Here is Bakerella's directons to make them for yourself:
Bakerella's Red Velvet Cake Balls
The recipe will make about 5-6 boxes of about 10 a piece.
If you prefer, you can make your own cream cheese icing using real butter and cream cheese (little better for you - at least you know what's in it). Here is a good recipe:
Cream Cheese Frosting
Ingredients:
1 (8 oz) package cream cheese, softened
1/2 cup (1 stick) butter, softened
2 cups confectioner sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 teaspoons milk
Cream together cream cheese and butter until blended. Add vanilla, milk, and confectioner sugar and mix well. If too thick, can add more milk one teaspoon at a time until desired consistency.
If you wanted to jazz them up a little more, you could use melted candy wafers to draw decorations on the outside, like hearts or initials and make them for any occasion (wedding favors, Valentine gifts, etc etc). I also used Wilton candy bags to store them and just drop them into little takeout boxes you can find at your local craft store.
Cream Cheese Frosting
Ingredients:
1 (8 oz) package cream cheese, softened
1/2 cup (1 stick) butter, softened
2 cups confectioner sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 teaspoons milk
Cream together cream cheese and butter until blended. Add vanilla, milk, and confectioner sugar and mix well. If too thick, can add more milk one teaspoon at a time until desired consistency.
If you wanted to jazz them up a little more, you could use melted candy wafers to draw decorations on the outside, like hearts or initials and make them for any occasion (wedding favors, Valentine gifts, etc etc). I also used Wilton candy bags to store them and just drop them into little takeout boxes you can find at your local craft store.
Have a bakeriffic week!
i'm going to make these very, very soon! :) what did you use for the covering and for the chocolate on top. i know she recommends choc or white choc bark - so just curious. this will be my first time attempting something like this, so i wondered what you used (esp since i like how the white looks but i'm not a white choc fan...) :) thanks for sharing!!
ReplyDeleteI actually used the white almond bark, which is just vanilla flavored. Then I used chocolate melted candy wafers to decorate (every other color than brown is vanilla flavored, FYI).
ReplyDeleteGood luck! And if you find something else that works please let me know. :)
I loved making these, but I admit that they were just a bit too rich for my blood...not that it kept everyone else from going crazy over them. ;)
ReplyDeleteLoved the black and white contrast, too!
here is my blog post about making the bon bons. :) they were pretty yummy, i must admit.
ReplyDeletehttp://daisyryanadkins.blogspot.com/2009/01/red-velvet-bon-bons.html