Bleeding Brain Cake Balls and Halloween Tag Printable

A few years ago, I discovered the most AAHH-mazing site for Halloween treats ever.  I think when I found Beth's blog Hungry Happenings, I spent a good 3 hours reading every post and inviting myself to all of her holiday parties.  Thanks to my husband's strong "No Stalking" policy, I haven't actually shown up at Beth's house yet, but everytime I read a new post, I feel like I'm there.

So when she posted her great cake ball brains recipe, I knew I had to try it.  I think I went and ordered the brain ice mold from Amazon that very day, but of course, Amazon doesn't have same day delivery, and back then I wasn't smart enough to have Amazon prime, so I had to sit and wait.

I ended up waiting a year.

As Halloween rolled around and I started planning my Witch's Cupboard dessert table, I knew the Bleeding brain cake balls were going to show up at the party.

You can find Beth's cake ball brains recipe here, but here are a few tips and tricks I figured out while making them.

When I was trying to coat my brain ice cube mold, I kept having the white chocolate run down the sides and into the center of the brain.  I ended up with a thin coating of chocolate on the sides and a thick coating in the center.  I decided to wait a while and let my white chocolate thicken a little.  It was much easier to coat the mold then.  The chocolate stayed in place better.

I used Smuckers Strawberry topping for my brain blood.  I thought the strawberry flavor would go perfect with the chocolate cake flavor.  Plus, the small pieces of strawberry in the sauce made it look like clotted blood a little.  It just added another layer of "creepiness."

I packaged my bleeding brains into individual sized 4x6 inch bags with orange and black bows on top.  I'm hoping this will help each brain to stay a little fresher.  By doing this and adding some cute Halloween tags, this would be a fun trunk or treat sweet to give all the trick or treaters in your neighborhood.

In fact, I like that idea so much, I had to create up a few Halloween tag printables that you can use to decorate your brain balls with.

Good luck with your cake balls!

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