WATERMELON CAKE BALLS

I intended to share these Watermelon Cake Balls before the 4th of July, but you know how I am with best laid plans! They don’t happen. But I have a big picnic coming up this weekend to celebrate my Gma’s 90th birthday, so it got me thinking about picnic foods, and I think these super cute Watermelon Cake Balls are a fantastic picnic food.

The ingredient list is short, so they’re a cinch to make, and they’re just summery and adorable. They’re also basically just cake, frosting, and chocolate, sooooooo… what are you waiting for? Get thee to the kitchen. You won’t be in there for long, I promise. You barely have to bake at all. I can barely even call this a recipe. It’s simply a charming and clever idea (that I wish I’d come up with on my own, but I have Pinterest to thank) that executes incredibly easily. It also happens to taste amazing because, again, it’s cake, frosting, and chocolate. There’s nowhere to go wrong in the flavor department.

Ingredients

• 1 box strawberry cake mix or use vanilla + several drops of pink or red food coloring
• 3 large eggs
• 1 c. water
• 1/3 c. vegetable oil
• 1 c. prepared buttercream frosting
• 1/2 c. mini semi-sweet chocolate chips
• 1 - 12 oz. bag green candy melts I used Wilton, purchased from Michaels

Instructions

1. Prepare and bake the cake according to package instructions. (For me, the ingredients included cake mix, eggs, water, and vegetable oil.)
2. Allow cake to cool completely, then break apart into crumbs in a large bowl.
3. Add frosting, several tablespoons at a time, to cake crumbs.
4. Mix well, and continue adding frosting until it reaches a consistency that it can easily be rolled into balls.
5. Line a baking sheet with parchment or waxed paper.
6. Roll the dough into 1-inch balls and place them an inch apart on the baking sheet.
7. ......................................

for full instruction please see : thegoldlininggirl.com

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