there should be 300+ at the wedding. That’s 600+! Could I make these weeks in advance and freeze them before dipping in chocolate? Would they still be good?
ive made these using a recipe that uses 16oz of cream cheese . needless to say adding the rest off the ingredients must put it over.everyone loves them though so they can’t be that bad
I LOVE this idea.
I modified it a bit for a baby shower that I threw a few weeks ago for a good friend of mine. She is having a little girl, so instead of adding a ton of red food coloring to the white cake mix to make it red, I added a few drops at a time until it got to the perfect shade of baby-girl pink! I rolled the cake balls in the white chocolate bark and let them cool. Let me tell you, they were a HIT!!! Most of the guests were shocked that I had made them as they thought they had been purchased. I had a card for each dessert and food item and labeled these little treats “Cake Bites.”
This is a great dessert treat and can be easily modified in color for any occasion. I’m just not sure if I’d use them for a baby-boy shower….as the cake balls would be blue (if you get my drift!) :)
Thanks for the great recipe!
For the cake balls, is it better to crumble the cake with a fork or to crumble it in a food procesor?
Hi! I made these for a banquet and they turned out great! Thank you so much, they were a hit!
I absolutely love your site and everything on it! I am so passionate about trying new things (especially food things) and I made them for my boyfriend who absolutely LOVED them and took them into work. I am definitely going to try to make these in all sorts of different flavors and see how they come out! Thank you so much for all these wonderful ideas!
After I make these do you think I would be able to send them to my friends in packages would they hold up ok
I made these for the first time yesterday and they are delicious! They came out a little more moist than I would have liked, so when I make them again I think I will use maybe 3/4 the can of frosting rather than the whole thing. I just love them though; I am SO glad I found your blog! I’ll definitely continue making these as I want to try out several different cake/frosting combination’s (as well as get better at the dipping process!) Thank you so much for such an ingenious idea!
My friend and I are trying to make cake pops for a wedding shower. We are having trouble with the candy melts. It stays thick and when its time for the dipping part, the cake comes right off of the stick. Is there anything you can recommend us, so we dont have to keep wasting more cakes and candy melts??? Thanks!!!!
hi , im in australia and im finding it really hard to find a cream cheese frosting , is there one you might be able to email to me for these cakes ?
thanks :)
I am planning on making cake pops when I have two of my grandkids for a week later this month. Can we dip them in melted chocolate chips or a baking chocolate/butter mixture?
Ah, I’m going to seem so impressive bringing these to my boyfriend’s parents’ house!
I am making these today for our party tonight, ive made triple chocolate ones before and everybody loved them. I do use store bought ingredients, but they always turn out wonderful. I am so excited, they are super simple yet look and taste like something professional.
Can you mix the cream cheese frosting in using the kitchen aid mixer?
i love the idea but why dont you use almond bark from western family. thats what i use andthey come out perfect every time!
This is such a great idea, I am making them today but just realized I did not buy a cream cheese frosting. Will a regular frosting work as well? thanks!!!
Hi! My friend and I tried to make these the other day. But we could not get the balls to roll in chocolate so nicely. It was very hard to cover the entire ball with chocolate. Is this a problem with the melting of the chocolate or our rolling skills? We used a spoon, but when we tried to put the balls down with the spoon, the spoon ended up scrapping some chocolate off the ball and leaving a bit of the ball uncovered. The final result was still very yummy, but looked less than appetizing .
Thank you for your time! This is an amazing recipe!
I’m going to make these!!! My family loves my Red Velvet Cake!!! I got the recipe from joyofbaking.com. When I showed these to my son, he suggested dipping them in caramel, then the chocolate!!!! I think it’s a great idea!! I’ve been sick and in and out of the hospital since I came across you recipe, when I well enough, I’ll be making these!!! The family can’t wait!!! I’m thinking about making a double batch, so I’ll have enough to go around!!!
Mixing the cake with the frosting was messy, but it was no problem. The only real issue I had was that I bought Kroger brand Vanilla chocolate bark and melted it in the tray as it said, and it got pretty melted after a minute and fifteen seconds, but I thought it would get more melty… It didn’t. It became crumbly and I couldn’t melt it again, so all I had was just the cake balls without the candy coating! I suppose if it looks semi-smooth, it will work. Any suggestions to help me next time?
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It’s much easier to udenrstand when you put it that way!
Question:
Do you have to let the cake cool complectely before you crumble it for cake balls?
I have no patience, and was wondering if you can skip that part?
Ps, i love the website(:
YOUR CAKE BOLLS TASTE HORRABLE
other than adding cream cheese, can i substitute it for other cream?
WOAH! I had no idea you could make other things
similar to the oreo truffle — I sound clueless i know.
but honestly, i’ll have to make this sometime — or chocolate
cake truffles. that sounds so good!
thanks for sharing :D!
can I add a liqueur to the red velvet balls?
