Bonbons

 Bonbons

I'm kind of giggling as is write this because childhood memories are flashing back!!!

Do you know what bonbons are? 

According to Wikepidia:

"The name bonbon (or bon-bons) refers to any of several types of sweets, 

especially small candies enrobed in chocolate.

The first reports of bonbons come from the 17th century, 

when they were made at the French royal court..." 

Blah blah blah...

Let get real here.

Peggy Bundy ate bonbons and that's the only reason we know what they are.

Oh that skinny, leopard print wearing, big red hair having, sexually frustrated woman..

She was AWESOME!! 

That family never had enough money for bread and butter but 
somehow Peggy always had bonbons while she watched Oprah!
Oh how I miss that show... 
As horrible of a production as it was, It was part of growing up in the 90's...
Memories...

Ok, Ok... Enough of that..
Back to the bonbons...

Basically they are the back in time version of what cake pops are today;

Minus the sticks.

Recipe

Box Cake Mix
Can of Frosting
Baker's Chocolate
Baking Decorations
Food Coloring

I used boxed cake mix because I'm not one of those people who can pull a cake recipe out of thin air.

You on the other hand, can use what ever cake recipe that you know.

Bake the cake according to the directions on the package. 

Let the cake cool and crumble into a bowl with about 1/4 of the frosting from the can.

Use your hands to mix this all together. It should be the consistency of dough.

Able to stick together and not falling apart.

Roll into bite-sized balls and place into freezer 

for about 20 minutes (or overnight).

Melt the chocolate according to the directions on package.

Dip cake balls into chocolate and place onto wax paper.

I used white chocolate and orange food coloring.

If you want to mold the chocolate and add decorations, 

now would be the time to do so.

Work fast because the chocolate will set pretty quick 

because of the coldness of the frozen cake.

I used the back of a spoon to twirl the chocolate around the cake to make it look fancy

You know how much I like to be fancy!

I also added edible pearl decorations. 

Let the bonbons come back to room temperature before eating.

Serve on a fancy little plate and pretend that you are royal..

... or just eat 'em off of the wax paper and pretend you are Peggy Bundy.

Whatever floats your boat!

Don't forget the leopard print!

ENJOY!!!