A Twist On A Holiday Dessert

Have you been considering on making a new dessert this Thanksgiving?  If so you will love this!  I decided to combine two of my favorite holiday desserts, pumpkin pie and spice cake, and came up with Pumpkin Spice Cake Pops/ Balls.  You can find all of these ingredients at your nearest Crest Foods. *NOTE:  If you choose to make the cake pop version, you will need to purchase the lollipop sticks at a craft store.

Pumpkin Spice Cake Pops/Balls

1 Box Spice Cake Mix

Eggs

Vegetable Oil

Water

1 Pound vanilla almond bark

1/2 Cup canned pumpkin (not pumpkin pie mix)

Pumpkin Pie Spice

1 Can cream cheese frosting

1 Bag candy glazed pecans

lollipop stick (if desired)

1.  Preheat oven to 350 degrees, and greese a 9 x 13inch pan.  Mix your cake mix as directed, but also add 1/2 cup of canned pumpkin, and 1 teaspoon of pumpkin spice.  Bake as directed, and allow to completely cool.

2.  After cake has cooled, crumble the entire cake into a seperate mixing bowl.  Add 3/4 can of cream cheese frosting, and 1/4 teaspoon of pumpkin pie spice. Mix thouroghly.

3.  Follow the same steps from the October 20th blog Halloween Tricks and Treats, Brownie Eyeball Truffels.  

4.  While the cake pops/balls are chilling, take the bag of glazed pecans and either chop them by hand, or  use a food processer. 

5.  Finally, after coating each pop/ball in the vanilla almond bark, roll the tops in the chopped candied pecans.