If you like:
cake batter
chocolate
no-bake recipes
5-ingredient recipes
…Then this one’s for you.
And if you don’t like those things, you’re reading the wrong blog.
No Bake Vanilla Cake Batter Chocolate Truffles
1 c vanilla cake mix
1/4 c sweetened condensed milk
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
1 tbsp agave (optional and you can just use all sweetened condensed milk if you don’t have agave on hand)
1.5 to 2 c chocolate chips
Yields: 20 to 30 truffles depending on size preference. Store in refrigerator or freezer.
Directions: In a mixing bowl combine all ingredients, except chocolate chips, and stir to combine.
This mixture should be quite solid and not runny, but not so dry that you can’t mold it into balls. If you find that your mixture is a little too runny, add a touch more cake mix. If it’s a little too dry, add more sweetened condensed milk/agave. I ended up using about 1.25 c of cake mix to get the perfect consistency.
After you’ve made the dough, refrigerate or freeze for 15 minutes and then remove and roll into balls.
After the balls have been made, refrigerate or freeze for 15 minutes minutes or until well-chilled, ensuring the melted chocolate will adhere and set up properly.
Melt the chocolate chips, and dip the chilled cake batter balls into melted chocolate. Using parchment paper is a tip I’d recommend when working with melted chocolate. Place truffles in freezer or fridge to set up.
Edited to add:
Use GF cake mix to make this recipe Gluten Free.
For those avoiding traditional sweetened condensed milk, use homemade nut/seed milk such as cashew or hemp that you make very thick and sweeten with agave. Full fat coconut milk, sweetened with agave, may also work There are also recipes for vegan sweetened condensed milk floating around. Make sure that the “milk” you use is thick enough so the cake batter sticks/holds together and is sweet enough to replicate traditional sweetened condensed milk.
The Process:
Stir all ingredients together except for chocolate chips. This is what my dough looked like, and then I put it in the freezer for 15 minutes.
Remove Dough from freezer & Roll into balls
I recommend rolling these balls much smaller than you think they should be because once you dip them in chocolate, they almost double in size. The end result should be a truffle and bite-sized. You don’t necessarily want to be biting into a golf ball sized truffle. So start with small balls.
Dip balls into melted chocolate and allow to set up in freezer.
Try not to eat them all at once.
They satisfy the craving for cake batter and chocolate, all in one.
Nothing is “too rich” for me.
These are not too rich but they are definitely rich. Sugar and fat has that effect, and boy, it’s wonderful.
Impress your friends with these. No wait, just impress yourself by making them. You’ll be happy you did.
The truffles are a similar concept to Chocolate Covered Oreo Balls, and you won’t be sorry to make those, either.
From my last post about Gray, it was fun to hear who likes gray, and who doesn’t. And also who likes Coffee-Mate. I knew I wasn’t alone.
Questions:
1. Best thing you’ve eaten or done so far this weekend?
I still stand by my answer yesterday in #1 about how my fall gave me lots of perspective and reaffirmed certain things for me. So in that sense there was a silver lining. I am trying to find some benefit to falling.
2. Do you like truffles? Do you like cake batter?
I recently reviewed some truffles I was sent in the mail. I’ll be bold and say these homemade truffles will stack up to any fancy storeboughts. And they are far cheaper to make.
As a kid, I used to live to lick cake batter off the beaters when my mom was making cake. I also can just eat raw cookie dough and be perfectly happy, too. Cake batter, cookie dough, it’s all good.
3. Next dessert you want to see me make?
Suggestions please!
P.S. If you’re just catching up on posts, here are mine since Friday:
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Oooh, make more of those truffles!
These look great—I love cake batter. When I was a kid, I found an open box of cake mix in my sister’s desk drawer with a spoon stuck in it. I totally started eating it after that too—I thought she was a genius. I prefer it in the batter form vs. powder though, so your recipe looks totally my style!
HAhahah, I love the “…you’re reading the wrong blog.” No worries, I’m in the right place.
