Description
Sweet homemade cake pops deliver delightful bite-sized confections perfect for parties. Chocolate-dipped and sprinkle-covered treats guarantee smiles when you serve these compact dessert delights.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 can of icing
- 1 package of candy melts
- 1 leftover dry cake or 1 cake mix box
- 1 package of candy sticks
- sprinkles
- 1 foam board (for placing finished cake pops in to dry)
Instructions
- Cake Pulverization: Transform cake into fine, uniform crumbs using food processor or manual crumbling technique.
- Dough Formation: Blend frosting with cake crumbs until mixture achieves a cohesive, moldable consistency that holds shape without crumbling.
- Spherical Shaping: Craft uniform, compact cake balls with smooth surfaces, maintaining consistent size and structural integrity.
- Thermal Conditioning: Chill cake spheres in refrigerator to stabilize structure and prepare for coating process.
- Coating Preparation: Gently melt candy coating using microwave, stirring periodically to ensure smooth, lump-free texture.
- Stick Integration: Dip cake pop sticks into melted coating, then carefully insert into chilled cake spheres, allowing initial layer to set.
- Chocolate Immersion: Completely submerge each cake sphere in melted coating, allowing excess to cascade smoothly for even, glossy coverage.
- Decorative Embellishment: While coating remains soft, artfully sprinkle decorative elements to enhance visual and textural appeal.
- Drying Arrangement: Position cake pops vertically in specialized foam stand, facilitating perfect spherical shape and uniform drying.
- Final Setting: Allow decorated cake pops to solidify at room temperature, ensuring firm, lustrous exterior and stable presentation.
Notes
- Precise Crumbling Technique: Break cake into uniform, fine crumbs using food processor for consistent texture and easier binding.
- Perfect Moisture Balance: Mix frosting gradually to achieve dough-like consistency that holds shape without being too wet or dry.
- Chill for Stability: Refrigerate formed cake balls for at least 2 hours to prevent crumbling during coating and ensure clean, smooth finish.
- Coating Pro Tip: Maintain low, steady microwave heat when melting chocolate and gently tap excess coating off to create professional, even layer.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 30 minutes (includes chilling time)
- Category: Desserts, Snacks
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 13
- Calories: 150
- Sugar: 15g
- Sodium: 50mg
- Fat: 7g
- Saturated Fat: 3g
- Unsaturated Fat: 4g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 20g
- Fiber: 0g
- Protein: 1g
- Cholesterol: 10mg