The Plastic Fork Idea Was Great, Until.......
Decorating By mamakau Updated 23 Sep 2006 , 12:38am by mamakau
So I just finished making chocolate covered cake balls for the very first time. I experimented with different tools to dip the balls in white chocolate, first a toothpick, then a spoon, then a regular metal fork, then finally a plastic fork with the two middle teeth broken off. Well, the plastic fork worked the best, and I was merrily dipping my balls, until......the tip of one of the remaining teeth broke off into the WHITE chocolate 
. The size that broke off is about 1/8". I frantically started searching for the piece in the bowl of melted chocolate, but could not find it 
. So since I was on a time crunch, I kept on dipping, I only had about 10 balls left to dip. I set those on the side, thinking I would be able to find the tiny piece once the chocolate set. I still can't find it! Worse yet, I made these for a function we're having at our university today, and some real prestigious people are expected to attend I'm praying the cake gods are with me today, and no one at the function gets an unexpected surprise.....
not to make you even more nevous, but was the chocolate so hot it melted the fork piece, so now your cake balls are covered in melted chocolate/plastic??? 
I don't mean to scare you,,,just a thought though!
Best of luck!!
Bless your heart! I hope everything turns out ok for you!
LOL! Sounds like something I would do... my son just noticed that on the picture of my Harley Cake (the orange one) there is a HAIR!! I almost died - I swear, I was having a cow! I am so careful about a clean kitchen, washing hands, etc. but I don't wear a hairnet! I guess I better be much more careful now! I know it was not there when I brought it to my cousins so it must have fallen off but, OMG! The horror of it all!!
The little fork piece probably dropped to the bottom of the bowl... just keep looking and don't dump it out because I'm sure you'll find it and you don't want to stress over nothing. Good Luck! 
I think the chocolate would be ruined if you made it so hot that it would melt a plastic fork. After all, they make plastic dipping utensils for chocolate. Maybe you can pour it through a seive?
I'm pretty sure the chocolate wasn't that hot, that's another problem I had, because the chocolate wasn't hot enough, my chocolate coating came out really uneven, so it looks kinda spikey 
Not to mention a bunch of tiny crumbs in the coating on some of the balls Next time I think I'll use chopsticks....if there is a next time 
That sieve idea is great, i'll remember that if this ever happens to me again....I'm so embarrassed. They do taste good though...I made red velvet cake with white chocolate chips inside and used a french vanilla creamer to bind. DH has volunteered to inspect each of the potential culprits, he told me "there's only one way to find out...."
You need to buy those little petit four dipper thingies. They are fairly cheap. Not sure what they are really called, but they are great for dipping cubes and balls in chocolate...and they are metal so no breakage. Hope you find your piece of fork in the bowl.
I would heat the chocolate up again, maybe add a bit of shortening to it to thin it out (which also works if you're having trouble getting a good thin shell on your cake truffles) and then run the choc through a strainer. I'm sure you'll find the piece of fork in there when you do. If not, I guess those last 10 cake truffles might not make it to the party. 
Deanna
mmmm, Poi, I think I'll have some when I get home...
Well, I wanted to give an update, the function just ended, and to my knowledge, no one was surprised by an unfamiliar crunch in their truffle, the guests seemed to enjoy them very much and I got a lot of compliments. **sighs in relief**
On to more cakeventures.....minus the plastic forks
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