Strawberry Cheesecake Balls

Strawberry Cake balls decorated for valentine's day on a white plate.

Strawberry Cheesecake Balls have a 2-ingredient filling with a white chocolate shell that's drizzled with melted pink chocolate and finished with sprinkles! The perfect treat for your Valentine!

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Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Prep Time: 1

Cook Time: 5

Chill Time: 2

Total Time: 3 5

Servings: balls

Calories: 209kcal

EQUIPMENT

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Medium mixing bowl
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Hand mixer
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Baking tray

INGREDIENTS

1 (15.25 oz) box strawberry cake mix I used Betty Crocker
8 ounces cream cheese softened to room temperature
⅓ cup white chocolate chips roughly chopped
20 ounces Ghirardelli white chocolate melting wafers
½ cup Wilton pink candy melts
½ cup Wilton bright pink candy melts
Sprinkles optional

INSTRUCTIONS

Preheat the oven to 350°F and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
Spread the cake mix onto the prepared baking sheet and bake for 5 minutes. Then remove from the oven and allow to cool completely on a wire rack.
1 (15.25 oz) box strawberry cake mix
While the cake mix cools, place the softened cream cheese in a medium bowl and beat with a hand mixer on medium-high speed until smooth and creamy.
8 ounces cream cheese
Fold the cooled cake mix into the cream cheese a few times with a rubber spatula. Then finish mixing with a hand mixer on medium-high speed until fully combined and you get a dough consistency.
Fold in the white chocolate chips until evenly combined.
⅓ cup white chocolate chips
Cover the cake mix dough with plastic wrap and allow it to chill in the refrigerator for 2 hours.
Once chilled, line two baking sheets with parchment paper and use a medium cookie scoop to scoop the dough and drop it onto the baking sheets. Roll each of them into smooth and even balls with your hands. Set aside and allow them to expand for about 15 minutes, otherwise you are more likely to experience cracking of the coating.
Add the white chocolate melting wafers to a microwave safe bowl and heat at 30 second intervals, stirring between each, until fully melted.
20 ounces Ghirardelli white chocolate melting wafers
Coat the balls one at a time using a fork to fully cover in the melted chocolate. Lift it out and tap the fork gently on the edge of the bowl to remove any excess chocolate from the dough ball, then place the coated balls onto the lined baking sheet.
Repeat for the rest of the dough balls and space each one 2 inches apart. If topping with sprinkles, add them before the chocolate sets.
Sprinkles
If drizzling with color melting wafers, place the two pink candy melts separately in small microwave safe piping bags and microwave on a low setting until fully melted.
½ cup Wilton pink candy melts, ½ cup Wilton bright pink candy melts
Cut a small piece of the tip of the piping bags and then drizzle onto the remaining already coated cake balls.
Allow to set completely before serving.

NOTES

How To Store Strawberry Cake Balls: Store these strawberry truffles in an airtight container in the refrigerator. Enjoy them for up to 5 days!
Where Do I Find Cream Cheese Baking Chips? Cream cheese baking chips can be found in the baking aisle of the grocery store. Look by the other chocolate chips!
How Can I Drizzle The Melted Candy Melts If I Don't Have A Piping Bag? No worries if you don't have a piping bag! You can simply melt the candy melts in microwave-safe bowls. Afterward, carefully transfer the melted chocolate into a Ziploc bag. Then use scissors to cut a tiny bit of the corner off of one side of the bag. If you don't have any Ziploc bags, you can also drizzle the melted chocolate using a spoon.

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