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A chocolate cake pop with a bite taken out of it revealing the filling
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Cake Pops

These cake pops are easy to make and can be decorated to suit any occasion. Learn how to make cake pops with this tutorial.
Prep Time15 minutes
Cook Time35 minutes
Decorating Time1 hour
Total Time1 hour 50 minutes
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: cake pops
Servings: 48
Calories: 111kcal
Author: Kelsey Crist

Equipment

  • lollipop sticks
  • cake pop stand or styrofoam block
  • Mixing Bowls
  • Hand Mixer
  • 9x13 pan

Ingredients

  • 1 cake mix
  • 1 cup water
  • 1/2 cup vegetable oil
  • 3 eggs
  • 16 ounces frosting
  • 24 ounces candy melts
  • sprinkles

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350. In a large bowl combine cake mix, water, oil, and eggs. Mix until fully incorporated. Bake for 30-40 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean.
    A baked Devils Food Cake and Funfetti Cake
  • Let the cake cool completely. Then, using your hands, crumble the cake into fine crumbles. If the crumbs are too big, they won't stick together in a shape.
    A pan of crumbled Devil's food cake and a pan of crumbled funfetti cake
  • Add the whole container of frosting to the cake crumbs. Mix until you are able to form a ball with the mixture.
    Crumbled cake mixed with frosting and formed into balls in two separate cake pans
  • Using a small cookie scoop, scoop out small balls of cake mix onto a baking sheet covered with parchment paper. Stick them in the freezer until they firm up a bit. You want them to be easier to handle, but not frozen.
    Scoops of cake pop filling on a baking sheet
  • Roll the cake balls between your hands to make them round. Put them back on the cookie sheet and back in the freezer while you prepare the chocolate.
    Rolled cake pops on a baking sheet before they are dipped
  • In a glass bowl or measuring cup, melt the candy melts by microwaving them for 30 seconds at a time and stirring well in between each time.
    Pink candy melts melted in a glass measuring cup
  • Only take a few cake pops out of the freezer at a time. Dip a lollipop stick in the candy melts and then stick it into the center of the cake pop.
    A cake pop stick dipped in pink melted chocolate
  • Dip the cake pop in the candy melts until the whole thing is covered. Pull it out and let the excess drip off. Place into a stand or a styrofoam block. Sprinkle with sprinkles if desired. Repeat with all of the cake pops. Let the chocolate cool and set completely before serving.
    Birthday Cake and Chocolate Cake Pops stood up in an acrylic stand with bowls of sprinkles around them

Video

Notes

I used a Devil's food cake mix and a Funfetti cake mix for the step-by-step photos so you could see how vanilla and chocolate cake both look. 

Nutrition

Calories: 111kcal | Carbohydrates: 17g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 4g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 10mg | Sodium: 86mg | Potassium: 7mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 14g | Vitamin A: 15IU | Calcium: 6mg | Iron: 1mg