Carrot Cake Balls

Hi all,
   So I don't know how many of you have ever had a cake ball, but it is everything perfect about cakes rolled into a bite-sized snack.  Check out Bakerella, she has some awesome ideas.  I am not a huge fan of cake even though it is one of my favorite things to bake.  That said, I love carrot cake, it is one cake that I will actually go out of my way to eat.  And I love making carrot cake because it lends itself very much to creativity, you can put almost anything in a carrot cake: apples, raisins, pineapple, mandarin oranges, craisins, nuts, I even have a friend who swears gummy bears are a great addition. So I decided that carrot cake balls would be a fabulous adventure.

Carrot Cake:
2 c flour
2 c sugar (I only use 1 cup, but it is really just to suit your taste)
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
1 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp nutmeg
4 eggs
1/2 c oil
1/2 c apple sauce
1 can (8 oz) drained pineapple
3 c grated carrots

Mix dry ingredients and add in wet. Bake in a 9x13 pan at 350° til toothpick comes out clean.  (I think that's around 40 min, you can also shake it and if it jiggles, it is not done)

Cream Cheese Icing:
8 oz. cream cheese softened
1 1/2 c powdered sugar (may need more to suit your taste)

Beat until smooth. This makes a lot of icing, you may only need a half batch for the cake balls. If you want, canned icing from the store will work just fine for this treat.

Let cake cool until you can cut it up and crumbled it into a bowl without burning your hands. Once the cake is crumbled up in a mixing bowl, spoon in 1/2 c of icing and mush it all together with your hands, you may need to add more until it is moist enough to be rolled into balls that hold together. I use a 1 Tbsp measuring spoon to scoop up the mixture and to roll into balls, you can make them larger or smaller as you please.  After rolling all of the mixture into balls, put them on a cookie sheet in the freezer for a few minutes.  While they are hardening up melt some almond bark over the stove, I add cinnamon and nutmeg too.  When the  cake balls are hardened and the almond bark is melted either dip the balls in the bark, using skewers works well, or drizzle the bark over them.  I also add some pecans on top while the bark is still wet.  I keep mine in the fridge to keep them fresh and the candy coating really hard.
  I hope you enjoy! Also, I really want to try these with dark chocolate, so if anyone tries the carrot cake with dark chocolate let me know how it goes.