Pumpkin Cake Balls

1 box white cake mix
2 container vanilla frosting
1 package of orange candy melts
1 package of green candy melts
black paste food coloring
mini pretzel sticks

Gather ingredients for the cake according to box directions
Bake cake according to package. Remove cake from oven and immediately dump into a large bowl. Use a fork to break up the cake into crumbs. Add one entire container of frosting to the bowl and stir until completely mixed. Line a cookie sheet with wax paper. Scoop the cake mixture into the palm of your hand - about the size of a large walnut-- roll into balls and place on cookie sheet. Place cake balls into refrigerator for 1 hour to chill.

In a microwave safe bowl, melt 1/3 of the orange chocolate. Remove the cake balls from the refrigerator. Using a fork or a skewer add a ball to the melted orange chocolate and turn to completely coat. Lay on wax paper to dry. Continue melting the orange chocolate and dipping them until all of the cake balls have been coated in chocolate. If you are having difficulty with the consistency of the chocolate being too thick, thus making it hard to dip the cake balls, you can "frost" each cake ball with the chocolate using a butter knife or small cake spatula. Break some mini pretzel sticks in half. Create stems for the pumpkin balls by sticking one of the 1/2-pretzel pieces down into the top of each pumpkin.

Melt the green chocolate. Using a plastic baggie or an icing bag, decorate around the stem of the pumpkin with the green chocolate. Again, using the green chocolate, draw small leaves on waxed paper. Pop into freezer to harden quickly. Gently peel the leaves from the paper. Apply to pumpkins using more chocolate as "glue". To make jack o' lantern faces simply tint 1/4 C. of vanilla frosting with black food coloring. Again, using a plastic baggie for an icing bag, draw faces on your pumpkins. ** Note: You may choose to use black decorator gel instead of the frosting but please be aware that the gel might not dry completely, making it difficult to pack the pumpkins into storage containers. It would be best to eat immediately if choosing to use the gel.