Bakerella- I’m making the red velvet cake balls for my parents 30th wedding anniversary. One of their wedding colors was red so its important that they are red all the way through inside.. do I need to color my cream cheese frosting before mixing into balls or will the red in the cake make it red all the way through? Thanks! :)
I am trying this right now. Crossing my fingers that they work out :) Thank you so much–your work is incredible. When I grow up (lol) I want to be just like you :))
Hey thanks for this recipe! Do you think substituting chocolate cake for red velvet cake would produce good results too? Thanks a bunch for this yummy looking recipe!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I made these the other day! Totally delicious, however, in my rush to get them ready (it was about midnight) I didn’t do the almond bark dunking process correctly and it got a bit…messy. Oh well!
I was wondering if I can use your recipe for red velvet cake from scratch & use that to make these balls? The only RV mix I found is Duncan Hines, and to me, it just tastes like a normal cake. I am really looking for the thick, dense type of RV cake, and I dont think I can get that through a box mix. But I saw a review regarding the oil amount & how it can cause it to get messy. I wanted to know if I should just use the Duncan Hines box & will the frosting add some flavor? Or is it okay to use cake made from scratch?
Hi
I tried making cake pops. I did freeze them before dipping in the chocolate but when i dipped them in the chocolate, they kept falling off the stick. Was it because the chocolate was too hot? The cake balls were getting soft and falling off the stick. Any suggestions?
Hi,
I make and freeze the undipped cake balls. however when i take them out for dipping, they get frost(ice) on them in seconds. and when i dip in chocolate, i can see discolored dots on them the next day. they look awful. i have no idea what i am doing wrong. is it becoz i a using real chocolate? i used ghiradelli.
thanks,
Samaya
i once did this whith chocolat left over cake, cream cheese and hershes chocolate it turned out really yummmmmmmmmmyyy!!!!!!!!!!!
Any SIMPLE ideas for 4th of July?
Emma Stone mentioned cake balls and now I’m here
can i just use peanutbutter…like a tandy cake…and how much peanutbutter
You can leave them in the fridge.
i personally think they taste better when they are chilled.
Hi. Well I am making some cake pops fOr my sisters baby shower in 2 days and I’m getting a head start but I would like to know if I keep them in the fridge, freezer or even just keep then out??
hi. i am baking for the school bake sale. my mom is worried about the sugar level so can you translate the recipe into sugar free???
Love these cake balls:)
Hi im 10 years old ilove this recipie thanks for sharing because of this i got 1st place in class
What I did with the chocolate was roll it in chocolate then pick it up with a spoon and tapped it on the bowl like 10 times, the chocolate smooths itself out that way. Hope that helps!
I made these last night and my family LOVED them. Thanks you so much for this great recipe!
What i did for the chocolate part is; I set them on a spoon and with another spoon pour some of the chocolate on top. Then smooth it out with the bottom of spoon.
It takes a lot of time and patience, but they come out beautiful!
OMG!!!!! I HAVE TO MAKE THESE!!!!!!!!!!!!! MY FAMILY GOES CRAZY OVER RED VELVET CAKE, SO THESE WILL BE GONE IN A BLINK OF AN EYE!!!! I’M GOING TO DOUBLE OR TRIPLE THIS RECIPE!!! THE ONLY THING THAT I WIIL CHANGE IS THAT I WILL MAKE TH CAKE FROM SCRATCH!!!!
I wanted to get a recipe which didnt need too much frosting and I love this idea!! Thank u for sharing!
Valentine is not the name of Valentine’s day so you know I live in Brazil there my name is not Valentine’s Day my name is Valentine but hey they do not talk like Valentine’s day ok ta bring.
I loved the cake is very tasty I do not speak English is that I translated the English into Portuguese traduzir Adorei o bolo é muito gostoso eu não falar Inglês é que eu traduzi do Inglês para o Português
I’m in love with this recipe, but my chocolate does not melt on as well as yours does!
how can I make the melting chocolate better?
Bakerella, I love red velvet and tried making these last night, however i had a very hard time figuring out how to dip them in the melted chocolate i kept burning my fingers rolling them in the melted bark and they didnt come out as pretty…any suggestions?
Will the cake pops stay fresh if I make them the weekend before the bridal shower? I am planning on wrapping them individually in a treat bag.
Hey there, I would like to ask if you can do anything that has to do with math with these. When I saw this I was blown away and wanted to use for my Math ‘social’ Party. Any Suggestions that could go with this?
If you use cream cheese icing do they have to be refrigerated?
I want to try to make these for my boyfriend, but shape them into hearts, and put them on a stick like the cake pops. If I use this recipe and technique (but put them onto sticks before I dip them), do you suppose they would come out well?