Another awesome homemade recipe Averie. When I saw the first picture I was wondering how you got the batter IN the truffles LOL. My family didn’t keep much candy/chocolate around the house and instead my mom did more baking than anything, so I actually don’t know that I’ve ever tried truffles! These look so good though, and so simple!
Are there any vegan/non-dairy options for sweetened condensed milk?? I am allergic to dairy. I made these the bake way, and it was SO TIME CONSUMING! This recipe is awesome!
you could probably make a thick hemp-based or cashew-milk and sweeten it with agave. You need the milk to be thick AND sweet in order to get it to hold the cake batter together.
oh great! I just got my Vitamix yesterday, so I am sure I can whip something up!! Thanks Averie!
Those look…SO good
. Loved your intro as well, haha…
These look absolutely amazing. If I had these in my house and my freezer, they would be my breakfast on a Sunday morning. How do you think of these things?
my brain works in mysterious ways
Those look incredible! I love cake batter anything – my favorite is ice cream!
Those look to die for! So simple to make too
Just curious, why didn’t you use a GF cake mix?
didn’t have one on hand
Oh wow… these look so decadent! I could eat my weight in cake batter, it is SO.GOOD. I’ll be making these soon
Averie! These look delicious!! I think they’d make an awesome gift of a finger dessert at a party. I’m still standing by my answers from yesterday as well
yum. i may just be eating that cake batter alone!
Averie, not only does that recipe look amazing but your photography is awesome! I really need to learn what my camera can do outside of “auto”!
yes and props, food styling, editing, lighting…are all pieces too once you get off auto
see this post too, the bottom of it
http://www.loveveggiesandyoga.com/2011/03/food-styling-props-books-photo-quality.html
Thanks!
I just made these……..3 words…..D…..lish…….US
WOW, they are reallllllllly good!
you already made them? AWESOME!
I LOVE truffles! My address is 5593 Pine**** LOL!
I made a homemade pizza last night YUM!
Hmmmm….haven’t you made everything?
Ok I love cake batter and raw cookie dough and all that stuff. And I bet these taste so good because of the sweetened condensed milk! That stuff is pure sugar in a can
The one time I made cake balls I made them waaaay too big, so good tip on making them smaller since they do double in size. Plus, then you can eat more of them!
Best thing I ate — we went out for drinks last night and had an amazing Lobster Pizza appetizer — it was delicious!
Lobster Pizza appetizer sounds awesome. I used to LOVE lobster. Allergic now but I wish I wasnt!
hey averie!
i’m sending positive thoughts your way for a healthy recovery. (sports) injuries just plan suck!
best thing about this weekend (it’s a tie!)
- spring is FINALLY here: it’s been blue skies, sunny and +10C yesterday and also today.
- we are DOG SITTING an adorable scottie-westie mix name Henry and he is such a joy to have around
the beautiful weather means that we’re outside a heck of a lot and Henry’s getting lots and lots of walking!
i’m not much of a sweets person, but do enjoy them. truffles are super decadent for me!
i would love to see some vegan, gf cupcakes from you. cupcakes are generally the opposite of easy, quick and no-bake, so I won’t be upset if you pass on making them. *wink*
have a great sunday!
xo
Yum, the recipe looks great and so simple. Again, wonderful pics too!
1. Probably saw a movie with hubby, Source Code – totally worth seeing in theaters.
2. Yes, but lately I’m only been sticking to raw vegan desserts because they’re simple to make with whole ingredients and minimal time. But this one looks great and makes me want to try a new raw ball recipe.
3. Something with raw caramel, yum!
what a great idea!! I think that coconut milk would work for the condensed milk too!??!
Your photos are wonderful! I love the splash of color.
I cover to chocolate-cover things, and I’ve recently wanted to try a recipe using graham crackers. Any ideas???
These LOOK pretty too! I will be trying these with gf cake mix, yummmyyy! The best thing I ate was shrimp tacos, the only kind of seafood I like and they sure were good. Have a fab Sunday!
I love cake batter anything.
I’d love to see more mango recipes!
