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Holiday Confetti Bites

Uncategorized November 13, 2015

This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #BakeInTheFun #CollectiveBias

*This recipe was selected as a finalist for the Mars Bake in the Fun contest! While entering yourself to win a Kitchen Aid Mixer, please also vote HERE for my Holiday Confetti Bites, we can both win yay! And you can vote once per day!

When I was younger I remember our family taking part in a fun anonymous cookie exchange. One day a platter of holiday treats showed up at our door with no name, only a witty poem that essentially told us to pass on the anonymous favor to another family. So we did. I loved baking back then too, so I got to partake in prepping the platter with festive treats for the next family. We went through the whole ding-dong-ditch to secretly drop it off, and then the next week it showed up at our door again because they didn’t know we were the ones who gave it, haha! What fun holiday memories do you have?

Today I’m sharing a recipe I crafted as this year’s holiday give-away treat. My own mom puts together cute little jars of cake balls each year to give away to people over the holidays. She is a serious master. Her cake balls are always the perfect texture and she tempers and dips the chocolate like a pro. Though I’ve pitched in to help her several times over the years, I’ve never come close to her skill level. So this year I found a few ways to make it easier on myself!

It’s quite simple. I used Pillsbury™ Funfetti® Holiday Cake Mix and Pillsbury™ Funfetti® Holiday Vanilla Flavored Frosting for the cake-ball filling, then flavored the mix as either peppermint or peanut butter (using chopped M&M’s® White Peppermint and M&M’s® Holiday Peanut Butter). Then I took the Funfetti sprinkles and added them to the white chocolate for a festive look. Threw that all into chocolate molds and I didn’t have to worry about how terrible I am at chocolate-dipping! Now I just need more chocolate boxes to give them all away.

As a side note, whenever I make boxed mixes I always replace the water with milk. It’s a quick substitute that I think makes a difference in taste (and hopefully strengthens my aging bones). I actually got the opportunity to stop by my local food bank this past week, and learned something new. What we did there was package fresh produce, and they were very well stocked in that, which was heartening. What I learned after that experience was that milk is a rare donation and in high demand. On average, food banks can only provide less than a gallon of milk per person per year! So Feeding America has launched The Great American Milk Drive and there are a couple of ways to help: you can donate HERE, and also, if you go to Walmart and purchase 2 bags of M&M’s® (9.4 oz or larger) then up to a gallon will be donated to the drive. Cool! So if you make this recipe you will have helped the drive 🙂

Plus there is even a coupon for the M&M’s®  here, so it’s a great deal–save money and help the drive at the same time. Find even more holiday M&M’s® recipes here. Have you tried any of the new M&M’s®? Have a favorite? (The white peppermint is seriously good.)

*Note on the recipe: Everything is dependent on how big your chocolate molds are and your chocolate:cake ratio, but you only need to use about half the cake and 1/4 of the frosting. In the recipe, though, I made the entire cake and just ate the delicious leftovers 🙂

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Holiday Confetti Bites
Makes 60-70 chocolates

  • 1 pkg. Pillsbury™ Funfetti® Holiday Cake Mix
  • 1 container Pillsbury™ Funfetti® Holiday Vanilla Flavored Frosting
  • 1 cup 2% Great Value milk
  • 3 eggs
  • 1/2 oil
  • 1/3 cup M&M’s® White Peppermint, chopped well
  • 1/3 cup M&M’s® Holiday Peanut Butter, chopped well
  • 2 pkg.s (16 oz.) white chocolate chips
  • holiday sprinkles
Directions:
Preheat oven to 350F and bake cake according to instructions. Let cool completely.
Take 1/2 of the cake and cut into bite-size pieces. Pour into a bowl with 1/4 of the frosting. Mix until it comes together. Split the cake mix between two bowls. Into one, add the chopped M&M’s® White Peppermint. To the other, the M&M’s® Holiday Peanut Butter. Set aside.
Take the Funfetti sprinkles from the frosting and sprinkle an even layer over the bottom of each chocolate mold, about 1/8 tsp each. 
Pour half a package of chocolate chips into a heat-proof bowl and melt in the microwave until soft. Stir until smooth, heating slightly more if needed. Pour about 1/2 tsp. chocolate into each chocolate mold, spreading so that it coats the sides. Use an off-set spatula or any straight edge to scrape excess chocolate off the top of the mold. Place in the fridge until hardened.
Roll small balls of cake mix and smush them into each chocolate mold, leaving some room at the top for the chocolate base. Add more chocolate chips to your chocolate bowl as needed and re-melt. Fill each mold with more chocolate, then scrape off the excess to make it flat. Place in the fridge until hardened. Gently pop each chocolate out of it’s mold.

Repeat until out of chocolate. 

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Comments

  1. Gina G says

    December 2, 2015 at 8:37 pm

    thanks 🙂

    Reply
  2. Open Kloset says

    December 2, 2015 at 8:24 pm

    soooo Sweet:)
    Love everything:)

    Reply
  3. Jessica Hart says

    November 30, 2015 at 9:45 pm

    These look amazing!

