Baby Shower Truffles are the best no bake dessert balls that will be a huge hit at your party. This easy, fun, pink and blue finger food makes a pretty presentation for your favorite mom-to-be!
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These homemade Baby Shower Truffles will be the highlight of the dessert table and make an adorable alternative to any classic cake. Moist, sweet, and made with minimal ingredients, these easy bite-sized balls require no baking.
No Bake Cheesecake Truffles
Our easy Cheesecake Truffles recipe takes under 30 minutes to prepare using a simple shortcut step that cuts down on time (because there is no cooking) and makes this cute treat “a piece of cake!”
Made using only a box of cake mix (no eggs, oil, butter or cooking required), cream cheese, vanilla, food coloring, and melted candy for coating, these no-bake truffles taste like a birthday cake in a two bite ball.
The 3 ingredient batter is colored pretty pink or baby blue before it’s chilled, scooped, rolled, and coated in melted candy — easy, elegant, and great for entertaining.
Decorate your small-sized desserts with some pink and blue sprinkles and serve them on a stick (like a cake pop) or simply plate them on a cookie platter, they’ll be the most popular finger food at the baby shower or party and a great way to honor the mom-to-be and her baby.
Why We Love This Recipe for Baby Shower Cheesecake Bites
- Quick and easy to make, especially because it’s no bake.
- Uses only a handful of simple ingredients.
- They taste like a classic sweet birthday cake that you don’t have to cook.
- Hardened exterior shell with a soft, most interior makes them a great finger food that won’t leave a mess on your hands.
- Single-serving snacks are pre-portioned, portable, and fun to pop in your mouth.
- Perfect for baby showers, gender reveal parties, or special celebrations.
Baby Shower Truffles Ingredients
- Box of cake mix
- Cream cheese
- Vanilla extract
- Light pink candy melts
- Light blue candy melts
- Red food coloring gel
- Blue food coloring gel
- Pink and blue sprinkles for garnishing
- Baby shower-inspired sprinkles for garnishing
Substitutions and Additions
- Choose The Cake Mix: Use your favorite yellow or white cake mix for this recipe. Or try making truffles with a French vanilla cake mix or a Funfetti cake mix for a slightly different flavor.
- Different Decorations: Feel free to use an assortment of colorful sprinkles to decorate your desserts. You can also use colored sanding sugar, cookie crumbles, or crushed nuts to customize the outer coating.
Recommended Tools
- Electric hand or stand mixer
- Mixing bowls
- 1 inch cookie scoop
- Cookie sheet
- Parchment paper
- Forks or dipping tools
How to Make Baby Shower Cheesecake Truffles
- Make The Cake Mixture: Mix together the heat-treated cake mix (see instructions below), cream cheese, and vanilla until it forms a dough-like substance.
- Color The Cake: Separate the mixture into two separate bowls. Add red coloring gel to one bowl and blue to the other, mixing until you reach your desired shade of pink and blue.
- Scoop And Chill: Scoop the mixture from each bowl and roll into round balls. Chill in the refrigerator for 1 hour.
- Melt: Microwave the candy melts, one color at a time, and heat on 50% power or on defrost mode for 1 minute. Stir with a fork and microwave in 30 second intervals until the wafers are silky smooth.
- Dip and Decorate: Dip each truffle in the melted candy and immediately top with the same color sprinkles. Chill for an additional 30 minutes before serving.
- Serve: Serve chilled and enjoy!
How To Heat Treat Cake Mix
To heat treat the cake mix in the microwave, heat the cake mix in a microwave safe bowl for (2) 30-second intervals stirring in between. Allow the cake mix to come to room temperature before using.
To heat treat the cake mix in the oven, place cake mix on a large cookie sheet prepared with parchment paper. Evenly spread your cake mix out to cover the entire sheet. Cook cake mix at 350 degrees for 5 minutes and allow it to come to room temperature before use.
Why Do I Have to Heat Treat My Dry Cake Mix?
It is important to heat treat the dry cake mix before adding it to the cream cheese. Flour in uncooked batter can cause sickness and can carry bacteria. So, a quick heat treatment is needed to ensure that those germs are killed off. It’s super easy to do this by placing it in the microwave or oven for 1-2 minutes.
Tips For Making Baby Shower Truffles
- You can use yellow or white cake mix. If you’re using yellow cake mix, you will need to use more food coloring gel to reach your desired shade or pink or blue.
- Do not use food coloring drops for this recipe, gel only.
- These truffles are best served a little chilled.
- Make sure the cream cheese is at room temperature to avoid lumps in the cream cheese mixture.
- I prefer using full-fat cream cheese for this recipe because I think it gives these treats the most flavor and richness. Reduced fat would still work, but they may not be as rich tasting.