Oh my gosh, look at that. Looks sooo delicious!! I want to eat my screen
I planned on making a chocolate cake today, looks like I’ll have to reserve some of it for these amazing truffles! =)
Oh. My. Yum!!!! These look delicious. Although I’m not a huge fan of truffles – only because they disappear too quickly!!
I have been drooling over all of your caramel recipes lately. I actually made your raw vegan caramels yesterday and I keep having to check to make sure my husband hasn’t eaten them all!
What a fun dessert! I love cake batter, chocolate & truffles. Imagine that
They look SO yummy. Will def make them for my next dinner party. For me, a dessert recipe needs to be easy and this one sounds like something I could do!
It’s been dreary and grey here too :l I was SO EXCITED about our 80 degree weather…. Boo.
Ps I’m sipping on my new favorite coffee bc of your reccomendation. TJ’s Bay Blend is SO YUMMY. I love the subtle sweetness that it has… I don’t even need to add sweetener. I also tried Sumatra, but my heart stays with the Bay Blend.
So sorry to hear of your fall! Hope you heal quick, I bet you will. (I love that you blog 2x per day btw, you are my go-to blog when I’m chillin. I read it every morning and evening)!
Best I’ve eaten this weekend is TJ’s sun dried tomato pesto, and played Monopoly w/ my kids and mom.
I love all things sweet, but have an ongoing sinus mystery (chronic debilitating sinusitis, eeek) and seems that avoiding sugar completely (even fruit) is the only thing that stops it. UGH. Anyone know of a foodie blog that includes tons of no sugar items & creative ways to use stuff like stevia?
Pam- Averies recipes are amazing but sugar free they are not. You can check out the Pure2raw twins or Diet Dessert and Dogs for lots of sugar free recipes as they are both doing candida cleanses of no sugar, just do a quick google search for the blog titles and they should come up.
I also have a section of stevia based recipes here
http://www.loveveggiesandyoga.com/2010/09/give-away-wins-stevia-recipes-surprises.html
many of the raw blogs or raw/GF blogs are worth a try b/c of stevia based desserts.
Thanks guys, I will check out all your suggestions!
These look awesome, Averie. For those who are curious . . .
Here’s a recipe for vegan sweetened, condensed milk. It looks easy and fast:
http://www.food.com/recipe/vegan-sweetened-condensed-milk-414066
I’m sure you could sub any non-dairy milk for the soy. I’m partial to coconut milk or almond milk myself.
good info
you are so amazing!! Those balls look soooo good and I’m definitely making them ASAP. Your oreo balls went over so well with my friends that they are still talking about them after I made them in January… And I’ve made them twice since then, too!
I can’t wait to make these for my friends as well.
As for a recipe I’d like to see you make… how about a vegan tiramisu!? I looooove tiramisu
I make a “cheaters” version that involves twinkies, coffee ice cream, and kahlua…but I want something a little “healthier” haha
tiramisu…yum! Glad your friends liked the oreo balls! Twice
Gah, I wish I was in the States! My sister’s birthday is coming up and she’d LOVE these.
Best think I ate all weekend was a slice of Peanut Butter Cup Cake from my favorite vegan restaurant in London, Inspiral Lounge. NOM. Second best thing was some Indian curried salmon I made
Oooh, potential new Averie projects. Can I be super selfish for a minute? I have a lot of coconut flakes on hand that I want to get rid of. Normally I’d just make your snowballs…but I’m out of cocoa powder and don’t fancy buying any more. And non-choccie ideas that feature coconut?
make coconut butter with them!
Would it work with a pretty average blender?
OMG!
These look amazing!
I wish I liked truffles…
Hahaha
Love the new dishes & linens!
How can you go wrong with these? LOVE the recipe. LOVE.
Haha…nothing is too rich for me either
These look great!!
These look amazing! I immediately thought to ask if full fat coconut milk could replace the condensed milk, but it seems like it can
I really want to make them!
just make sure it’s THICK enough and sweet enough so the cake batter 1. holds/sticks together and 2. is sweet enough.
This looks amazing – I can’t wait to try this one! I loved your Oreo truffle recipe too!
