Description
Chocolate Cherry Bombs are chocolate cake balls wrapped around maraschino cherries and dipped in dark chocolate.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 (15.25 ounce) dark chocolate cake mix
- 1 (3.56 ounce) chocolate pudding mix (instant pudding)
- 1 cup sour cream
- 1 cup milk
- ¼ cup vegetable oil
- 3 large eggs
- ⅓ cup frosting (vanilla or chocolate)
- 48 maraschino cherries with stems
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Line a 9×13 inch baking pan with non-stick foil or spray with baking spray.
- Combine cake mix, pudding mix, sour cream, milk, oil, and eggs in a large bowl.
- Beat on low speed for 30 seconds, then increase to medium and beat for 2 minutes.
- Pour batter into pan and bake for 28-34 minutes until a toothpick comes out clean.
- Let cake cool completely.
- Crumble cake into a large bowl and mix with frosting until smooth.
- Scoop 48 tablespoon-sized portions of cake dough.
- Press a cherry into each ball and roll to enclose it, leaving the stem exposed.
- Let cake balls sit at room temperature for 1 hour.
- Dip each ball in dark chocolate, let excess drip off, and place on parchment paper.
- Chill in refrigerator or freezer until chocolate hardens.
- Let sit at room temperature for 30 minutes before serving.
Notes
- Use pure chocolate or candy melts for dipping.
- Store in an airtight container.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 piece
- Calories: 120
- Sugar: 10g
- Sodium: 80mg
- Fat: 6g
- Saturated Fat: 2g
- Unsaturated Fat: 3g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 15g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 2g
- Cholesterol: 20mg