Halloween Cake Balls

Last night I decided I wanted to make cake balls, looked at a few recipes online and I think I can do it.
What I used....
Box of white cake mix
Container of white frosting
Wilton Candy melts (from Michaels)
and Wilton Decorating Gel (also from Michaels)

I follow the directions on the back of the box for the cake. (Oh I love the smell of cake while its baking!) After it was done baking I let it cool a little, about 40 minuets or so. I probably should have let it cool a little longer but I was getting impatient.

Then I took a small amount and put it in a bowl, using a fork I separated it into tiny crumbs. Kept adding cake to the bowl until it was all crumbs.

I did bake the cake a little to long and the edges were a little crusty. They had to be taken out of the bowl because I couldn't get them to cumble right.

After that, I added about 3/4 of the frosting to the bowl of crumbs. There were several different amounts used in the recipes, from 1/2 to 1 1/2. But the most common was 3/4. Mixed the frosting and cake crumbs together.

Once it was all mixed I rolled it into small balls and placed each one on a cooking pan covered with aluminum foil.  I did find it hard somethimes to roll the balls, but one thing I can suggest is to rinse hands often and leave them a little damp.  It helps keep the cake from sticking (for a little while at least.)

After the were all rolled I put them in the freezer to harden. I left them in the freezer for almost and hour so they would be nice and hard.
While the balls were freezing I melted the Wilton Candy Melts in the microwave. I dumped a bunch into a microwave safe bowl and turned it on for 1 minuet. Stirred them and put back in the microwave for 30 seconds. Repeated until completely melted.  It didn't take very long for them to melt.

When the cake balls were hard, I tried to use a toothpick to stick the ball and dip it in the melted candy and completely covered it but I wasn't very successful at that. Turns out that it is easier to just get dirty and use your fingers.Then I placed them back on the cookie pan.  This step was a little harder then I thought it would be.  But it was fun to be plaing in the melted candy.

Once they were all covered in the melted candy I used the Wilton Decorating Gel to decorate them.

I am very excited to serve these at our Pumpkin Carving Party!