This is a great treat for this time of year. As I was looking around for recipes, I learned that there are a lot of ways that you can make these. I just reached into the back of my head and used a cookie recipe that my mom does. It’s very easy and requires very little amount of ingredients.
Here’s what you need:
1 Spice Cake Mix
1 Can Pumpkin
3/4 Can Cream Cheese Frosting
1 Bag of Chocolate or Vanilla Melts
1 Bag Hershey’s Cinnamon Chips (optional)
Mix your cake mix and pumpkin only (no eggs, oil, etc.) in a bowl until really moist. Put in a pan and bake according to the cake mixes directions. Once done, let cool.
Time to crumble the cake! I just crumble mine using a large fork in the pan that it was baked in. Some people like to put it in a processor, but a fork works fine. Once the cake is all crumby, mix in about 3/4 of your frosting until the mixture is moist enough to roll into 1.5″ balls.
Roll all of your mixture into balls, and put in freezer for a good 30 minutes or so. Take 1/2 of them out and work with those first. I find that the balls look better once dipped when they are really, really cold. So once you are done with the first half, take the others out so they are still cool.
Dip all of your balls in the melt of your choice, then, what I did was drizzle the Hershey’s cinnamon melt over the top! I’m so glad I did because it definitely made them taste better. The cinnamon chips are hard to find though. Most stores don’t carry them. They are delicious though! If you can’t find any, try sprinkling cinnamon and sugar on top of the balls before the chocolate sets. That would taste yummy too.
Keep these refrigerated!! They taste soooo much better when they are chilled.
And that’s all folks!
Have a happy day-before-Thanksgiving! I will be making my Grandmas pie crust for the very first time! It is delicious, flaky, and fluffy. I will share the recipe!
Making these on Saturday!!!