Cake Pop Gender Reveal Recipe

These gender reveal cake pops are so easy to make and full of the sweet flavors of cake and frosting. They're an adorable way to make any gender reveal party tasty and festive.

If you'd rather have your guests enjoy a tasty treat instead of having them watch your spouse get hit in the crotch with a rogue gender reveal rocket, then this is the recipe for you.

I constantly shake my head when I see all the gender reveal disasters online. I was pregnant before these reveals were a thing, and most of them seem like disasters waiting to happen. Not this gender reveal idea, though!

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Top Tip: Do not skip the chilling step on your cake balls before dipping them in the melting chocolate, or the frosting won't coat or stick correctly.

It only takes a few simple ingredients to make this recipe. You'll find them all easily at your local grocery store. For quantities, see the recipe card at the end of the post.

Room Temperature: If made with vanilla or buttercream frosting, these cake pops can be stored in an air-tight container at room temperature for three to five days.

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Refrigerator: Cake pops made with cream cheese frosting must be stored in the refrigerator. They'll last for up to five days in the fridge.

Make Ahead: These pops do very well at room temperature or in the refrigerator, so you can make them up to three days ahead of time.

Cake pops like these pair well with other sweet treats and savory options like salty snacks. That's usually how you'll find them served at parties. Here are some ideas for you to consider!

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Broken glass jello and these mermaid cupcakes or rainbow cupcakes also make a nice addition to the dessert table at your party!

If you leave your cake balls in the freezer too long and don't let them warm up a bit, the drastic change in temperature can cause the candy to crack as it melts.

These gender reveal cake pops are so easy to make and full of the sweet flavors of cake and frosting. They're an adorable way to make any gender reveal party tasty and festive.

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Calories: 86 kcal Carbohydrates: 11 g Fat: 4 g Saturated Fat: 4 g Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.1 g Monounsaturated Fat: 0.1 g Sodium: 6 mg Potassium: 0.4 mg Sugar: 11 g Calcium: 0.04 mg Iron: 0.002 mgI have to admit, I had never made cake pops before but I was determined to make them for our gender reveal party. I’ve made Oreo truffles multiple times, which are somewhat similar to cake pops. Somewhat. They’re essentially the cookie version of cake pops. Basically dessert cousins. I figured, how hard could it be?

Now, I know mine aren’t 100% true cake pops– they’re basically cake balls with sticks in them, but people can still carry them around like cake pops. I mean, who wants messy hands? Anyway, I’ll tell you at the end of the post how to make them into legit cake pops with the cake portion at the top and the stick coming out the bottom.

Prepare a boxed cake mix as directed on the box. Let the cake cool completely. Wash your hands. Next, crumble the cake into fine crumbs with your hands in a large bowl. Mix in about 1/3 cup of icing (I used store bought milk chocolate) with your hands. The mixture should be dense but not gooey. Gooey cake balls gross me out. Grab a cookie scoop (I used my 1.5 T scoop, which I LOVE). (Remember, everyone needs a cookie scoop, or 3.) Then, scoop out the mixture, packing the cake mixture into the scoop as you scoop it (I smushed the open side of the cookie scoop against the inside of the bowl). Smush the mixture in your hand to pack it tightly into a ball. Roll it into a nicely shaped ball. Roll the remaining mixture into balls (my cake mix made 18 balls).

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Grab your Candy Melts (I purchased mine from JoAnn Fabric) and a small microwaveable dish (I used a small oatmeal bowl). Put about 5 morsels into the bowl and melt them in the microwave. Next, grab your cake pop sticks (I purchased mine from JoAnn Fabric). Dip your stick into the melted Candy Melt and quickly stick it into a cake pop at least half way down. Repeat with remaining cake pops. Then, set pops on a cookie tray. Freeze for about 15 minutes (they wouldn’t fit in my freezer so I put them in the fridge for 30 minutes– worked fine). Put your Candy Melts into a microwaveable mug (I filled mine to the top). Next, melt the Candy Melts as directed on the package. Dip the cake pop into the mug, evenly coating it. Let the coating drip off. Place the pop on cookie sheet. Finally, if using sprinkles, add immediately before coating sets. Repeat for remaining pops.

These may seem like a lot a work, but trust me, once you have it all mapped out it’s a breeze. I spent maybe an hour on these (not including baking and cooling times).

If you want your cake pops to be true cake pops, rather than cake balls with sticks in them, instead of putting them on a cookie sheet to dry, insert the stick into Styrofoam for the coating to set. I wanted mine to sit on the platter but still be pops, so that’s why I went the route I did.

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FYI, the Candy Melt coating is really good. I used chocolate cake and you barely tell there’s dark cake underneath the coating. Just thought I’d throw that out there.

Note: Candy Melts come in a wide array of colors. But if you don’t spot a color you need, you can use gel food coloring. Do not use food coloring drops.

Step by step instructions on how to make cake pops! Learn some tricks on how to accomplish delicious and eye-catching cake pops!These Gender Reveal Cake Pops are a fun and cute way to surprise your baby shower guests! Once they bite into it, the pink or blue cake inside will reveal if it's a boy or girl!

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Before you ask, no I am not pregnant. But there is about to be a new addition to our family! My uncle and his girlfriend are having a baby, and I couldn't be more excited! They asked me to make a cute little gender reveal dessert for their baby shower, so I decided to make these cake pops.

To my frustration, they refused to tell me the gender of the baby, so I had to make these cake pops pink and blue to trick the guests. Their goal was to have one person bite into a cake pop and think YAY, IT'S A GIRL! Meanwhile, someone else bites into their cake pop and thinks it's a boy. Just to mess with their minds. It was pretty hilarious actually.

I've always had trouble making cake pops. They were either too soft and mushy, too dry, too big, cracks, thick and lumpy coating. Pretty much everything that can go wrong with a cake pop. But these? These are the most perfect cake pops I've ever made! Don't get me wrong, some of the above mistakes did occur when I made these, but that was mostly because I got tired and started rushing.

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Before we get to the recipe, I'd like to share some of my techniques on how to make the perfect (gender reveal) cake pops. First off:

Typically, for cake pops you can use any flavour cake mix you like. For this cake, however, you MUST use vanilla (or white) cake mix, since we'll be colouring it.

Prepare and bake the cake in a 9x13 inch baking pan according to the packages directions. You can totally do this the night before to save time.

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Once the cake is cool, use a knife to cut it into 4 sections. Place 1 section into a large bowl and crumble using 2 forks. You can also use your hands, but it'll be very sticky and messy.

Once cake is crumbled, add the vanilla frosting 1 tablespoon at a time. This is so you won't end up adding too much, ⅓ cup seems to be the perfect amount. Mix with a rubber spatula and your hands, squeezing and pressing the cake together until it forms a ball.

Divide the cake between two bowls, each half weighed about 1 pound. I should note, if you are planning on making these all pink or all blue, don't bother dividing it.

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Add a little bit of food colouring to each bowl. Now here's where it gets a little tricky. I found the best way to mix in the food colouring is by mixing it in with a spoon or rubber spatula, just until the colour is smeared all over. Then, use your hands to work the colour all throughout the cake. You may need to rip the cake apart and put it back together etc. To make sure the colour is evenly distributed throughout. This is also why it's important that you