What a mess!

So, I made cake balls for my brother's surprise birthday party this past weekend.  I decided to use white cake mix and vanilla frosting; I got both milk chocolate and white chocolate candy coating to add some variety.  Since this is the first time I've made cake balls, I did a lot of reading online and talking to friends to get all the cool tips and tricks.  I was slightly nervous, and worried it was going to take FOREVER, but it really didn't take as long as I thought and wasn't even as tough as I thought.  It was plenty messy though...

I started out by making this beautiful white cake.  Looks pretty tasty, if you ask me!

The recipe said I had to crumble the cake.  I questioned the method of choice:  my hands.  I was supposed to take my clean hands and wreck a beautiful cake?!  No way!!!  But, I did, and here's the after picture...

I moved it to a bowl so I could add the frosting.

This was the super disgusting part:  mushing the cake and frosting together.  With my bare hands.  So nasty!!!

Then, I used a small cookie scoop to make balls, then rounded out the edges by rolling the balls in my hands. 

I had an idea after making the first half of the cake balls:  what if I add peanut butter to the cake mix??

That was a super yummy decision!  So glad Dave's love of peanut butter inspired adding the peanut butter  :o)

Here's what they looked like after coating them with the chocolate.

They seemed to be enjoyed by all!  I will definitely make these again!  But, maybe next time, I can find a friend to do the messy parts  ;o)