Witchy CakeBalls

PREP TIME:1 Hour   •  START TO FINISH: 1 Hour 40 Minutes  •  12 servings (1 witchy ball)

Ingredients

Cake

• 1  box chocolate fudge cake mix with pudding in the mix
• Water, vegetable oil and eggs called for on cake mix box

Frosting and Decorations

• 1  container (1 lb) chocolate creamy readyto-spread frosting
• 8  oz dark cocoa candy melts or coating wafers
• 12  sugar-style ice cream cones with pointed ends
• Assorted Halloween candy sprinkles or nonpareils
• 12  thin chocolate wafer cookies
• 1  bag (16 oz) green or dark green candy melts
• 1  tube (4.25 oz) green decorating icing
• 4  pull-apart black or red licorice twists, separated, cut into 2¹⁄₂-inch pieces
• 24  candy-coated chocolate candies
• 12  pieces candy corn

Instructions

1.  Heat oven to 350°F. Grease bottom only of 13x9-inch pan with shortening or cooking spray. Make and bake cake mix as directed on box for 13x9-inch pan, using water, oil and eggs. Cool 10 minutes; remove cake from pan to cooling rack. Cool 15 minutes.

2.  Line cookie sheet with waxed paper. In large bowl, crumble cake. 

Add chocolate frosting; mix well with back of spoon. Use ice cream scoop to scoop cake mixture into 2½-inch balls onto cookie sheet. 

Freeze about 15 minutes or until firm. Refrigerate to keep chilled.

3.  In medium microwavable bowl, microwave dark cocoa candy melts uncovered on Medium (50%) 1 minute, then in 15-second increments, until melted; stir until smooth. Using small food-safe brush, brush melted chocolate coating over each ice cream cone to coat completely; decorate as desired with sprinkles before coating hardens. 

Dip open end of each ice cream cone into remaining melted chocolate coating; place dipped end of each cone onto a chocolate wafer cookie, pressing lightly, to form hat and brim. Let stand until set.

4.  In medium microwavable bowl, microwave green candy melts uncovered on Medium (50%) 1 minute, then in 15-second increments, until melted; stir until smooth. Place 1 cake ball on a fork; dip cake ball into melted green coating to cover. Gently tap off any excess coating. 

Place coated ball on cookie sheet; top with 1 chocolate-coated cone hat, pressing gently. Repeat with remaining cake balls and cone hats. Let stand until set. Squeeze icing from tube onto bottom edge of each chocolate wafer cookie; attach licorice pieces with icing to form hair. Use icing to attach 2 chocolate candies for eyes and 1 piece candy corn for nose.