Carrot Cake Truffles
These delightful carrot cake truffles are the perfect bite-sized treat! Moist carrot cake is combined with cream cheese frosting, dipped in chocolate, and sprinkled with chopped walnuts for a delicious and easy dessert.
Prep
: 10
Total
: 25 minutes
Ingredients
Main Ingredients
- 1 box carrot cake mix
- 0.33 cup water
- 0.33 cup vegetable oil
- 3 large eggs
- 8 oz cream cheese, softened
- 2 cups powdered sugar
- 12 oz chocolate chips
- 0.5 cup chopped walnuts
Instructions
Preparation Steps
- Prepare the carrot cake according to the box instructions. Bake and let cool completely.
- Crumble the cooled cake into a large bowl.
- In a separate bowl, beat together the cream cheese and powdered sugar until smooth.
- Add the cream cheese mixture to the cake crumbs and mix until combined.
- Roll the mixture into 1-inch balls and place them on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.
- Melt the chocolate chips in the microwave or using a double boiler.
- Dip each truffle into the melted chocolate and place it back on the baking sheet.
- Sprinkle the truffles with chopped walnuts.
- Refrigerate the truffles until the chocolate is set.
Notes
These truffles are best served chilled. Store them in an airtight container in the refrigerator.