    Jessica
    the way to my Hart

    Reply
  4. Gina G says

    November 25, 2015 at 12:46 am

    Thanks Samantha!

    Reply
  5. Samantha says

    November 19, 2015 at 5:30 am

    Those look amazing and delicious!!! Great idea for the holidays! (client)

    Reply
  6. Gina G says

    November 18, 2015 at 3:35 am

    I know right? And seriously, funfetti cake is so delicious. I forgot how good cake mixes can be sometimes

    Reply
  7. Simply Alexandra // My Favorite Things says

    November 16, 2015 at 5:26 pm

    These are GORGEOUS! I love these. My sister loooves funfetti cake… and I think this might be a fun treat to gift her. It's so pretty and festive as well. Wow, what a great idea for M&M to do. I love it when big companies give back. 🙂 XO – Alexandra

    Simply Alexandra: My Favorite Things

    Reply
  8. Shea Sayers says

    November 16, 2015 at 3:50 pm

    These are adorable! And I love funfetti cake so I'm sure they're SO delicious too. I like the idea of using a mold. Whenever I try to make cake balls they just look like blobs… so this would be helpful in getting the shape I want!

    Reply
  9. Beauty Editer says

    November 16, 2015 at 3:50 pm

    Absolutely great post dear! Hope you have a lovely day.

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  10. Life's a shoe says

    November 16, 2015 at 2:56 pm

    OH wow, these look amazing! perfect for christmas!

    lifeisashoe

    Reply
  11. Beckerman Girls says

    November 16, 2015 at 2:56 pm

    LOOKS AMAZZZZING! Your photography is soooo gorgeous! I NEEEED to eat those right now!!! Dem' M &M's and packaging is outta this world babe!
    kisses
    xoThe Beckerman Girls

    http://www.BeckermanBlog.com

    Reply
  12. julie @ jewelswandering.com says

    November 16, 2015 at 2:56 pm

    I'm happy to take some off your hands, lady…! 😉 Yummy!!

    Reply
  13. Eatlovemerry says

    November 16, 2015 at 2:56 pm

    The food look so good! xo

    Reply
  14. Paige Flamm says

    November 16, 2015 at 2:56 pm

    These look so cute and delicious! Anything that has confetti cake in it is right up my alley.

    Paige
    http://thehappyflammily.com

    Reply
  15. My Stylish Corner says

    November 16, 2015 at 2:56 pm

    Great post! It looks delicious!!

    mystylishcorner.blogspot.ba

    Reply
  16. Taryn says

    November 16, 2015 at 2:56 pm

    Yummy, looks amazing!!! Great post <3
    http://www.ufbytaryn.com

    Reply
  17. Heather Riccobono says

    November 16, 2015 at 2:56 pm

    Beautiful and delicious! Perfect for neighbors, a party, or just a sweet way to enjoy some quite time while I work at home! #client

    Reply
  18. TBN Blog says

    November 16, 2015 at 12:35 am

    Wow these look so yummy! x

    The Belle Narrative

    Reply
  19. Gina G says

    November 15, 2015 at 11:15 pm

    thank you!

    Reply
  20. Gina G says

    November 15, 2015 at 11:14 pm

    Seriously, the chocolate mold is a life-saver!

    Reply
  21. Erica White says

    November 15, 2015 at 11:14 pm

    Those look a.maz.ing! xx
    leavingericafootprints.blogspot.com

    Reply
  22. Olivia Aimes says

    November 15, 2015 at 11:14 pm

    These looks so good!
    http://fridaynightstyle.com/

    Reply
  23. Adela Acanski says

    November 15, 2015 at 4:54 pm

    Great! Pretty photos
    Have a nice day

    kisses Adela Acanski

    Reply
  24. Style For Mankind says

    November 15, 2015 at 4:54 pm

    This is absolutely stunning! Have a great new week.

    xoxo;
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  25. Heidi Hendricksen says

    November 14, 2015 at 10:11 pm

    This is so adorable for the holidays and the kiddos would love them!

    Wishes & Reality

    Reply
  26. Aleczandra Sallows says

    November 14, 2015 at 8:40 pm

    These look so delicious and so festive! And I love how bit sized they are.

    https://forsevenseasons.wordpress.com

    Reply
  27. Alyssa Monique Bustillo says

    November 14, 2015 at 3:52 am

    So yummy!
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  28. Adriana R. says

    November 14, 2015 at 3:52 am

    Yuum! Your pictures are so gorgeous <3
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  29. StyleByDeb says

    November 13, 2015 at 9:19 pm

    Can't tell you how much I loved this! I don't like cooking on a regular basis 'cause I kind of suck at it, but something happens to me when it's Christamas time and I suddenly want to do all these delicious treats like this one! I'm DEFINITELY saving this recipe asap. Thanks for sharing, dear!
    xx

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  30. thebusyspatula.com says

    November 13, 2015 at 9:19 pm

    The chocolate mold is such a smart idea! It's so time consuming to shape them into perfect spheres. They look perfectly festive for Christmas! 🙂

    Reply

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