Love this! So easy and delicious :)
I am making the puppy dog cake ball pops. How far ahead can I make them and I need to put them in lollipop bags. Do I need to refrigerate them or can I leave them on the counter with the AC on? We are giving them as favors at my grandson’s 1st birthday party.
can you use regular cream cheese?
Hi Bakerella – today I made these for the first time! They taste delicious. Love the idea. I had a question though. I used Baker’s chocolate and ended up melting the entire box (8 squares) and only had enough to coat 10 balls! What did I do wrong? How do I get a thinner chocolate coating so that there is enough to coat them all? Thanks!
Hey bakerella it is me again! I wanted to know how long to put the velvet balls in the freezer not the fridge.
Hi bakerella, I am worried that I will have trouble getting them covered in the chocolate, do I use a spoon? Another thing are these difficult to make or pretty easy? Thanks!!! Your recipes are the best!
Lucky Me!! I was in the middle of making these wonderful treats when questions arose and I thought AHA! go to the net and find your answers. Your site was the 2nd that popped up and the best with information! Thank you so very much for great info and encouragement. My cake balls are my first but the first of many! They turned out delish with your help.
BTW you have an incredibe blog!!! I got hooked and spent almost an hour reading….and drooling !!
Thank so much !
Renny
Hey Bakeralla,
We just made these today, we’re both 14 and tried to do the recipe ourselves. It came out great but when we wanted to eat them the had stuck to the pan. They were still really yummy though! Thanks for the recipe :)
hi ! im thinking of doing these as a gift to a friend i was wondering how i should store them ? its just a over night thing and then ill give it to her. should i just pop them in the fridge ?
My daughter turns one next month and I’m going to try to make these look like lady bugs. I’m going to dip the bottom half of the balls in milk chocolate then make the top half red by food coloring in white chocolate.
I will make sure to post pictures. If you have am email I can send pictures too.
I am so excited hope they work for me.
I just the purchased the babycakes cakepop maker I am so excited to get underway w this new hobby any recommendations with working with that machine? And I love all your little creations and the details put into them!
I have a question. I have never made cake pops and was wondering if the recipe would work the same using a cake pop maker? I guess it would omit the steps of crumbling the cake, adding cream cheese to the mix and rolling them into balls. What do you think??
Thanks, Gina :)
I was so glad i came across these. i was looking for ideas for my daughters 2nd b day when i trpped across this. I use to grab the cake pops from starbucks but now i think im going to make my own. This will be a great thing to have for lots of occasions.
These look amazing! I want to make them for my wedding, How long do they keep at room temperature?
Hey i really love this idea and plan to make them for mothers day on Sunday. i just wanted to ask if chocolate icing would go good inside these. Also i love you mommy! 8)
I having difficulty finding chocolate bark. They have chocolate morsels and chocolate baking bars at the store but no bark. Is bark an essential part or can I buy some morsels and melt them for dipping. If I could use morsels, how much would I need?
Hi,
I am making these for a party tonight and need to use the “sped up” process of cooling and setting them. How long should I leave them in the freezer? Thanks!
Caitlin
Hi! Thank you soooooo much for this recipe! I love redvelvet cake and i especially love cake balls! Im using it for recipe day in my computer class:) check out my website and keep me posted on your new recipes!
~Katie
I was so excited to try out this recipe, so i went to the store and picked up the items needed. My local grocery store did not carry chocolate bark so i picked up Ghirardelli Classic White Chocolate Premium Baking Chips…. I dont know if it was the chocolate i used, but the taste was just not good. Im very disappointed with the result, is there another option for coating these other than chocolate?
My daughter’s party is Saturday. What do you recommend for a timeline for making these? Couldvi make them Wednesday? Would they still be fresh? How should I store until sat?
Also- I want to dip in pink/green sprinkles. Do you just dip in choc and immediately place in the sprinkles? Thanks!!
If you freeze the balls, when you dip them the chocolate will crack.
You can only add a flavor or color to the chocolate if there is no water in it. Wilton makes flavorings safe for ‘candy making’ (http://www.wilton.com/store/site/product.cfm?id=3E3103E7-475A-BAC0-56CDA3C3D9B7A669&killnav=1) and there is also oil based food colorings for chocolate (http://www.chocolatefountainsales.com/online-store/product.php?productid=376) you just have to look.
My problem is keeping the cake from expanding through the bottom. I hate having to re-dip the bottoms. How do I get a perfect seal?
I made these and took them to work. They were a huge hit and my boyfriend loved them aswell!!!
I have just bought your book here in the UK and think it is amazing – so I have been shopping to get some stuff for it today,the only problem I have encountered is that buying the candy is difficult and very limited in colours! Fingers crossed it will all go well tomorrow!