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Candy Bar Cake Balls

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Ingredients
  

  • 1 deep dark chocolate cake recipe below
  • 1 can chocolate frosting
  • 2 - 4.4 oz candy bars coarsely chopped (I used Butterfinger)
  • 1 - 12 ounce bag chocolate candy melts
  • 1 - 12 oz bag vanilla candy melts
  • Deep Dark Chocolate Cake
  • 2 cups sugar
  • 1-3/4 cups all-purpose flour
  • 3/4 cup Hershey’s Cocoa
  • 1-1/2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1-1/2 teaspoons baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 cup milk
  • 1/2 cup vegetable oil
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 1 cup boiling water

Instructions
 

  • Heat oven to 350°F. Grease and flour two 9-inch round pans or one 13x9x2-inch baking pan.
  • Stir together sugar, flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda and salt in large bowl. Add eggs, milk, oil and vanilla; beat on medium speed of electric mixer 2 minutes. Stir in boiling water (batter will be thin). Pour batter into prepared pans.
  • Bake 30 to 35 minutes for round pans, 35 to 40 minutes for rectangular pan or until wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes; remove from pans to wire racks. Cool completely.
  • Prepare the cake balls.
  • Crumble cooled cake with your hands in a large bowl. Stir in one can of frosting. Stir chopped candy bar into cake and frosting mixture, until well combined. Roll into one inch balls.
  • Melt chocolate candy melts. Using a toothpick, dip each cake ball into melted chocolate. Set on cookie sheet lined with parchment paper. Allow to set a few minutes until cooled.
  • Melt white chocolate candy melts and using a small spoon drizzle over cake balls.
  • Enjoy!
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