Cake Pops Ingredients Easy

These delectable Cake Pops are a fun and satisfying twist on ordinary cake and frosting. Made easily with yellow cake mix and candy melts, they’re moist, light, and flavorful – a sweet dessert that everyone will love!

Cake pops are a versatile treat, and in recent years they’ve taken the world by storm! Little lollipops of ultra-rich, ultra-buttery cake are dipped in soft melted candy, and then sprinkled with all kinds of pretty toppings. Who (especially the kids) could resist such a fun dessert?

Usually, these are found at surprisingly high prices at bakeries – Starbucks has all my money because my kids loooove their Birthday Cake Pops 😬. Then, there’s the cake pops at our local grocery store that are out of this world, so they take more of my money!

Strawberry Cake Pops

But really, homemade cake pops are simply the best. They are less expensive this way, and as a bonus, you can create any flavors and designs that you want!

The best thing about cake pops (in my opinion) is the moist, tender texture of the cake mixture inside. It’s like a candy truffle combined with cake! And fortunately, it’s easy to make. The secret to the moist texture is the frosting mixed right into the cake, giving it a velvety richness.

My simple cake pop recipe starts with a boxed cake mix for an extra-easy process. But, if you’d rather bake completely from scratch, that’s great, too!Just grab my recipe for the BEST-EST homemade Chocolate Cake!

No Bake Oreo Cake Pops

There are only a few basic steps to making this recipe, but I think the process is a lot of fun. It’s a great project to have the kiddos help with, too!

So there you have it – a simple, festive, sweet treat that anyone can make! You’ll feel like you just bought a fancy bakery goodie, but it’s actually about as simple as it gets. Want to know more? Here are a few helpful tips:

Cake pops are so versatile! There are infinite ways to customize or change them, but here are a few ideas that I really love.

How To Make Cake Pops

These delectable Cake Pops are a fun and pretty twist on ordinary cake and frosting. Made easily with yellow cake mix and candy melts, they’re moist, light, and flavorful!

Calories: 217 kcal | Carbohydrates: 33 g | Protein: 1 g | Fat: 9 g | Saturated Fat: 6 g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1 g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1 g | Trans Fat: 1 g | Cholesterol: 32 mg | Sodium: 172 mg | Potassium: 19 mg | Fiber: 1 g | Sugar: 26 g | Vitamin A: 165 IU | Vitamin C: 1 mg | Calcium: 45 mg | Iron: 1 mg

Hi, I’m Katerina! As a busy mom I know how hard it can be to put dinner on the table during the week. That’s why I created Easy Weeknight Recipes. I love sharing easy, creative and delicious dinner ideas your family is going to devour!How was your weekend? We spent most of it celebrating my friend’s birthday. I made a whole mess of treats including chocolate zucchini cake (as cupcakes), these salted caramel dark chocolate cookies, and these peanut butter M&M cookies too—it’s been way too long since I made a batch of those in particular! The birthday girl loves chocolate and peanut butter and caramel so these 3 were a no brainer.

Cake Balls Recipe

There’s no batter time (get it? batter?) than a happy occasion to indulge in your favorite treats whether that’s a birthday, shower, wedding, you name it. My mom and sisters threw my baby shower last month and one of the treats they surprised me with was a HUGE display of cake pops. I love cake pops, but hardly ever take the time to make them. Though I did whip up a batch for both of my sisters’ bridal showers in the past few years.

The difference between these cake pops and others you may have tried is that these are 100% homemade. There’s no box cake mix or canned frosting, which results in a totally unique cake pop experience. You can actually TASTE the homemade. The love, the passion, and the care that goes into creating each adorable pop.

So anyway! I first began making homemade cake pops when I wroteSally’s Candy Addiction. In fact, this recipe is published in the book! I want to share it on the blog as well because I’ve gotten lots of questions about making from-scratch cake pops.

Starbucks Cake Pop Recipe (easy Homemade Copycat)

Today we’ll go over all my tips, tricks, and secrets to crafting the peeeeerfect pop as well as the homemade vanilla cake and vanilla buttercream used inside. There’s lots of ground to cover so let’s pop right to it. (Can’t stop with my nerdiness right now.)

Since we’re leaving the box cake mix and canned frosting on the store shelves, we’ll need to take a little extra time to prep both from scratch. I always make the cake the night before, then finish the cake pops the next day. Here’s the general process:

Super basic recipes for both the vanilla cake and frosting, but I do encourage you to use the correct size pan for the cake. This cake is too large for a typical 9-inch cake pan. You’ll need to use a 9-inch springform pan since it rises quite high. Or you can use an 11×7-inch pan instead. A 10-inch springform pan would work as well.

Chocolate Cake Pops (starbucks Copycat)

Cake ingredients are straightforward. The basic crew like flour, butter, sugar, vanilla, milk. Same goes with the vanilla frosting: butter, confectioners’ sugar, vanilla, milk (or cream). The difference between this and what you get out of a box is the taste. You can totally tell these cake pops are special and it’s because you started with from-scratch components. WORTH IT!

(Crumbling the cake into the frosting sounds super weird when you think about it and that’s exactly what cake pops are—super weird when you think about it. It’s cake and frosting mixed together to form a truffle-like ball. Pop a stick in it and dunk into coating. Yep, it’s weirdly delicious and awesome and you need to embrace it.)

It’s easier to roll the cake + frosting mixture into perfectly round balls if it’s cold. And what I do is roll the balls up right after the two are mixed together. They’re pretty misshapen because the cake + frosting mixture is super moist—and at room temperature. So then I chill the balls in the refrigerator for at least 2 hours. After that, I give them another little roll to smooth out the sides. When they’re cold, they’re easier to smooth out and form perfectly round shapes.

How To Make The Best Cake Pops At Home

Just like when we make Oreo balls, the cake balls need to be super chilled before dipping, so this trick gets both steps done!

Now let’s dunk. You can dip the cake balls into pure white chocolate, which is what I prefer for best taste, but that stuff is pretty expensive. And you need a good amount for all 40 cake pops! You can use candy melts/candy coating instead. I give both options in the recipe below along with notes for each choice.

Another trick: to ensure the cake ball stays secure on the lollipop stick, dip it slightly into the coating first. Then stick in the center of the cake ball. See photo above!

Chocolate Cake Pops — Salt & Baker

And another trick: the best way to allow the coating to dry and set—without ruining the perfectly round cake pop—is to place them right side up in a large styrofoam block or even a box. I used a box, as pictured below, for this batch. I just poked super tiny holes into it. Easy and cheap.

Cake pops are a genius celebration-worthy treat to make ahead of time because they freeze beautifully. I simply freeze them in a large zipped-top freezer bag after they’ve fully dried. They’re great for up to 6 weeks, then just let them thaw overnight in the fridge.

I have a few more tips for ya! I went over these in Sally’s Candy Addiction because they’re pretty important to review before you get started.

Recipe: Kid Easy Cake Pops

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Have any leftover birthday cake? Or did you bake a cake and it turned out a little dry? So what do you do with

? Turn it into cake pops of course! This how to make cake pops tutorial has really easy steps to turn any cake into cake pops. Kids will love helping to make these but the best part is enjoying them as a fun treat!

Chocolate Cake Pops (2 Ways!)

You cake pops don’t have to be bakery-perfection. Just have fun making them and enjoy eating their soft gooey centers. They are actually really easy to do. Kids will really enjoy making them with you – especially the dipping and decorating parts.

If you want your cake pops to be round you’ll need to use some foam