Averie these look so good, I wish I could make them! I was on vacation for the past week and totally missed reading your blogs every day! Im excited to catch up
Best thing I did this weekend: Pack up some free supplies for the paintball field. Woo-hoo!
Amazingly, I’m not a big fan of truffles or cake batter.
Glad you are feeling better.
omg, yum, I wonder how these would be with brownie mix?
oh i bet wonderful!
Those look ridiculously good. Like, scary, good. I am gluten/dairy sensitive, so sadly I will not be able to enjoy them…though I could probably figure out a modification…
I love your blog – I was subscribed to it when I had my blog on blogger, but then I moved over to wordpress and lost touch for awhile!
you could use GF cake mix
and use homemade nut milk that you make very thick, i.e. cashew or hemp seed, OR use coconut milk perhaps, as long as you sweeten it all w/ agave
Ouch! I missed your post on your fall. I can’t believe that woman with the alcohol.. I think I would have been totally phased too.
Best thing I did this weekend: I pushed myself to get to the gym for my Saturday SBR (swim, bike, run) even though I had a billion things to catch up on – client files, emails, blog pictures, recipes, and posts… I dropped it all and gave myself 3 hours at the gym. I’m so happy I did it.
I read this post in bed this morning and my eyes widened… brilliant! I love cake batter!
Hmmm… next dessert you should do… something with vegan ice cream… and cookies? oh oh crushed up cookies with ice cream “icing”!
oh gawd, those sound so good! Even though I don’t have any taste buds at the moment, I’d still eat a dozen of those.
oh man! Those truffles look sooo amazing!!!
I love your food porn! They looks so vibrant I can almost taste them
thanks b/c i know you are a photography buff and i am trying to make my pics better
those look DELICIOUS!!!
I love truffles, but I’m definitely more of a cookie dough fan than a cake batter fan. I think your next dessert should be something with carrots to ring in Spring! Maybe some form of carrot cake bites? Hmmm…
http://www.loveveggiesandyoga.com/2011/02/no-bake-oatmeal-raisin-carrot-cake-bites.html
handled.
-salutes- I will inform you of the outcome.
ok lmk
That looks like a little ball of heaven! Too bad I’m allergic to dairy, I wouldn’t know what to replace the condensed milk with. But I can sure drool over your pictures, lol.
read the recipe, bottom portion, i discussed options for dairy replacement.
Those truffles look to die! YUM! Can’t wait to try those
May do Funfetti cake mix and white choc chips! (Not the cleanest combo but maybe after my June wedding I’ll indulge a little bit more!)
PS – I’m totally on your same page … nothing is too rich for me! The richer, the better
Avery, you are brilliant as you are beautiful! I haven’t commented in a long time, mainly due to being so busy with clients and school, but this recipe is ‘calendar’ worthy! I thought about you the other day as I was having a “low” moment after talking to my mom (never a great idea), and I remembered your attitude, and the kind words you sent to me. It definitely helped me get through the rest of the day with a brighter outlook! Thank you! I hope that everything is going well with you, and your daughter is GORGEOUS and so happy and healthy looking! A true testament to you as a mother and as an exceptional lady!
Barbara
These look amazing as ever! Averie, your pics are kicking a@*!!!!!!!!!!!! Your photography skills of these, make me want to lick the screen!! lol! U are rocking it!!!
What extra lens did you get again, I forget! My birthday is coming up, I might ask for one!
Love you!!!
Thanks for your comment on my pic, you are the sweetest! We are both hotties : )
OH YUM averie! those look perfect for a party or just eating by yourself any day of the week! i LOVE cake batter flavored treats….best thing I ate this weekend would have to be my moms roasted turkey on friday night! yum it was so juicy and tender!
How DO you come up with this stuff?! Wow. I can’t wait to make these. And such a simple recipe too.
Yes, I love cake batter and didn’t know it until I had cake batter ice cream at Stonecold Creamery one day. I think they might even be good with a tiny pinch of fleur de sel. (or just some kosher salt? )
i, too, would love to know how this idea popped into your head, averie! awesome!
can you believe i have never eaten cake batter raw??! true! think my mom brainwashed me against it when i was little!….
i’m going GF for the month of april – dabbled before now – so i’ll be looking to your recipes for inspiration! GF = feel great!
