MMMM Turkey Balls.

Sorry guys, I know it's been a while since I've been able to post, but with the Holidays coming and trying to get off the "naughty list", Ive been a VERY busy girl. But now that my bosses have fallen off the face of the earth, i'm left with a pretty decent amount of time to play catch-up here. That being said, the holidays are always an awesome time to practice my culinary skillz. So I guess Thanksgiving would be as good of any as a place to start.
This year, Thanksgiving was quite the bustling holiday for the Boiface and I; we decided to be ambitious and to try and hit up both of our families' dinners this year. And I have to admit, for as enjoyable and stress-relieving as cooking can normally be for me, this turkey day ended up being more like an Iron Chef competition than a day at the spa. Between Geoff's aunts and my grandma, the culinary expertise was through the roof! In fact, I'm glad there was no REAL cookoff, because I surely would have lost; my meager contribution of Turkey Balls (not what you think, don't worry, I'll explain later...) and cornbread casserole would have been immediately disqualified. That doesn't mean they weren't awesome, they just are incomparable to things like a crown roast, 7-layer salad, carmel fluff apple dip, or deep fried turkey, at least, in my opinion.
According to everyone else, however, my dishes were "awesome", "so good", and "delish!" I even got a few "wow. what's in this?".So, as my duty as a food blogger, I will now divulge the recipes that helped create my Thanksgiving debut.

"Turkey Balls"
Stuff you'll need:
cupcake pan, electric mixer, popcorn bowl, normal-sized microwave-safe bowl, spatula, spoon, possibly a food processor (if you're a sissy), wax paper, and cookie sheets OR a block of Styrofoam and lollipop sticks (depending on if you want to make them into "balls" or "pops")

ingredients:
1 box butter cake mix
2 eggs
1 jar cream cheese frosting
1 large or 2 small white chocolate candy melts
1 large or 2 small white milk chocolate candy melts
1 small can pumpkin puree
couple shakes of  nutmeg

These are so easy, i'm tempted not to even number my steps.. basically, empty boxed cake mix into a bowl and add your eggs, nutmeg, and 1 cup of pumpkin puree. Mix and bake in a cupcake pan. Viola! you have the base to your turkey balls!
Once your pumpkin cupcakes have cooled down, get ready to have the REAL fun...this is were you get to go hands-on with your food. Like, literally. I want you to wash your hands, and start mushing up and breaking apart the pumpkin cakes in a giant popcorn bowl. Isn't it fun?!?! (If you are having trouble turning them into crumbs, just toss them in a food processor and crumb away!
When you've successfully demolished your once-pumpkin cupcakes into a giant bowl of crumbly goodness, go ahead and dump your jar of cream cheese frosting into it. I hope you didn't feel the need to wash your hands, because you're gonna stick them right back into that lovely bowl of goo and mix. Make sure you coat every crumb with that frosting because your gonna roll them into little balls and place them onto wax-paper covered cookie sheets.
Then, you are going to take these cookie sheets and put them into the fridge for at least 10 minutes to harden up a bit (it makes it SOOO much easier to work with. trust me on this one!)
While those are hardening in the icebox, dump either one of the melting chocolate packages into your normal bowl. Nuke them as the package should tell you to do...DO NOT over melt. they will get ruined and if you get the quality kind, they will have been a giant waste of your money. ALSO, DO NOT add milk to make them more liquidy if they start to re-harden prematurely. I guarantee the whole chocolate batch will curdle. AKA-waste of time and money.
Take the balls out of the fridge and stick a lollipop into it's butt and dip it into the chocolate. (If you are feeling mischievous, go on and toss some salt on them before the chocolate finally hardens. You will have successfully made any Southpark junkies dream food.) If you are just wanting to finish making your dish, just stick them into the Styrofoam block or place them, stick-up on the cookie sheet. Return to the fridge.
Do the same for the other type of chocolate.
While all these are freezing their little turkey asses off, start making the artsy-fartsy part of the dessert; the Royal Icing:
Things you will need:
electric mixer,spatula, sandwich baggies, twist-ties, scissors, and wax paper
Ingredients:

4 cups confectioners sugar
2 large egg whites
2 tsp fresh lemon juice
yellow and red food coloring