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From Disaster to Decadence: Apple Sauce Truffles

Sep.posted by Paula 66 Comments

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 #callmepmc

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 #callmepmc

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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

  • 1 cup all-purpose flour
  • 1 cup old-fashion rolled oats
  • 1/3 cup sugar
  • 3 tsp baking powder
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp cinnamon
  • 1 large egg
  • 1/2 cup buttermilk
  • 3/4 cup unsweetened applesauce
  • 1/2 cup oil
  • 1/3 to 1/2 cup ready-made cream cheese frosting
  • 16 oz white chocolate candy melts
  • 2 tsp vegetable shortening
  • toffee bits or sprinkles of your choice for top optional
  • toothpicks

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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Applesauce Truffles

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 You can see my other cooking disaster here! Irish Cream Chocolate Pound Cake Trifle 

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Comments

  1. Adelina Priddis says

    09.24.13 at 5:57 pm

    those really sound amazing! Especially turned into truffles. Thank you for bringing these delights by Foodie Friday

    Reply
    • Paula says

      09.24.13 at 6:18 pm

      You’re welcome, thanks for the great party every week!

      Reply
  2. ang says

    09.24.13 at 8:24 am

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

    Reply
    • Paula says

      09.24.13 at 6:13 pm

      Thank you, Ang!

      Reply
  3. Maria says

    09.23.13 at 8:51 pm

    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! 🙂

    Reply
  4. TaMara @ ImplausiblyBeautiful says

    09.23.13 at 8:12 pm

    I saw your post on Time to Sparkle and I just had to come visit! I love when mistakes work out like that! I’m going to give these a try!

    Reply
    • Paula says

      09.23.13 at 11:12 pm

      Thanks for stopping by TaMara! I can’t believe I thought to make the truffles/cake balls!

      Reply
  5. Leslie says

    09.21.13 at 1:46 pm

    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.

    Reply
    • Paula says

      09.21.13 at 3:27 pm

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

      Reply
  6. Pary Moppins says

    09.21.13 at 11:52 am

    Brilliant! I love when disasters can become triumphs. 🙂 Found you through SITS.

    Reply
  7. Nici says

    09.21.13 at 8:56 am

    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!

    Reply
    • Paula says

      09.21.13 at 10:50 am

      Thank you Nici, I’ll go link up!

      Reply
  8. Brooke says

    09.21.13 at 8:12 am

    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!

    Reply
  9. Theresa says

    09.21.13 at 1:26 am

    Very creative Paula! I would have never thought of turning apple muffins into truffles!

    Reply
    • Paula says

      09.21.13 at 7:08 am

      I don’t really know why it came to me at the time either! 🙂

      Reply
  10. Krista @ joyfulhealthyeats says

    09.19.13 at 10:54 pm

    You sure are a culinary genius! These look awesome, I love how you turned a flop to a fab and a sweet fab at that! Can’t wait to try this. Your pictures look great Paula!! 🙂

    Reply
    • Paula says

      09.20.13 at 5:37 am

      Thanks Krista! I’ve been working on my pictures.

      Reply
  11. Becca says

    09.18.13 at 12:15 pm

    Oh Yum!

    Reply
  12. Jen Marrs says

    09.18.13 at 7:24 am

    Heaven to Truffles… you have done it yet again chick! WOW oh WOW! Great photos!

    Reply
    • Paula says

      09.18.13 at 8:39 am

      Thanks Jen!!

      Reply
  13. kelly says

    09.18.13 at 6:37 am

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

    Reply
    • Paula says

      09.18.13 at 8:24 am

      Hi Kelly at 350 degrees for 20 to 22 minutes. I have left that out by mistake, thanks for telling me.

      Reply
  14. Deb@CookingOnTheFrontBurner says

    09.17.13 at 6:16 pm

    Now you are cooking on the front burner girl!!! Great idea – and they are pin worthy 🙂

    Reply
    • Paula says

      09.17.13 at 6:50 pm

      Thanks Deb!

      Reply
  15. Becca from ItsYummi.com says

    09.17.13 at 3:48 pm

    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! 😉

    Reply
    • Paula says

      09.17.13 at 4:33 pm

      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
  16. Nicole says

    09.17.13 at 2:50 pm

    A very clever disguise, indeed! 🙂 I’ll take anything dipped in white chocolate!

    Reply
    • Paula says

      09.17.13 at 4:30 pm

      Ain’t that the truth!! 😉

      Reply
  17. Marcie says

    09.17.13 at 10:51 am

    These look fantastic, Paula! Here’s to kitchen disasters — they rarely ever look this good!

    Reply
    • Paula says

      09.17.13 at 11:37 am

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

      Reply
  18. Shaina says

    09.17.13 at 8:07 am

    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 🙂

    Reply
    • Paula says

      09.17.13 at 8:21 am

      Thanks so much! Even my non-dessert eating husband likes them 🙂 Thanks for stopping by!

      Reply
  19. tanya says

    09.17.13 at 7:14 am

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

    Reply
    • Paula says

      09.17.13 at 7:47 am

      Thanks Tanya! I’m not always creative, but happy I was this time 🙂

      Reply
  20. Cindy Eikenberg says

    09.17.13 at 5:53 am

    Girl, super smart change up! I love this idea of applesauce truffles! I’ll bet this are yummy! Triumph! 🙂 Pinning and happy Tuesday!

    Reply
    • Paula says

      09.17.13 at 6:17 am

      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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