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From Disaster to Decadence: Apple Sauce Truffles

Have you ever had a kitchen failure? If not, you’re lucky or very skilled. I make mistakes all the time. Most of the time when I have a recipe fail, it’s from me trying to do too many things at one time and letting the pot boil over, or forgetting the bread in the oven. You can recover from some mistakes by thinking outside the box; you can go from disaster to decadence and no one has to know!

Applesauce truffles

How to turn a kitchen mistake into a culinary genius!

or what I’ll call this boo-boo “From Disaster to Decadence: Apple Sauce Truffles”

You see, I made Oatmeal Apple Muffins for the Get Your Chef On Challenge. This is the second time I’ve had a fail when baking for a competition. My Oatmeal Apple Muffins were good, but they looked terrible! My muffins rarely every puff up in the center and are pretty little dome-shaped beauties that you see in bakeries and delis! I really hate that too. I’ve worked on perfecting my muffin recipes in the past, but can’t consistently have them puff up like I want.

Not wanting to submit flat-topped muffins to this prestigious challenge, I turned them into Apple Sauce Truffles! I know, genius! 😉

Applesauce truffles #callmepmc

Note:

  1. You can make these as muffins and they are fabulous and will make a nutritious and flavor breakfast.
  2. Or, turn them into truffles, and they are even better!

 Applesauce truffles

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Applesauce Truffles

Decadent Apple Sauce Truffles

A stuck or fallen cake doesn't need to be thrown out, make cake balls instead!
Author: Paula
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Prep Time: 20 minutes
Cook Time: 20 minutes
time to roll & dip truffles: 20 minutes
Servings: 30 servings

Ingredients

Instructions

For the muffins:

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a large bowl combine flour, oats, sugar, baking powder, salt, and cinnamon. In another bowl, beat the egg. Add milk, applesauce, and oil to egg and whisk until well combined. Add egg mixture to flour mixture and stir until just combined. Scoop into muffin tin and bake 20 to 22 minutes or until light brown and center is set. Remove from the oven and let cool.

For truffles:

  • In a large bowl, break up muffins with a fork. Stir in 1/3 cup frosting. You want the mixture to be a little dry so don't add all the frosting at once. Work with it and see if you need all of it. Add remaining frosting if needed. When everything is well combined, roll into small balls and place them on a sheet of waxed paper. I use a small ice cream scoop to get even balls. Place in the freezer for an hour to set.
  • Melt chocolate and vegetable shortening in a microwave at 30-second intervals. Stir until smooth. Stick a toothpick in the center of the ball where it is secure. Dip ball in chocolate then place it on a sheet of waxed paper or parchment paper. Top with sprinkles if desired. Allow chocolate to cool and harden for about 1 hour. Store in an airtight container in the refrigerator.

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Nutrition

Calories: 175kcal | Carbohydrates: 20g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 10g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Cholesterol: 10mg | Sodium: 106mg | Potassium: 122mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 14g | Vitamin A: 22IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 60mg | Iron: 1mg
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For details instructions on How to Melt Chocolate, read this post.
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 You can see my other cooking disaster here! Irish Cream Chocolate Pound Cake Trifle 

 

Paula

Comments

  1. Allyssa says

    5 stars
    Super loved this apple sauce truffles, really delicious and very flavorful, will surely have this again! It’s easy to make and follow! Highly recommended! Great recipe!

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  2. Journa Liz Ramirez says

    5 stars
    These truffles are addicting! They look and taste so good. Highly recommended!

    Reply

  4. Julie says

    Just found your site. Thank you Christy…. I am so gonna try the Applesauce Truffles. Gonna make them for my boyfriend.

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  6. Trish Butler says

    Some of the best recipes come from disasters. This is different and great for the season. I really am going to try these. Thank You. Trish Butler

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  8. ang says

    Hi Paula! Most of my ‘recipe challenges’ have come from “happy accidents lately! These look incredible – great job! 🙂

    Reply

  9. Maria says

    Your truffles look fantastic and sound absolutely delicious! I have disasters in the kitchen pretty regularly… sometimes they make me never want to cook or bake again, and other times they turn into great inventions! 🙂 These truffles sound wonderful! 🙂

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  11. Leslie says

    These look yummy! I’m going to have to saw them and give them a try. I’m stopping by from SITS & I hope you have a great weekend.

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    • Paula says

      Thanks so much for stopping by! I really like these trufles even if it wasn’t the plan in the beginning.

      Reply

  13. Nici says

    Wow! I wish my kitchen disasters would turn out so beautifully! These look amazingly yummy!
    Have a great weekend!
    Blessings,
    Nici
    P.S. I’d love to see these at our “It’s Fall Y’all” party that’s live right now!

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  14. Brooke says

    These look and sound so delicious! I love accidental findings, don’t you? I can’t wait to try these out. They’ve been added to my apple recipe collection. Thanks so much for sharing, Paula! Have a wonderful weekend!

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  19. kelly says

    Maybe I missed it, but at what temp do you cook the muffins at? This recipe looks delicious.

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  21. Becca from ItsYummi.com says

    I have TWO words for you, sweet Paula…. CULINARY. GENIUS!

    I once dropped a 3 layer carrot cake with the world’s most expensive cream cheese frosting (ingredients to make it purchased with the last $12 in my bank account!) upside down onto the kitchen floor… the same kitchen floor that hadn’t been mopped in a week, and the same kitchen floor that had little kitty paw prints all over it.
    Did I flip it back upright and eat it? HECK YES, I DID! Well, I scraped off the outer layer of cream cheese frosting on it first…. I just don’t like getting cat hair stuck between my teeth! 😉

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    • Paula says

      lol! I would have done the same thing! I had a Pound Cake stick so bad once, there’s was no way to salvage it so I made a large trifle out of it. It was Christmas, now everyone wants me to bring that trifle every year!! I didn’t even tell them!

      Reply

    • Paula says

      You are right, but I had incentive to make these look pretty good 🙂 Usually, I would have just eaten the flat top muffins.

      Reply

  24. Shaina says

    Sometimes our mistakes turn into the best recipes! This is very creative though, you always see truffles with all kinds of really rich flavors, but never applesauce. I really like what you came up with 🙂

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  25. tanya says

    Well Paula that truly is a genius idea! I love stories like these because they inspire me to think outside the box! Fantastic idea!

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    • Paula says

      Cindy, I look forward to your comments every morning! You must be a morning person too 🙂

      I had to be creative, I didn’t have time to make another dessert. I can’t stop eating them, sending them to my boys’ teachers today!

      Reply

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