First attempt at cake balls...

 Cake balls and pops seem to be the new thing these days and I had been wanting to try and make them for a while, so I thought the showers were the perfect opportunity... let me just preface this with, there are a lot of steps and waiting, so they are time consuming, but delicious!
Red Velvet:

*Make the cake as normal and let it cool (low fat option: 1 C water, 1/3 C apple sauce + 3 eggs and reduce bake time 1-2 mins) 

*Crumble into bowl and add 2/3 jar of cream cheese icing (the whole jar makes them too sticky)

*Mix together and form into balls (tip: let the dough rest a little while before rolling to prevent sticking)

   *If you are going to add sticks to make the pops, you would do that now and then put them into the freezer (tip: dip the ends of the sticks into melted chocolate and then into the balls)

*After they are pretty solid (a few hrs in the freezer), dip them in candy coating (I used white/vanilla) and let dry on parchment paper or stick them into a piece of foam covered with plastic wrap if you do the sticks

The finished product... they definitely weren't perfect, but they still tasted good... I am determined to make them look better the next time I make them.. practice makes perfect.

I also made some peanut butter ones from a recipe I got from a friend at work and they are also wonderful and so healthy, check these ingredients..

2 sticks of butter (eek, I know)

2 C creamy peanut butter

5 C powdered sugar

*Mix butter and pb until smooth

*Slowly add powdered sugar a little at a time, texture should be similar to sticky play-dough

*Form into balls and put in the freezer for a few hours, then dip into candy coating (I used chocolate) and let dry

For the candy coating... you can buy the Wilton's candy melts at Michaels (they had a lot of colors) or Hobby Lobby (and use coupons.. bonus) or just use almond bark that you find at the grocery if you just want white or chocolate colors.