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Chocolate Cherry Rum Cake Bites

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Ready-made chocolate cherry rum cake shaped around cherries and dipped in chocolate coating.

Ingredients

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  • 16 oz fully baked chocolate cherry rum cake, chilled
  • Drained maraschino cherries, 1 per cake bite, patted dry
  • Chocolate candy coating, as needed for dipping
  • 6 oz white or milk chocolate, optional, for decorative drizzling

Instructions

  1. Crumble the chilled rum cake into fine crumbs. Scoop about 1 tablespoon crumbs for each bite and press together.
  2. Flatten a portion slightly, place one drained cherry in the middle and enclose it with cake crumbs, pressing and rolling gently into a ball.
  3. Place on a parchment-lined tray and freeze for 10 minutes to firm.
  4. Melt the candy coating according to its package directions. Dip each chilled bite, drain excess and return to parchment.
  5. Let the coating set. If desired, melt the optional chocolate and drizzle over the bites, then let harden. Store refrigerated in an airtight container.

Notes

Start with a fully baked ready-made rum cake. This recipe contains rum; do not assume the finished bites are alcohol-free. Preparing and cooling a homemade base cake is additional. Preparation, cooling and total-time allowances are estimates, not kitchen-tested timings. Yield varies where the portion count is not specified. Extra oven batches may take longer.