Pink Truffles
These Pink Truffles are a delicious treat that is perfect for any occasion. Whether you are celebrating a special event or simply want to indulge in something sweet, these truffles are sure to satisfy your cravings.
Made to taste just like the popular Starbucks drink, these truffles are infused with creamy white chocolate and sweet strawberry for a decadent flavor that will leave you wanting more.
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❤️ Why You’ll Love This Recipe
- Beautifully colored and perfect for special occasions.
- Easy to make with simple ingredients.
- Bursting with flavor from the white chocolate and strawberry combination.
🛒Ingredients
You only need a handful of simple ingredients to help you make this fun and beautiful dessert recipe. Gather these ingredients on your next trip to the grocery store and you will have a sweet treat to share with your family and friends.
- Starbucks pink drink
- white cake mix
- Cream cheese
- white chocolate chips
- white sanding sugars
- Hot pink food color gel
See the recipe card below for quantities.
🔪 How to Make These Pink Truffles
Making these sweet truffles is so easy to make. Just follow these step-by-step instructions or check out the recipe card at the bottom of this post and you will have a simple dessert recipe.
Step 1: Whip the cream cheese
Whip the softened cream cheese in a medium-sized bowl and add the pink drink to the cream cheese. Continue whipping until both ingredients are completely incorporated.
Step 2: Finish the truffles
Add cake mix, melted white chocolate, and 4 drops of hot pink food coloring.
Step 3: Chill before serving
Freeze for 30 minutes, then scoop into a ball, roll in white sanding sugar, and serve!
📝Variations
Do you want to change up this recipe and make it your own? Here are some ways that you can do that!
- Coconut: Add some unsweetened coconut flakes to the truffle mixture for a tropical twist
- Sprinkles: Instead of using sanding sugar, roll your truffles in colorful sprinkles for a fun and festive look.
- Green tea: You can also swap out the strawberry drink or matcha green tea.
If you are looking for another copycat recipe give this Copycat Starbucks Lemon Loaf a try.
🥄 Equipment
You only need a few simple ingredients to help you make this fun strawberry truffles recipe. Gather these tools so you can enjoy this treat.
- medium bowl
- Electric mixer
- Cookie scoop
🥫 Storage
Due to the cream cheese in these strawberry truffles, you will need to store them in an airtight container in the fridge for up to one week. Just make sure that if you are stacking them you place a piece of parchment paper between the layers so that they don’t stick together.
Serve With
These truffles are great when served alone as a dessert, however, you can also pair them with your favorite meals such as Eggroll Soup or this Easy Sausage Tortellini Soup.
💭 Tips
Here are a few tips that you can use to ensure that these recipes turn out perfectly for you when you make them.
- Make sure that your cream cheese is completely at room temperature so that it mixes evenly into your truffle mixture.
- If you are worried about the raw flour you can microwave the cake mix on a plate for 1-2 minutes or bake it in the oven spread out on a baking sheet at 350 degrees for 5 minutes.
- We used a cookie scoop to get even-sized truffles, you can use a regular tablespoon or even an ice cream if you have one.
⁉️ FAQ
Do you have questions about this recipe? Here are the answers to the most commonly asked questions.
It features the fruity flavors of strawberry acai refresher, with coconut milk added for creaminess, giving it a sweet, tropical taste with a hint of acai berry.
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🧾Recipe Card
Want to make this recipe? Print the recipe card below, or pin this recipe, so you can find it later.
Pink Truffles
Equipment
- medium bowl
- Electric mixer
- Cookie scoop
Ingredients
- 1 cup Starbucks pink drink
- 13.25 ounces white cake mix
- 8 ounces Cream cheese
- ½ cup white chocolate chips melted
- 1 cup white sanding sugars
- Hot pink food color gel
Instructions
- Whip softened cream cheese in a medium size bowl and add the pink drink to the cream cheese.
- Continue whipping until both ingredients are completely incorporated.
- Add cake mix, melted white chocolate, and 4 drops of hot pink food coloring.
- Freeze for 30 minutes and then scoop into a ball, roll in white sanding sugar and serve!
