Cake Pops

Learn how to make cake pops the easy way with cake mix with these easy step by step instructions with photos!

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Cake Pops

Yield

30 servings

Type

Dessert

Time

1h 35m

Level

Beginner

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This recipe shows the easiest way to make cake pops using a cake mix and store-bought frosting.

a box of Cake Mix (and all the ingredients called for on the box)

a carton of Frosting

Lollipop Sticks

Melting Chocolate

Sprinkles or nonpareils

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Cake Pop  Ingredients

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First, you need to bake a cake (use a cake mix and store-bought frosting). Then take that cake and break it up and add some frosting.

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Prep the Cake

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Mix the frosting into the cake, mashing the cake up at the same time. You will end up with soft cake that can be easily formed into balls.

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Mash it up

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Roll the cake into small balls, you want them to be about the size of a ping pong ball. Set them on a work surface.

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Roll them out

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Dip lollipop sticks in melted chocolate and place them in the cake balls. Next, the cake balls go into the freezer until they become solid.

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Freeze them

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Once the cake pops are frozen solid, it is time to dunk the cake balls in melted chocolate and sprinkles. Voilà! You have Cake Pops!

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Decorate them

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Use a metal skewer to poke holes in a box or piece of styrofoam so that you have a place to let the cake pops dry.

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Let them dry

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Once the chocolate dries, cake pops can be displayed like a bouquet in a small vase or decorative glass.

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Serve them up

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