- Do not overmix the batter, this will cause them to expand after they are dipped in the chocolate and crack.
How to Store Baby Shower Truffles
- To Store: These truffles can be stored in the refrigerator for up to 5 days.
- To Freeze: You can freeze, and store, the uncoated truffles for up to 2 months. You will need to thaw them overnight in the refrigerator before coating them.
More Easy truffle Recipes
More Easy Cheesecake Recipes
- Mini Snickers Cheesecakes
- Reese’s Cheesecake
- Cheesecake Stuffed Strawberries
- Banana Cream Pie Cheesecake Bars
- Mini Cheesecakes
- Brownie Truffles
Baby Shower Truffles
Serves — 18
Baby Shower Truffles are the best no bake dessert balls that will be a huge hit at your party. This easy, fun, pink and blue finger food makes a pretty presentation for your favorite mom-to-be!
Prep Time 25 minutes
Cook Time 0 minutes
Chill Time 1 hour 30 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 55 minutes
Ingredients
- 15.25 ounces box of cake mix, heat treated (see directions below)
- 8 ounces block of cream cheese softened at room temperature
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1½ cups light pink candy melts
- 1½ cups light blue candy melts
- Red food coloring gel
- Blue food coloring gel
- Pink and blue sprinkles for garnishing
- Baby shower inspired sprinkles for garnishing
Instructions
- In a large mixing bowl, combine cake mix, cream cheese and vanilla. Mix with an eclectic hand or stand mixer for about 2 minutes until the mixture forms a dough-like substance.
- Split the mixture in half, in two separate bowls. Add red and blue coloring gel to each bowl, mixing until you have reached your desired shade of pink and blue.
- Using a 1 inch cookie scoop, scoop mixture from each bowl and form into an even, smooth, round ball using the palms of your hands. Place each ball on a large cookie sheet prepared with parchment paper.
- Repeat until all of the mixture is used from each bowl and place inside the refrigerator to chill for 1 hour.
- Near the end of the chill time, begin to prepare the candy melts. Place the wafers in two microwave safe bowls one at a time and heat on 50% power or on defrost mode for 1 minute. Stir with a fork and return to the microwave for an additional 30 seconds. Repeat until the wafers are silky smooth. See notes for additional tips.
- Dip each truffle inside a bowl with the melted candy using two forks or dipping tools. Alternate between pink and blue. Immediately top with truffles with the same color sprinkles and place it back on the cookie sheet. Repeat for all truffles.
- When all are covered in melted candy and sprinkles, place back inside the refrigerator to chill for an additional 30 minutes before serving.
Jenn’s Notes
Storage:
- To Store: These truffles can be stored in the refrigerator for up to 5 days.
- To Freeze: You can freeze, and store, the uncoated truffles for up to 2 months. You will need to thaw them overnight in the refrigerator before coating them.
- MICROWAVE INSTRUCTIONS for heat treating cake mix: To heat treat the cake mix, microwave the cake mix in a microwave safe bowl for (2) 30-second intervals stirring in between. Allow the cake mix to come to room temperature before using.
- OVEN INSTRUCTIONS for heat treating cake mix: place cake mix on a large cookie sheet prepared with parchment paper. Evenly spread your cake mix out to cover the entire sheet. Cook cake mix at 350 degrees for 5 minutes and allow it to come to room temperature before use.
- You can use yellow or white cake mix. If you’re using yellow cake mix, you will need to use more food coloring gel to reach your desired shade or pink or blue.
- Do not use food coloring drops for this recipe, gel only.
- You want the candy melts to be almost soup-like. This may take several 30 second intervals (no more than 5 or 6). Adding a tablespoon of crisco to your candy melts can also help thin the mixture. You want this thin to better cover the cake ball. If not, the candy coating will be thick and uneven.
- These truffles are best served a little chilled.
- I prefer using full-fat cream cheese for this recipe because I think it gives these treats the most flavor and richness. Reduced fat would still work, but they may not be as rich tasting.
Nutrition Info
Calories: 186kcal | Carbohydrates: 31g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 6g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 0.2g | Trans Fat: 0.1g | Cholesterol: 2mg | Sodium: 272mg | Potassium: 50mg | Fiber: 0.3g | Sugar: 21g | Vitamin A: 7IU | Calcium: 97mg | Iron: 0.5mg
why heat treat?? the cake mix should be room temp anyway if stored in a pantry correct??
Heat treating is important when using a no bake recipe and flour. The flour can hold harmful bacteria and heat treating it will “bake” those away.
i like easy recipes going to make truffles for. baby shower thanks glad it is easy thank you