Dessert for 24
Cake Ball Bites
$1.07for 4110 minServes 24
Cake mix and pudding bake into a tender cake, which is crumbled, shaped, chilled, and coated with candy melts.

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What it costs
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| Ingredient | Amount | Cost | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cake, 19 oz$0.18/oz typical | 19 oz | $3.36Typical price | |
| Eggs, 3$0.30 each typical | 3 | $0.90Typical price | |
| Sour cream, 6.5 oz$0.14/oz typical | 6.5 oz | $0.89Typical price | |
| Total for the servings shown | $6.44 | ||
Swaps
- Swap sour cream for yogurtabout $0.02/oz less at typical prices
Pantry staples you likely have
Olive and cooking oilCornstarch, vanilla, yeast, cocoa
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- 110 minstart to table
- Involveddifficulty
- 24servings as written
- $typical cost tier
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$0.27 per serving$1.07 for 4
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Ingredients
- 1 box (15 1/4 oz) cake mix
- 1 box (3 2/5 oz) instant pudding mix
- 3 large eggs
- 3/4 cup vegetable oil
- 3/4 cup sour cream or greek yogurt
- 1/2 cup water
- 1 tsp pure vanilla extract
- to taste sprinkles or jimmies (optional)
Steps
- Heat the oven to 350 F and grease a 9-by-13-inch baking pan with cooking oil.
- Beat the cake mix, pudding mix, eggs, vegetable oil, sour cream, water, and vanilla until smooth.
- Spread the batter in the pan and bake for 30 minutes, until the center reaches 165 F.
- Cool the cake completely for 30 minutes, then crumble it into a bowl and roll it into 24 balls.
- Chill the cake balls for 15 minutes while melting the candy melts in a heatproof bowl over gently simmering water.
- Dip each cake ball in the melted candy and add sprinkles if using.
- Chill the coated cake balls for 15 minutes, until the coating is firm.
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