How To Make Cake Pops

How to Make Cake Pops

Step 1: Bake your favorite cake. Once fully cooked remove from oven and allow to cool completely. 

Step 2: In a small slow cooker set to high, melt chocolate chips + ½ teaspoon of coconut oil per cup chocolate chips. (Approximately ¾ tsp per 12oz package of chocolate chips.) Once chocolate is fully melted reduce the heat to low. 

Step 3: Once cake is cooled, transfer it to a large mixing bowl and add ½ a container of your favorite frosting. Mix cake and frosting until sticky paste forms.

Step 4: Use a small spoon or mini meatballer to scoop some of the cake/frosting mixture into your hand and form into ping-pong sized balls. Place each ball on a foil covered cookie sheet.

Step 5: Dip approximately ¼ - ½ inch of lollipop stick into the melted chocolate and insert into cake ball being careful not to insert more than 2/3 the depth of the cake ball.

Step 6: Freeze the cookie sheet full of cake pops for 15-20 minutes until well chilled but NOT frozen.

Step 7: Using the lollipop stick as your handle, dip each cake pop into the melted chocolate mix and tap the stick against the side of the bowl to remove any excess coating. You can then either place each pop into a stand to dry if you prefer them upright, or place them back on the foiled cookie sheet if you prefer them inverted. *Note: If you want to add any sprinkles, chocolate drizzles, etc. this would be the time.

Step 8: Allow to set, then enjoy! 

***Note: If using candy melts instead of chocolate chips for the coating only 1 tsp of oil is needed for the entire batch.

***Tips: For extra flavor reduce the amount of frosting used and sub in pureed fruit. Strawberry puree added to a strawberry cake and then coated in chocolate chips will taste like a chocolate covered strawberry truffle. 

***Egg & Dairy Free Version: This can easily be made egg and dairy free by using your favorite dairy free cake mix, Ener-G egg replacer in lieu of the eggs, and using vegan/dairy free chocolate chips for the coating. Many commercially prepared frostings are dairy free but you can substitute all fruit puree instead of frosting. (The cake pops in the images were made using the dairy free substitutions.) If using Ener-G egg replacer make sure the water you're mixing it with is warm and add the mixture to your cake batter at the very end for best results.