I made cake balls today. I didn't use any liquid or icing when I made them, because the cake was so moist that it formed perfect balls. (I used both yellow and chocolate, so they are marbled cakeballs.) I froze them like normal, and when I dipped them, I put a toothpick in each one and dipped it in white chocolate, and then put the toothpick in a block of styrofoam. I've never left the toothpick in before. I guess because I did, the cake has to find a way out, and it looks like worms!! It's so funny! I've scraped some away, and it comes back!! It's like it's alive. It's so funny.

I left the toothpicks in because I'm eventually going to pipe lines on these to make them look like baseballs for my step-granddad's 92nd birthday cake. I'm going to wait until I get to his house, though, because I don't want the buttercream to fall off in the car.

LOL interesting

Weird

I've had this happen before too!! Now I make sure to fill all the holes from the toothpicks

OMG. I read the post title, saw the pic and was like how sad and where did you buy your chocolate from. Then i read what you wrote. So glad to read that it was not real worms. Teachs me not to read first HUH!!! LOL

Don't feel bad Blondeez, I did the same thing.

That's strange how they turned out.

Oh gosh - I totally thought you meant real worms. I was thinking, I might get sick looking at this picture. Ha!

My hair rose up when you said worms. WOW.

that's too funny-now if it was for a little boy he might like that gross-factor!! (some of them so have a definate worm quality!!)

Yah, I've had that happen too. Don't know why.

when i do my apples covered in caramel and then cover them in chocolate this happens to me also the caramel kinda worms out if i cover the apples completly in the caramel first... it must be the same thing.... Its just gonna keep coming out no matter how many times you clean it off.

Could it be because the frozen cakeballs are being dipped into warm chocolate? As things warm they usually expand, so the only place the expanding cake had to go was out of the toothpick holes. I'm not sure I'm right, but it kind of makes sense to me.

I imagine there are a lot of people who don't want to open this post because they are afraid they might get sick!

Yep, that happens when you freeze your balls first. The mixture expands as it warms up and oozes out wherever it can get out!!

That's weird,I make them all the time & had never happen to me yet.My kids love them.I'm sorry that happened to yours.

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Originally Posted by scgriffiths

Yep, that happens when you freeze your balls first. The mixture expands as it warms up and oozes out wherever it can get out!!

I am going to regret this as soon as I hit enter but it is begging to be said.

Is that what happened to my husband brain and all the other guys' brains I have ever met?!?!?


Well, I guess my wording called for it, eh!!!

Thanks for all the replies. I purposely did the title like that to get people to read it. haha. I wanted something catchy. Hope I didn't gross anyone out! I thought it was pretty funny.

I've done cakeballs before, but I've never left the toothpicks in, so I guess that's why it "wormed" out. I needed the toothpicks to stick them into the cake. Hopefully next time, I won't need to keep the toothpicks in. we'll see!!

If there is any whole...cake balls can weep out the hole. I'm not sure if it's oil or what...but they weep. I use the niftly swirled dipper fork, so mine sometimes will weep out the bottom. Just I just wipe it away with paper towel and it usually doens't come out again.

Jen

OMG I actually thought they were worms! I was about to freak out. I made some last night and I was going to check on them! LOL That does look nasty!

I was like eeewwwwwww, why take pictures?????

lmao