Valentine's Cake Pops
Ingredients
- 1 cake mix the 9x13 inch size — any flavour you like (approximately 3-4 cups crumbled)
- 1 tub Betty Crocker ready frosting 15.6 oz (any flavour that complements your cake)
- 20 lollipop sticks
- 12 oz white chocolate chips or melting white chocolate
- Pink or red food colouring as needed
- Heart-shaped chocolates or icing for decoration
- 2 tbsp sprinkles of your choice
- writing icing optional
Instructions
- First, bake a cake according to the package instructions or your favourite recipe. Allow it to cool completely.
- Once the cake is cool, crumble it into a large mixing bowl. Ensure it’s completely crumbled with no large pieces.
- Add the entire tub of Betty Crocker frosting to the crumbled cake. Mix well until everything is combined and you can form a dough that holds together.
- Using your hands, roll the mixture into small balls, about 1-inch in diameter. You should have about 20 balls. For a special touch, take some of the mixture and shape them into heart shapes instead of round balls.
- Place the heart-shaped and round cake balls on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Once formed, refrigerate them for about 30 minutes to firm up.
- Melt a small amount of white chocolate (about 1 oz) in the microwave. Dip the end of each lollipop stick into the melted chocolate and then insert it into the center of each cake ball. This step helps to secure the stick . Place the heart-shaped and round cake balls on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Once formed, refrigerate them for about 60 minutes to firm up.
- In a microwave-safe bowl, melt the remaining white chocolate (11 oz) according to package instructions until smooth. Do this in 30-second intervals, stirring in between to prevent burning.
- Divide the melted white chocolate into two bowls. Leave one bowl as is for white chocolate and add pink food colouring to the second bowl, mixing until you reach your desired shade.
- Dip some cake pops into the bowl of melted white chocolate, ensuring they are fully coated. For other cake pops, dip them into the pink chocolate until fully coated. Allow excess chocolate to drip off.
- Place the dipped cake pops back on the lined baking sheet and let them cool completely at room temperature or in the fridge for about 15-30 minutes until the chocolate hardens.
- Once the chocolate is set, decorate with heart-shaped mini chocolates, sprinkles or use icing to write sweet messages on the pops. Get creative and personalize them!
- Once decorated, your Valentine’s cake pops are ready to be enjoyed. Enjoy sharing them with friends, family, or that special someone!
Notes
- You can make the cake balls ahead of time and refrigerate them for up to 2 days before dipping and decorating.
- Feel free to customize the decoration based on your Valentine’s theme!
- Feel free to customize the decoration based on your Valentine’s theme!