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!
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! 😉
Note:
- You can make these as muffins and they are fabulous and will make a nutritious and flavor breakfast.
- Or, turn them into truffles, and they are even better!
While you’re here, check out these recipes
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- Healthy Oatmeal Date Breakfast Cookies
- Delish Healthy Muffins
Decadent Apple Sauce Truffles
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Save To Your Recipe BoxIngredients
- 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.
Notes
Nutrition
For details instructions on How to Melt Chocolate, read this post.
You can see my other cooking disaster here! Irish Cream Chocolate Pound Cake Trifle
Adelina Priddis says
those really sound amazing! Especially turned into truffles. Thank you for bringing these delights by Foodie Friday
Paula says
You’re welcome, thanks for the great party every week!
ang says
Hi Paula! Most of my ‘recipe challenges’ have come from “happy accidents lately! These look incredible – great job! 🙂
Paula says
Thank you, Ang!
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! 🙂
TaMara @ ImplausiblyBeautiful says
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!
Paula says
Thanks for stopping by TaMara! I can’t believe I thought to make the truffles/cake balls!
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.
Paula says
Thanks so much for stopping by! I really like these trufles even if it wasn’t the plan in the beginning.
Pary Moppins says
Brilliant! I love when disasters can become triumphs. 🙂 Found you through SITS.
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!
Paula says
Thank you Nici, I’ll go link up!
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!
Theresa says
Very creative Paula! I would have never thought of turning apple muffins into truffles!
Paula says
I don’t really know why it came to me at the time either! 🙂
Krista @ joyfulhealthyeats says
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!! 🙂
Paula says
Thanks Krista! I’ve been working on my pictures.
Becca says
Oh Yum!
Jen Marrs says
Heaven to Truffles… you have done it yet again chick! WOW oh WOW! Great photos!
Paula says
Thanks Jen!!
kelly says
Maybe I missed it, but at what temp do you cook the muffins at? This recipe looks delicious.
Paula says
Hi Kelly at 350 degrees for 20 to 22 minutes. I have left that out by mistake, thanks for telling me.
Deb@CookingOnTheFrontBurner says
Now you are cooking on the front burner girl!!! Great idea – and they are pin worthy 🙂
Paula says
Thanks Deb!
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! 😉
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!
Nicole says
A very clever disguise, indeed! 🙂 I’ll take anything dipped in white chocolate!
Paula says
Ain’t that the truth!! 😉
Marcie says
These look fantastic, Paula! Here’s to kitchen disasters — they rarely ever look this good!
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.
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 🙂
Paula says
Thanks so much! Even my non-dessert eating husband likes them 🙂 Thanks for stopping by!
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!
Paula says
Thanks Tanya! I’m not always creative, but happy I was this time 🙂
Cindy Eikenberg says
Girl, super smart change up! I love this idea of applesauce truffles! I’ll bet this are yummy! Triumph! 🙂 Pinning and happy Tuesday!
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!