How To Make Chocolate Cake Pops With Box Mix

These chocolate cake pops are easy to make and are so fun to eat! They can be decorated with any type of sprinkles for a fun and festive dessert!

This easy cake pop recipe actually came from a happy accident. You see I was try to make a chocolate log to celebrate the new Hearthstone expansion, because the log swirl looks just like the Hearthstone symbol. I thought I’d make my marshmallow frosting, add blue dye and have a fun and festive cake ready to celebrate playing the game.

Well, cake logs are much more tricky than I anticipated. The first cake cracked completely (even though I rolled it while it was warm). The second cake was much more promising. However, after adding the frosting and re-rolling it, it soon became an ugly caved in mess.  So instead of throwing out all the yummy cake I decided to make cake pops!

Cake Pop Cake Recipe

Cake pops are actually really easy to make and perfect for when you have a cake fail like me! Just take the cake, crumble it up, add frosting and form into balls! Freeze the balls with the sticks in them, and then dip in your favorite chocolate! Easy!

The ones pictured here actually have my marshmallow frosting and the dark chocolate frosting in them. It’s a double batch (since both cakes failed), so I had the two types of frosting. Plus there was no way to get rid of the marshmallow frosting since it was rolled up into the failed log cakes.  You are more than welcome to add the marshmallow frosting, but it isn't needed!

You can just make one cake and one batch of chocolate frosting. It will make about 14 cake pops and they will taste amazing!

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Oh and a quick note about the frosting. This Special Dark Chocolate Frosting is directly from the back of a Hershey’s Special Dark Cocoa Powder container. It is simple, delicious, and one of my favorite frostings ever. There’s no use in trying to reinvent the wheel when you have frosting as good and as simple as this! Do you have a favorite recipe that’s from the back of a box or container of food? I’d love to hear about!

*I used Devil’s Food Chocolate Cake Mix which requires 1 cup of water, ⅓ cup vegetable oil and 3 eggs. I also made adjustments for high altitude and swapped my cup of water for a cup of sprite, which in cakes gives it a light texture, but in cake pops it really doesn’t matter. *The frosting is directly from the back of the can of Hershey’s Special Dark Cocoa powder and can be found here. You can use regular cocoa powder if you don’t have the special dark. *I’ve since learned chocolate chips aren’t the best chocolates for this type of coating. It’s recommended to use candy melts, which will make a thinner coating than the chocolate chips. * You can use any Styrofoam as long as it’s thick enough to hold all the cake pops when you stick them in to allow them to harden. You can buy it from a craft store or Walmart, or use some from leftover packaging you have around the house (like me!).

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The Best Chocolate Cake Pops

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Any cookies that may not be particularly necessary for the website to function and is used specifically to collect user personal data via analytics, ads, other embedded contents are termed as non-necessary cookies. It is mandatory to procure user consent prior to running these cookies on your website.Chocolate Cake Pops are the perfect way to celebrate any occasion! This easy recipe for cake pops is so chocolatey and delicious, and they are just so adorable.

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Pro Tip: Use a cookie scoop to make sure every single cake pop is the exact same size! Trust me, they’re way more impressive to present when they’re all the same shape and size.

You can easily change the flavor of these cake pops by using your favorite cake recipe! Try vanilla cake, funfetti cake, red velvet cake, eggnog cake, or spice cake. Use an accompanying frosting, like brown sugar frosting, and whatever kind of chocolate you like!

While you can use any unsweetened cocoa powder you prefer, I like to use natural cocoa powder here because the baking soda helps to neutralize the acidity of natural cocoa powder, letting its rich flavor shine.

Easy Chocolate Cake Balls (cake Pops)

If you want to speed up this process and make it even easier, you can start with a boxed cake mix. This just means all your dry ingredients are ready to go, so you can get straight to mixing and baking.A typical box of cake mix will make about half of this recipe, so use only half a tub of frosting (instead of the full tub). You can use two boxes if you want a full 36-40 cake pops.

A drizzle of white chocolate or your favorite rainbow/chocolate sprinkles are always great options. If you’re making these around a holiday, you could always theme your drizzle or sprinkles to that holiday! For example, red and green sprinkles are always cute on these cake pops around Christmas.

Yes! You can make the chocolate cake, bake, and keep it stored at room temp for a few days. You can also make the cake balls, and keep them in the fridge overnight, so they’re ready to assemble. And since the chocolate coating needs to set, it’s best to fully assemble the pops at least a few hours before serving.

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If the cake balls are falling off the stick, that means they are simply too heavy. There are a few things you should do to prevent this. First, don’t make the cake balls any larger than 1-1½ inches. Make sure to dip the stick in the melted chocolate before inserting into the cake to help it stick. And finally, fully coat the cake pops, but let any excess chocolate drip off so they don’t get too heavy.

In an airtight container at room temperature, these chocolate cake pops will stay fresh for up to 5 days! If you want to extend that time by a lot, place them in the refrigerator in that same container. There, they’ll stay fresh for up to 2 weeks. These are excellent treats to make ahead!

Remember what I said about making these ahead? Yeah – they’re perfect for freezing! In an airtight container or Ziplock bag, these chocolate treats will stay fresh for up to 6 weeks. When you’re ready to enjoy them, just let them sit in the refrigerator or on the countertop to thaw for a few hours.

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Whether they’re decorated with rainbow sprinkles or a simple white chocolate drizzle, these homemade cake pops are sure to be the biggest hit at the party. They’re perfect for birthday parties and holidays.

Forget about those normal cakes – chocolate cake pops are the perfect way to celebrate any occasion! These easy to make chocolatey cake pops are not just adorable, but they're delicious, too.

Storage:Store chocolate cake pops in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 5 days, in the refrigerator for up to 2 weeks, or in the freezer for up to 6 weeks.

How To Make Cake Pops (with Pictures)

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Hi, I’m Becky! If you love sweets, you’re in the right place! We are all about the easy dessert recipes for every occasion.These chocolate cake pops are made with moist chocolate cake, delicious chocolate frosting, then coated in more chocolate and dipped in sprinkles! These can be made with a box mix or a cake made from scratch, and there are instructions for making it vegan or gluten free!

Chocolate cake pops have got to be one of the cutest desserts ever - there's just something about eating a little piece of cake on a stick, you know?

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Cake pops are so great for kids or adults, and you can customize them with fun sprinkles for birthdays, Christmas, Halloween, weddings, or pretty much any event or holiday you can think of! While they are a labour of love, they are so worth it in the end.

These cake pops are already dairy free, so