Happy Holidays, friends! We’ve arrived in this very happy minty chocolate December place and IT. IS. GOOD. I am holiday-dancing like Elf over here as the snow falls and my unpacked Europe suitcase lays open in the living room, and the Christmas music blares on full blast and the smear of chocolate cake batter looks nice and cute on my chin. Whatchu gonna do bout it.
HOW TO MAKE OUR HOLIDAY CAKE BITES:
Do you remember cake pops? Are they still having a moment? I’ve never made the actual cake pops on a stick because I mostly would just rather make Thai Noodle Salad and Creamy Pasta type things, but you guys, I either just did something brilliant OR more likely something very outdated that has been done hundreds of times before: I made cake pops that are not actually pops. Who even needs those little sticks? These are, in fact, just CAKE BITES. As in Cake + Frosting = little fudgy balls of cake goodness. (Don’t even panic because look how cute they are when dressed up: 👇🏼) A big, beautiful batch of minty chocolate holiday cake bites. For this recipe, I did not bother to make my own cake or frosting from scratch. No way, no how, and don’t even pretend to be mad. It’s one of my very few issues with making the huge batches of Christmas treats – it takes so long to MAKE 100 cookies, so how do you expect me to have any energy left to DECORATE them? And even though normally those putzy, decor-based food projects kind of make me want to hide away forever, this – this lovely, sparkly, snowy and cozy December time – is the one season of the year that I really just want to sit down with some truffles, dipped pretzels, or reindeer-shaped cookies and go to crazy town with the holiday drizzles, sprinkles, and toppings. It’s my one time, okay? Just let me save my strength for the decorating. I have some good news when it comes to the not-making-your-own-frosting part: Wholesome! now makes an organic, all natural canned frosting. Ummm, I know, right? I was a little skeptical. But I found it at Whole Foods, tried it with these cake bites, and realized that it’s very awesome. It’s made with ZERO artificial colors or flavors and ZERO high fructose corn syrup. Boom. Fudgy, sparkly, minty if you want them to be, perfect stored in the fridge for an after-dinner bite-sized dessert or five… Pretty much this is my favorite part of the holidays. Thanks to Wholesome!® – makers of this organic chocolate frosting – for partnering with us for these delicious cake bites! ♡ 5 from 8 reviews
