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These Holiday Cake Bites are so festive and easy!

These Glazed Holiday Cake Bites are easy, festive and amazingly delicious. Tender little cake bites dipped in colorful glaze and topped with festive sprinkles.  Perfect for the holidays! These are always a favorite!

Hey y’all!  I am so excited for Christmas!  Eeek!!  Today as part of the Christmas Treat Series I have the easiest best holiday treat!

Every Christmas Eve I make a big platter of assorted little sweets and I love finding new desserts to add in with all the traditional fudges and cookies.

These Glazed Holiday Cake Bites are adorable, festive and delicious.  The best part is you probably have all the ingredients on hand.

I love making these because the color and the sprinkles just look so great as part of our holiday.  They just shout at your guests to come grab one and pop it in their mouth.

I love the holiday season and I love the holiday baking that comes with it.  That being said I do like my holiday baking to be on the easier side and these little sugar cookie bites are just that!

Easy and delicious these are always a hit at the holiday get-together.  They are just so easy to pop in your mouth. 

I make these every year for Christmas Eve and I usually double the batch to make sure I have some for Christmas Day as well, although sometimes even that is not enough!  They are such a popular little treat.

Bite size desserts are always great at get togethers because people can just grab one or two as they walk by the dessert table and these are irresistible. I always create a dessert tray for Christmas Eve with lots of little sweet treats.

I created these Glazed Holiday Cake Bites just for that platter and they are delicious!!  They are honestly so addicting it is dangerous.  The moist cake and sweet glaze are perfect together!

Please make these this holiday season!  I promise they will be the hit of the dessert table!

The glaze is sweet and seals the cakes keeping them fresh and moist which is good for making them ahead of time!  The glaze also sets up fairly quickly so you have to be sure to sprinkle each one as go.

The little cakes are made right in your mini muffin tin and with your favorite cake mix.  Now I used a white cake mix so the white glaze would pop but feel free to use whatever flavor you like or add a little extract to the mix.

Make these Glazed Holiday Cake Bites for your holiday gathering and I promise everyone will love them!

INGREDIENTS

• White cake mix-  You can use your favorite brand cake mix.
• Water, vegetable oil and egg whites- Use the amount called for on the back of your cake mix. 
• Powdered sugar-  This is the base of the glaze.
• Corn syrup- This helps the glaze set up and become firm on the cake bites.
• Red and green food coloring- I like to use the gel food coloring.
• Sprinkles- I prefer to use the tiny little round ones, but you can use whichever kind you like.

How to make Glazed Holiday Cake Bites

1. FULL RECIPE BELOW
2. Heat oven to 375°F. Grease bottoms only of about 50 mini muffin cups.
3. In large bowl, beat cake ingredients with electric mixer on low speed 30 seconds, then on medium speed 2 minutes, scraping bowl occasionally.
4. Divide batter evenly among muffin cups (about half full).
5. Bake 10 to 13 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 5 minutes. Remove cakes from muffin cups to cooling rack. Cool completely, about 30 minutes.
6. Place cooling rack on cookie sheet or waxed paper to catch glaze drips.
7. In 3-quart saucepan, mix all glaze ingredients except hot water. Heat over low heat, stirring frequently, until sugar is dissolved. Remove from heat. Stir in 2 teaspoons hot water. If necessary, stir in up to 1 teaspoon more water so glaze will just coat cakes.
8. Separate the glaze evenly between 3 bowls. Mix one with red food color and another with green food color.
9. Dip a cake into glaze and remove gently with a fork, place top side is down on cooling rack. Top with sprinkles immediately. Repeat till all cakes are coated. Let stand until glaze is set, about 15 minutes.
10. Store loosely covered.

Want more Holiday treats? Check these out!

• Christmas Popcorn
• Christmas Gumdrops
• Christmas Jello Roll ups
• Christmas Rocky Road Candy
• Hot Chocolate Dip

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Glazed Holiday Cake Bites

Yield: 50

These Glazed Holiday Cake Bites are easy, festive and amazingly delicious. Tender little cake bites dipped in colorful glaze and topped with festive sprinkles.  Perfect for the holidays! These are always a favorite!

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Ingredients

• Cake Bites
• 1 box white cake mix
• Water, vegetable oil and egg whites called for on cake mix box
• Glaze
• 1 bag, 2 lb powdered sugar (8 cups)
• ½ cup water
• ½ cup corn syrup
• 2 to 3 teaspoons hot water
• Red and greed food coloring
• Sprinkles

Instructions

1. Heat oven to 375°F. Grease bottoms only of about 50 mini muffin cups.
2. In large bowl, beat cake ingredients with electric mixer on low speed 30 seconds, then on medium speed 2 minutes, scraping bowl occasionally.
3. Divide batter evenly among muffin cups (about half full).
4. Bake 10 to 13 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 5 minutes. Remove cakes from muffin cups to cooling rack. Cool completely, about 30 minutes.
5. Place cooling rack on cookie sheet or waxed paper to catch glaze drips.
6. In 3-quart saucepan, mix all glaze ingredients except hot water. Heat over low heat, stirring frequently, until sugar is dissolved. Remove from heat. Stir in 2 teaspoons hot water. If necessary, stir in up to 1 teaspoon more water so glaze will just coat cakes.
7. Separate the glaze evenly between 3 bowls. Mix one with red food color and another with green food color.
8. Dip a cake into glaze and remove gently with a fork, place top side is down on cooling rack. Top with sprinkles immediately. Repeat till all cakes are coated. Let stand until glaze is set, about 15 minutes.
9. Store loosely covered.

Nutrition Information:

Yield: 50 Serving Size: 1
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 131Total Fat: 1gSaturated Fat: 0gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 1gCholesterol: 0mgSodium: 86mgCarbohydrates: 31gFiber: 0gSugar: 26gProtein: 1g

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