Cake Balls: They Went Wild!!!
Decorating By countrycakes Updated 6 Sep 2006 , 2:54am by FancyLayne23
You could call them Santa balls for Christmas, Cupid balls for Valentine's day, turkey balls for Thanksgiving, birthday balls for a birthday. In other words, insert-name-to-fit-the-occasion balls. Making them for people at work? Workplace balls. For your boss? Boss balls. Or how about calling them nugs, as in nuggets? "Would you like to try a nug?" sounds better than, "Would you like to try a Santa ball?"
glad they loved them at work....i would like to say that i wouldnt really give out the recipe if you can avoid it. if its a secrete recipe, then they will order them from you....if your in the business of making money. if not, then give them the recipe.
Well I made some of these tonight. I had a frozen strawberry cake in the freezer pulled it out and added some Loriann Amaretto Flavor to the chocolate and cake. Man was it good. I let some people taste them and immediately got an order for 30 this weekend. Baileys and Amaretto. Made them tonight and went easy on the booze. WOW ARE THEY GOOD!!!!
I sent some to a client and the feedback I got was "Those cake balls you sent are the BOMB!" and they think I should call them "Cake Bombs" and they ordered 2 dozen more.
I have been trying to figure out what to call them, and this may just work.
I thought about that too and really liked it, basically for the same reason you did...it sounds like they are worth $1.00+ each. But, when I ran it by some friends/clients the response I got was that not everyone liked truffles and since these didn't taste like truffles it was a bit misleading in that is would cause people who liked truffles to be disappointed and keep people who didn't like truffles from even trying them.
What a dilemma?????
A dilemma it is. When I brought them into work, I described them as being "kind of like a cake truffle" and everyone that night referred to them as cake truffles. (I work in an Emergency Room and everyone will pretty much try anything before you even tell them what it is. 
Expecially if it's a dessert. I also made some for a bake sale for my daughters preschool. They were wrapped (in small bags of 3) and I had labeled them "Cake Truffles." Only two bags sold in the morning while I was there (hopefully more sold later). So, I definitely see your point. I'll have to keep my eye out for another name that I like.
ps3338, if people try them they love them. i would offer samples next time. i offered samples at my craft show and people went nuts!!! and bought all that i had. i make mine bite sized, and dip them in wiltons choc. and charged $3.00 per doz. which is pretty cheap to some but i am in the midwest.
i think they are like drugs, let them try one, and they will be a customer for life. haha
melodycakes - I should have put some out as samples. Oh well, I know for next time. 
You're right though, they are addicting. I brought some into work and they couldn't get enough!
I make mine bite size as well (probably more like 2 bites). I use my small cookie scoop for consistant sizing before I roll them. I also use the Wilton chocolate melts. But, I recently made some (chocolate cake)with peppermint extract added to my buttercream and dipped them in white chocolate (added a little shortening). They came out great. So far this is my favorite combination. But, I've got a lot of other flavor combos I want to try.
i just finished eating a couple of my bite sized santa balls, or what ever name i actually come up with. haha anyway, they are SOOOOO GOOOOOD!!!!! good thing i make these, or i would go broke buying them.
this has been a great thead!
melody
they will be fine in your cold freezer trunk for hours!
i and the other question about dipping them in choc. ....i do and they are out of this world!!!!! they crunch on the outside and soft on inside, ....ummmmm good!!! if you make them now, you can freeze them until christmas.....i dont think mine will last that long.
melody
they will be fine in your cold freezer trunk for hours!
i and the other question about dipping them in choc. ....i do and they are out of this world!!!!! they crunch on the outside and soft on inside, ....ummmmm good!!! if you make them now, you can freeze them until christmas.....i dont think mine will last that long.
melody
Should I dip them in regular chocolate, candy melts, or almond bark?
I haven't tried them yet, but when I do I think I will call them "Sweet Petites"
I will make them this weekend and put them on the tray of goodies for some firefighters i know.
Okay. I have another idea (a better one than my previous one, I promise!) What about calling them caboodles? I looked it up in the dictionary, and it means "the whole of something, including everything that is connected with it," which is kind of what a cake ball is: cake, icing, flavoring, chocolate covered, the whole enchilada.
ohhhhhhh i really really like cake doodles!!!!! i think i have found the name i wa looking for!!!!
good job!!!
melody
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