Love Bug Cake Balls

Name: Love Bug Cake Balls
Prep time: 4 h 30 min
Cook time: 4 h 30 min
Total time: 4 h 30 min
Yield: 48
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 kilograms bags each) candy coating (any color); 177 milliliters Betty Crocker® Rich & Creamy frosting (any non-chip, no-nut flavor); 48 paper lollipop sticks; 1 box Betty Crocker® SuperMoist® cake mix (any flavor)

Love Bug Cake Balls is a dairy free dessert. This recipe makes 48 servings with 232 calories, 2g of protein, and 7g of fat each. This recipe covers 3% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. Head to the store and pick up candy coating, cake mix, paper lollipop sticks, and a few other things to make it today. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 4 hours and 30 minutes.

Instructions

Make and bake cake mix as directed on box for 13x9-inch pan. Cool completely, and crumble cake. Reserve approximately one-fourth of cake crumbs, and set aside. (These will be used to coat the love bugs.)

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Cake Mix

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Oven

Frying Pan

With large spoon, thoroughly mix remaining cake crumbs and the frosting.

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Frosting

Roll mixture into quarter-size cake balls, and place on waxed paper-covered cookie sheet.

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Roll

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Baking Sheet

Place cake balls in freezer about 15 minutes to firm up. Then transfer them to the refrigerator to keep chilled and avoid freezing.

Place candy coating in microwavable bowl so coating is at least 3 to 4 inches deep. Microwave uncovered on Low (10%) in 30-second intervals, stirring after each, until melted and smooth.

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Almond Bark

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Microwave

Bowl

Remove 2 cake balls from refrigerator at a time. Dip tip of lollipop stick into melted coating, and insert into cake ball no more than halfway through. Dip and remove cake pop into coating in one motion without stirring, making sure entire cake ball is covered. If coating is too thick, add a little vegetable oil to help thin it and make it easier to work with.

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Vegetable Oil

Pop

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Lollipop Sticks

Remove and gently tap off any excess coating to fall off pop and back into bowl. Before coating sets, gently press cake crumbs around entire ball.

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Pop

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Bowl

Place stick in craft foam to dry.

Once dry, remove cake ball from lollipop stick for decorating. Using photo as a guide, get creative with placement of desired candy decorations for fun expressions and details. Use melted candy coating to attach candy decorations. For feet, attach cake ball to a mini heart cookie. Use string licorice for antennae, heart candies for ears and eyes.

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Almond Bark

Candy

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Lollipop Sticks

Let dry completely; store loosely covered.