Cake Pops

These Fancy and often expensive treats you see in café’s and bakery’s are really easy, inexpensive and fun to make!

Ingredients:

• 1 box cake mix – any flavor
• 1-16oz tub frosting or ½-3/4 cup homemade frosting
• 1-24oz package of melting chocolate
• Sprinkles
• Lollipop Sticks
• 3”x4” cello bags
• Curling ribbon
• Styrofoam Block – for standing up the cake pops to harden

Directions:

Bake the cake mix according to package directions. Once it’s cool, crumble the cake into a large bowl or in the food processor to fine crumbs. Place in a large bowl and stir in half of the frosting container or 1/2 cup of your homemade frosting. Mix with your hands until thoroughly combined and thick like a truffle center. Mix in additional frosting if necessary.

Roll mixture into 1″ balls and place on a cookie sheet. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for an hour or overnight. Note: Do not freeze them before dipping or it may cause the chocolate to crack after they are dipped.

Melt chocolate as per the directions on package. Dip the tip of your lollipop stick in a little of the melted candy coating and insert into the flat end of the cake balls. This helps to hold the stick in place. The cake balls will have a flat bottom from resting on the cookie sheet. Insert the stick into this end so the top will be round.

Dip the cake ball into the chocolate coating and immediately cover with sprinkles before the chocolate has a chance to set, then insert in a styrofoam block to harden.

Once the chocolate has set, put a cello bag over the top and tie the neck with some curling string and tie into a bow or curl.

Makes 40-50 pops

Enjoy and be creative!

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