Red Velvet Cake balls!

Alright, well after a week-ish of putting it off, I am finally making those red velvet cake balls! Hooray! 

The chores are did, the youngin's  are in bed- with the exception of Miss Bannah boo. She is my helper today. I'm praying for self control as I make these tasty little morsels. They look divine. 

First off, you can either make your own red velvet or just simply buy a box of red velvet. ( I made some homemade red velvet a few weeks ago- John did't eat it fast enough. I threw it away. He was pretty upset with me- if you want the homemade recipe message me. I'll get it to you. It has coffee in it!) For right now, we are going with the good ole cake box mix. Maybe next time, right? ;-)

Follow the directions on the back of the box.  Grease up the pan, throw the batter in there.. Have a batter war with your daughter, and try calmly to explain to her that she can't lick all the batter. After you have successfully managed to pry the cake batter out of her hands, throw the pan in the oven... with the batter of course! I even put some vanilla in the batter. ( I put vanilla in almost every everything)

Let it cook, take it out. Let the cake completely cool before you do anything with it. After it's cooled, put it in a large bowl, crumble cake with fingers until completely broken up. You will need cream cheese frosting. Slap that entire can of frosting on the cake, and mix it up. Get wax paper out, and put the paper on cookie sheets. You can either use a small ice cream scoop, or your hands to form the cake into small balls. After you've done all this, you're going to put the cookie sheets with the cake balls into the fridge, for a good few hours. If you're impatient like me, and want it done quicker you can put them in the freezer.

Afterward, you'll want to get your chocolate bark, or chocolate chips- like I am using, and melt them in a sauce pan over low heat. Make sure you have a fresh piece of long wax paper.  Pick up each cake ball and place one at a time in the pot of melted chocolate. Spoon chocolate over the cake ball and turn until chocolate thoroughly coats the cake ball. Slap them babies onto the wax paper to dry If chocolate begins to thicken, place the pot back on a low heat and stir until chocolate has melted and proceed dipping cake balls into the chocolate. Allow cake balls to set for several hours until hard to the touch. Also after you have coated the cake balls in chocolate you can add sprinkles, if your heart desires! 

Recipe calls for-
Red Velvet Cake Balls
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 chocolate chips
wax paper