5-Minute German Chocolate Cake Bites
No-bake chocolate cake truffles with a gooey coconut-pecan caramel center, ready in 5 minutes. Tastes like the classic frosting without the oven.
- Total time
- 5 min
- Servings
- 12
- Calories
- 285
- Protein
- 2g

Ingredients
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Step 1
Mix butter and condensed milk in a bowl until smooth, about 30 seconds.
Step 2
Stir in coconut, pecans, and vanilla until the filling looks thick and clumpy.
Step 3
Roll the dry cake mix in your hands into a tight ball, then roll the filling around it to coat.
Step 4
Melt chocolate chips in a microwave-safe bowl in 30-second bursts, stirring between, until smooth.
Step 5
Dip each cake ball in melted chocolate to coat, then place on parchment to set.
Tools you’ll need
- mixing bowl
- spoon
- microwave-safe bowl
- microwave
- parchment paper
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