I want to make mini snowball cakes for my christmas dessert table.  Does anyone have any suggestions on how to cover the cake balls with marshmallow like the hostess snowball cakes.  I've found plenty of marshmallow  frosting recipes but the frosting won't firm up like the marshmallow covering the hostess ones.  Also how early do you think I can make them.  I have looooots of cooking and baking to do for this dinner (serving 30).  Need to do as much as possible ahead of time.

AI googled this not sure if it will help.....I don't think that your gonna find frosting to harden like you want but I could be wrong. There are tons of recipes if you Google mini snowball caked.

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ASorry wrong link see if this one works http://www.blogher.com/tool-turn-your-kindle-cookbook?from=nethed

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AWow I can't get the link to work let's see if this works Www.sprinklebikes.com

AWow I need to spell it right Www.sprinklebakes.com

AOk that doesn't even show them I guess all I can tell you to do is do what I did. I googled mini hostess pink cakes and got s bunch of sites to choose from. Sorry couldn't be more help

AOk I found them on that website. Www.sparklebakes.com. once you are there go to the recipe index they are under pink snowball cakeleets

ANot having any luck giving you this website www.spinklebakes.com

AWww.spinklebakes.com

AOk go under my post where it says that I need to spell it right that should get you there than go to recipe index they are under pink snowball cakeleets

AWow that took me ten post whew anyway if that's not what you want just do s Google search typing in mini pink hostess caked

ALet's see if this link works http://api.viglink.com/api/click?format=go&key=87737d6ac47130e1e6c4e5bfbe144586&loc=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fromaway.com%2Fcooking%2Fhomemade-hostess-snoballs&v=1&libid=1354686136199&out=http%3A%2F%2Foascentral.blogher.org%2FRealMedia%2Fads%2Fclick_lx.ads%2Fblogher.org.food.fromaway9250%2Fcooking%2Fhomemade-hostess-snoballs%2FL29%2F590634674%2FTop%2FBlogHer%2FOID4474_OpenRoad_Media_RB_MultiSize%2Fblogher_728x90.gif.gif%2F517234793346436e50684541444d496f%3Fx&ref=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2Fsearch%3Fq%3Drecipe%2Bfor%2Bpink%2Bsnowballs%26hl%3Den%26tbo%3Dd%26ei%3Dudu-UIiWFsqLywG8rIC4CA%26start%3D10%26sa%3DN%26biw%3D300%26bih%3D472&title=Homemade%20Hostess%20Sno%20Balls&txt=&jsonp=vglnk_jsonp_13546861620774

AWww.fromaway.com. being the link doesn't work. Type under sesch bar pink snowballs

AWww.youyamyam.com hopefully thats right

AOk try again www.youyumyum.com

AGo to the search bar and type in snowballs. Than click on hostess snowballs

ANow if I ass doing them I would make round cakeballs than use the recipe from the last website that I gave you for your marshmallow coating. Use a fork or cakepop stick to dip it into the coating than roll into your colored coconut than either leave on cakepop stick for cakepop or remove the stick and sever on a plate

AWoe I went to the second page all by myself lol I was determined to find a recipe plus I can't fall asleep so I just kept searching

Thanks Kazita, I spent hours searching google and coming up with loads of recipes but none of the marshmallow icings appear to set up like the hostess cakes thats why I requested help from my friends at cake central.  I'm thinking about trying a homemade marshmallow recipe.  I want the coating to come out like the candy peeps.

AThat last website I gave you uses marshmallow to cover the cakes