Description
Delicious banana truffles made with a blend of white cake mix, cream cheese, and banana, coated in white candy and chocolate.
Ingredients
Scale
- 15.25 oz box white cake mix heat treated
- 8 oz block of cream cheese softened to room temperature
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- ½ cup crushed pineapple very well drained
- ¾ cup chopped walnuts
- 1 banana sliced
- 8 oz of white candy coating
- ½ cup chocolate melting wafers
- Rainbow sprinkles and stemmed maraschino cherries for garnishing
Instructions
- Prepare a large cookie sheet with parchment paper and set aside.
- In a medium mixing bowl, cream together the cake mix, cream cheese, and vanilla extract until fully combined and “dough-like”.
- Add in crushed pineapple, chopped walnuts, and banana slices. Mix until equally distributed.
- Using a 1-2 inch cookie scoop, scoop the mixture and roll into 1 – 1-½ inch balls. Smooth and round each ball with the palms of your hands.
- Place each truffle ball on the parchment paper and refrigerate for 1 hour.
- About 5-10 minutes before the chilling time is complete, prepare your candy coating by heating it in a microwave safe bowl at 50% power for 1 minute, stirring, then returning for 30 second intervals until melted.
- Dip each chilled truffle ball into the melted white candy coating, ensuring it is fully covered.
- Place each coated truffle back on the parchment paper and refrigerate again for 30 minutes.
- While the truffles chill, melt the chocolate melting wafers similarly until silky smooth.
- Spoon a small dollop of the melted chocolate over each truffle for decoration, place a stemmed cherry on top, and add sprinkles.
- Return to the refrigerator for an additional 30 minutes before serving.
Notes
- Ensure the cake mix is heat-treated to eliminate any risk of salmonella.
- For a smoother dough, make sure the cream cheese is well-softened.
- Use a small spoon to control the amount of melted chocolate for topping.
- Work on one truffle at a time when adding the cherry and sprinkles.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 10 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Chilling and Dipping
- Cuisine: International
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 truffle
- Calories: 110
- Sugar: 8g
- Sodium: 50mg
- Fat: 5g
- Saturated Fat: 2g
- Unsaturated Fat: 3g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 14g
- Fiber: 0g
- Protein: 1g
- Cholesterol: 10mg