These look so fancy!
Just read your fall post — so sorry to hear about it! I trip over sidewalk bumps/tree roots while running all the time, although I sort of always manage to roll, so it is never quite as bad as what your bruises/cuts look like. Man oh man, runners seem coordinated, but we never are!
-These cake batter balls are genius, beautiful, and I want one right now!
I even named my hamster truffles lol
-Best thing I ate this week was store-made vegan “chick’n” nuggets with ketchup. Best thing I did was hangout with my boyfriend and find out some good news that I’m going to post next time.
-I love truffles and cake batter!!! Both are sooo yummy
-Dessert ideas include ‘healthy and vegan vanilla cake with frosting’ or ‘vegan and raw butterfingers’- just a few of the ideas that came to my mind when I saw ‘Dessert Ideas.’
Have a good night!
–Michelle
Averie, with each post your photography keeps getting better. I am so proud of you girl! Love all those props & color too
The cakes balls, to die for! xo
OMG Averie!!!! How do you come up with these things!!!!???? Those truffles look SO insanely good – I can’t believe it!
OMFG. That is all.
I made cake pops around Christmas and let me tell you – I feel your pain (according to your most recent post)… It took HOURS! So, I definitely can appreciate these
Wonderful!
oh my GOODNESS I am making this!
THANKS.
thankyouthankyouthankyou.
thanks for popping back in and glad the new site/commenting is way easier for you!
I’m making these right now – unbelievable. You’re a genius.
I made them using confetti cake mix (it’s what I had) and low-fat coconut milk with some agave…they taste amaze! Light coconut milk works! Woohoo!
good to know re light coconut milk
Glad you’re enjoying!
I’m catching up on my blog reading, but I couldn’t pass this post by. Oh my, these look seriously amazing! And 5 ingredients?! It doesn’t get any better than that. Beautiful pics, too.
Oh my! And the possibilities are endless w/ flavors!!! MMM! Great idea!
um, yum! I think I would add some sprinkles.
You’re killing me with these truffles, Averie!!!!
Found this one on foodgawker under popular !
These look SO TASTY.
The vanilla no bake truffles were the messiest waste of time. I will not be making these again – I don’t care how good they taste. To be such a simple recipe, they took forever because of the mess. Had trouble dipping them. Ended up using my fingers in the hot melted chocolate. I hate messy recipes!
Yes making truffles is messy. Melted chocolate is messy to work with. Nature of the beast when making truffles, cake pops, or any kind of dipped-ball; no way to avoid it in any recipe that calls for it.
The cake turned out great! The chocolate chips not so much… Somehow they got to hot to fast. I have NEVER been able to use chocolate chips as dipping sauce.
Probably, yes, you should have used semi sweet…but chocolate chips contain stabilizers where PREVENT them from melting easily, some brands more so than others. Which is why when you bake a choc chip cookie with them, you aren’t left with a puddle of chocolate. You could use baking chocolate, made for melting, or play around with how to melt choc chips in the micro or stove. Can be done…just experiment.
I did use milk chocolate chips. Should I have used semi sweet?
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I’m going to make these for Valentine’s Day using strawberry cake mix and white chocolate. I’m also going to make strawberry cake mix cookies with chocolate chips – I’m hoping that they will taste something like chocolate covered strawberries – my favorite! I love your recipes!
Jenny that’s a great idea and LMK how they turn out for you!
I have fallen in love with your blog. Thanks for this recipe (And the many others!) My hubby’s birthday is coming up and I am going to try to make these to go along with some cupcakes – no such thing as too much dessert!!!
Thanks for the compliments and for reading!
Hi Leslie! I just bought the stuff for these at the store, and plan on making them tomorrow as a surprise for my mum after work!
They look delish and i cannot wait to try.
Thanks for posting this!
NOTHING is too rich for me either hehe
Enjoy and LMK how they turn out if you make them!
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