Cake Batter Truffles

Ingredients

1. 5 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened
2. 1/4 cup sugar
3. 1/4 cup flour
4. 1 cup yellow cake mix
5. 1 teaspoon vanilla
6. 3 tablespoons rainbow sprinkles
7. 8 ounces almond bark or white chocolate
8. 1 teaspoon shortening
9. nonpareils, for sprinkling

Instructions

1. 1. In a stand mixer, mix together the butter, sugar, flour, yellow cake mix, and vanilla. If the dough is not coming together well, use your fingers to form the dough. It should not be sticky or wet. Once the dough is formed, add rainbow sprinkles and work throughout the dough.
2. 2. Form the dough into 24 1-inch balls and put into your freezer. The dough balls should remain in the freezer for about 30 minutes or until firm.
3. 3. While the cake batter balls are chilling, add your almond bark and shortening to a microwave safe bowls. Heat until completely melted in 30 second intervals.
4. 4. Remove the cake batter balls from the freezer and, using two forks, dunk each ball into the melted chocolate and set on a wax paper lined plate. Sprinkle with nonpareils and continue with remaining cake batter.