How To Make Cake Pops At Home Step By Step

Want to learn how to make the perfect Cake Pops? These homemade cake balls are so easy to make, and the perfect bite-sized party treat for any occasion! These sweet treats are made with vanilla cake, frosting, and rainbow sprinkles but can be with any flavor combination.

You won’t have to buy overpriced cake pops again with this easy recipe. It only requires a handful of ingredients, and with my step-by-step photos and tips, you’ll be making cafe-worthy cake balls in no time. Decorating these bite-sized desserts is effortless and makes for a great weekend project with kids. For another kid friendly dessert idea, check out my homemade funfetti cake!

Cake

Vanilla cake — I use a box cake mix for these cake balls for convenience. However, if you have some leftovercake lying around, you can use that as well because nothing beats homemade cake. If you prefer you can use chocolate cake, red velvet cake, or strawberry cake instead.

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Frosting — you can use homemade vanilla frosting (great use for leftovers) or store-bought frosting. I prefer homemade for the flavor, but sometimes convenience wins! Of course feel free to use chocolate frosting or cream cheese frosting instead.

Candy melts — once melted and dipped, candy melts will set up with the same look and texture as chocolate. It’s easier to use than chocolate, as you can skip tempering it. Careful not to scorch the melts, or they’ll harden too quickly to work with.

6. Melt candy or chocolate wafers according to the package instructions. Dip the tip of a lollipop stick in the melted chocolate and insert about halfway into a cake ball.

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7. Dip the cake ball into the chocolate. Remove and gently tap on the side of the cup to let excess coating drip off.

If you don’t have candy melts, try melting wafers (my favorite is Ghirardelli Vanilla) or melting good white chocolate or dark chocolate bars. If the chocolate is too thick, you can try stirring in 1 tbsp vegetable oil to the melted chocolate.

The main culprit of a cracked cake pop coating is due to significant temperature differences in the cake balls. If the cake balls are too cold and the melted candy melt is too hot, the coating will crack as the hot mixture will cause the cake balls to expand and then contract. To prevent this from happening, make sure the coating isn’t super hot when you dip your cake into it. Allow your coating to cool for a few minutes before dipping.

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Don’t skip dipping lollipop sticks in the frosting before inserting into the ball. This helps the sticks stay put in the balls as they harden. Not inserting the lollipop stick deep enough will cause them to fall off as well. Finally, make sure your lollipop sticks aren’t too thin, as you need a thick enough stick to hold the weight of the cake balls. My go-to lollipop sticks are pictured above.

If you’re making cake balls ahead of time, you can keep un-dipped cake balls in the refrigerator for up to 2 days. After dipped and decorated, store them in an airtight sealed container in the refrigerator for up to a week.

You can freeze uncoated and coated cake balls for up to 2 months. When ready to enjoy, let them thaw at room temperature for at least 30 minutes before eating.

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How

These cake pops have exploded through the internet. Whether you call them cake balls, pops or cake bites, they can be made easily and can be decorated beautifully.

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Decorating them is the fun and creative part. I'm no designer of these fun cake bites but I'll show you how easy it is. Cake Pops Step By Step

Bake your cake and allow to cool. In a large mixing bowl, crumble your baked cake into small crumbs. Stir in frosting.

Dough should be moist enough to form into balls. You can add a little more frosting if needed. Line a cookie sheet with waxed paper. Roll dough into balls about the size of a quarter. We use a small scoop to form balls.

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Melt candy melts in a bowl in the microwave. Stirring every 30 seconds until completely melted. Poke a fork in a cake ball if you want just cake bites or insert a lollipop stick if you'd like pops. Dip in the melted chocolate. Place on waxed paper.

If you'd like to add a drizzle on the top melt a different color of melts or use white chocolate. Place melted chocolate in a plastic bag with the corner snipped off or a pastry bag. Working quickly drizzle each ball with chocolate. Freeze or chill for a few hours. Serve. If you'd like to add sprinkles add when chocolate is still wet.

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~ About, ~ Build a website, ~ Contact, ~ Disclaimer, ~FAQ, , ~ Privacy, ~ Table of Contents, ~ Terms of Use, ~What's NewCake pops, also called cake balls, are a form of cake that is shaped like a lollipop. In fact, the name ‘cake pops’ is a contraction of the term cake lollipops. To make cake pops, you simply mix cake crumbs with icing, frosting, or chocolate and then form them into small spheres. Once this is done, you’ll dip your cake pops in the coating and decorate them however you like depending on the decorative ingredients you have at hand.

Cake pops, also called cake balls, are a form of cake that is shaped like a lollipop. In fact, the name ‘cake pops’ is a contraction of the term cake lollipops. To make cake pops, you simply mix cake crumbs with icing, frosting, or chocolate and then form them into small spheres.

Once this is done, you’ll dip your cake pops in the coating and decorate them however you like depending on the decorative ingredients you have at hand.

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If you are crazy about cake pops, well, so are we, and we’re dedicating this whole article to telling you everything you need to know about cake pops. Learn the dos and don’ts, and then find out how our kits can help you and your kids make the best cake pops you’ve ever had!

Have you ever wondered where the delightful cake pops came from? Well, you have Angie Dudley from Georgia to thank for these delightful treats.

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Even though it seems like they’ve been around forever, it was Angie Dudley, a baker who opened her blog, Bakerella, in 2007, who unveiled the dessert that took the country by storm between 2008 and 2011. Now, we can’t imagine that ever existing in a world where cake pops didn’t.

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Angie put up her first post about cake pops on February 1, 2008, making that day the official National Cake Pop Day. Her book called Cake Pop also made it to the New York Times bestseller list when it was published in 2010.

To make cake pops, you’ll need much the same ingredients used in baking traditional cakes. You can start with a cake of any flavor using your favorite recipe. Some recipes use a cake mix instead of the cakes made from scratch.

The only difference is that cake mixes tend to have a slightly lighter texture than cakes from scratch – the latter may perform better after mixing with frosting because of the consistency. You can also use leftover cake, whether homemade or store-bought, to make homemade cake pops.

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The next ingredient needed is the binder or binding agent. Usually, tacky homemade frosting like cream cheese frosting or Swiss meringue buttercream frosting is used. You can also substitute with creamy out-of-the-box/can frosting or even cream cheese alone.

Depending on the final flavor you want, you can also use softened butter, semisweet or bittersweet ganache, mayonnaise, jellies, jams, and even heavy/sour cream. Add a little at a time, because their consistency isn’t the same as frosting. Add more binder if your cake balls disintegrate, or more cake crumbs if the balls are too moist.

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Once assembled,

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