Description
Christmas tree cake delight truffles combine festive crumbs with rich chocolate coating. Holiday bakers can craft elegant truffles perfect for seasonal celebrations, offering sweet companions to winter gatherings.
Ingredients
Scale
- 10 vanilla Little Debbie Christmas tree cakes
- 4 oz (113 g) cream cheese, softened
- 12 oz (340 g) almond bark or white chocolate candy melts
- red food coloring
- green sanding sugar
Instructions
- Preparation: Line a baking sheet with parchment paper for truffle assembly and set aside a workspace.
- Cake Crumbling: Pulverize Christmas tree cakes into fine, consistent crumbs within a large mixing bowl, ensuring a uniform texture for the truffle base.
- Binding: Blend softened cream cheese with cake crumbs using a hand mixer, kneading until the mixture forms a cohesive, moldable dough with smooth consistency.
- Shaping: Employ a cookie scoop to form uniform truffle spheres, rolling each portion between palms to create perfect, symmetrical orbs and arrange on the prepared parchment sheet.
- Chilling and Stabilizing: Transfer truffles to the freezer for 30 minutes, allowing them to solidify and maintain structural integrity during the coating process.
- Chocolate Preparation: Melt white chocolate or almond bark in a microwave-safe container, stirring periodically to achieve a glossy, lump-free liquid consistency.
- Coating: Immerse each chilled truffle into the molten white chocolate, using a fork to ensure complete, even coverage and allow excess to drain before returning to the parchment.
- Decorative Finishing: Infuse remaining melted chocolate with red food coloring for an elegant drizzle, then immediately sprinkle green sanding sugar over the truffles to create a festive, sparkling appearance.
Notes
- Chill Before Coating: Freezing truffles for 30 minutes helps maintain shape and prevents chocolate coating from melting.
- Smooth Crumb Technique: Use a hand mixer to blend cream cheese and cake crumbs thoroughly, ensuring no lumps for a consistent texture.
- Chocolate Melting Tip: Microwave chocolate in short intervals, stirring frequently to prevent burning and achieve a glossy, smooth consistency.
- Decorative Precision: Apply green sanding sugar immediately after drizzling colored chocolate to ensure maximum sparkle and adhesion.
- Prep Time: 30 minutes
- Cook Time: 10 minutes
- Category: Desserts, Snacks
- Method: Mixing
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 21
- Calories: 155
- Sugar: 15 g
- Sodium: 75 mg
- Fat: 7 g
- Saturated Fat: 3.5 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 3.5 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 20 g
- Fiber: 0 g
- Protein: 1 g
- Cholesterol: 10 mg