How To Make Designs On Cake Pops

Looking for cake pop decorating ideas? We’ve a load of super easy cake pop decorating tips to get you started! Cake pops are a lollipop and cake hybrid, the perfect sweet treat! They make an excellent choice for birthday parties, baby showers and even weddings as you don’t need to worry about serving up – you can just grab a cake pop and go! 

If you've never made cake pops before, don't worry! They couldn't be easier to make. All you need is a cooled cake to crumble up and mix with a sumptuous buttercream frosting. You can learn how to make the delicious chocolate cake pops above with our simple step-by-step tutorial.

Both piping pros and ambitious beginners are sure to be blooming delighted by this flower cake pop decorating technique. Use your favorite cake recipe to make the base then cover the little spheres in Candy Melts and chill to set. Once they’re set, it’s time to get creative with a medium consistency buttercream frosting and a variety of petal piping tips. 

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Create the dahlias by starting at the bottom of the cake pop with the stick facing away from you and piping rows of U-shaped petals. For the carnations, start at the top of the cake pop and pipe short, loose zig-zags, tucking each petal underneath the previous one. These make the perfect bake for Mother’s Day! 

These fabulously fruity cake pops are a prime example of how Candy Melts can be used for cake pop decorating! Decorated to look like lemons, limes, grapefruits, kiwis, papayas and watermelons, these brilliantly bright and colorful cake pops are sure to bring the fun to any party! 

Start with your favorite cake recipe for the filling, then dip your bakes in Candy Melts in the background color. Grab a piping bag with a writing nozzle, and create beautiful, delicate decoration.

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If you’ve got little chefs at home, this is a brilliant way of getting them involved in cake pop decorating! These Halloween-themed cake pops are covered in Candy Melts and then edible markers are used to bring the characters to life!

Another cake pop decorating technique that’s as easy as it is impressive is dip and drizzle! Simply cover your cake pop in a layer of chocolate or Candy Melts before drizzling with free-flowing frosting or chocolate. 

These super cool marble effect cake pops couldn’t be easier to make! You can use royal icing, different types of chocolate or colored Candy Melts to create this magnificent marble effect. All you need to do is dip your cooled cake pop into the base layer, pipe on a drizzle of the marbling color, then pop the cake pop back into the base layer and swirl it around. When you remove the cake pop, it will be magically marbled!

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When in doubt, add sprinkles! Dip your cake pops in a layer of chocolate or Candy Melts and cover with sprinkles before leaving to cool. This has to be the simplest of cake pop decorating ideas, but it doesn’t make it any less effective! Change up the colors and sprinkles to suit any theme, from baby showers to kids birthday parties! 

These red velvet cake pops are a prime example of how a shake of sprinkles can transform a plain cake pop into a romantic Valentine’s Day treat! 

If you like to keep it simple in the kitchen, this is one of the best easy cake pop decorating ideas! These cheesecake cake pops are seriously tasty – made from a combination of cream cheese and Candy Melts and rolled in crumbled biscuits for a rustic look.

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Learn how to make delicious chocolate cake pops! How to make delicious gummy bears at home! Learn how to decorate a rainbow layer cake with bold and bright frostingI am excited to show you how to make homemade cake pops. There is something cool about a ball of cake covered in chocolate on top of a lollipop stick.

Are you tired of making the same thing for birthdays or maybe you want something new to bring to a party? Make these amazing treats and impress your friends and family with your baking skills.

Instead of giving a bouquet of flowers, maybe give a bouquet of cake pops! If I can do it, you can do it. Let’s get baking! 🙂

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First, in order to make cake pops at home, we need a base cake. You can use any cake mix from the store or your favorite homemade cake recipe. Just follow the instructions and bake up that cake. You can make all kinds of different flavors.

After you bake your cake in whatever pans you want to use, it really doesn’t matter, break it up in a large bowl. Alternatively, a little trick I learned is you can put the cake in a heavy-duty zip-lock bag and break it up in there.

We want to get the crumbs pretty fine. I am using only half of the cake, which makes 12 to 13 cake pops. Another thing you can try is using a hand mixer or stand mixer.

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If using the stand mixer, use your paddle attachment. Be aware, some cake bits might want to pull a superman and fly out of the bowl. 🙂 You can also use a food processor too if you like.

Now we add in our favorite frosting. I am just using a store-bought white frosting. Start with one large heaping Tablespoon worth of frosting, which really is about 2 or 2 1/2 Tbsp. (approx. 35g or so).

You can always add some more if you want a little later. IF using the full cake you will probably use about 1/3 of a cup. Now dive in there with your clean hands and mix the frosting with the cake bits.

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You can use gloves if you like as well if you don’t like the idea of touching the cake. Or again, you can use your mixer. 🙂 You want to add the mixture to resemble play-dough, once it is all mixed together, meaning it stays together when you smush it together, haha.

Now we need to grab some cake mixture and make it into a ball. I usually use a Tablespoon and measure out two Tablespoons worth, which make a decent-sized cake ball. Knead the cake mix a little bit in your hand, then use your palms to roll it into a ball.

Again make sure your hands are clean or wear gloves. Next place the cake ball on a parchment paper-lined baking tray or plate.

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Now, melt some of theCandiquik, candy melts, or chocolate chips/bars. I have used all three types, I really like the consistency that melted Candiquik gives. You can’t go wrong with candy melts though. Or even using your favorite kind of chocolate.

I use the microwave to melt the Candiquik. I either use the defrost setting on bursts of like 45 seconds then stir, or use the hi setting and do bursts of 30 seconds and then stir, until the chocolate is nice and melted, you may also use the double boiler method.

After that dip yourtreat stickinto the Candiquik, about 3/4 of an inch, then stick it into your cake ball, about the same far. Don’t poke it too far, we don’t want it coming out the other side.

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Now you can smooth out the chocolate that you like with your finger, purely for aesthetics. Next, place those in a piece of styrofoam or acake pop stand, and then into the fridge for 10 minutes. This will help the chocolate firm up and give some stability to the cake ball.

*Note if you pick the cake ball up and turn it over you will have a little flat part which is a great place to stick your lollipop stick.

Once our homemade cake pops have firmed up it is dipping time! Melt more chocolate, I usually only do one color/flavor at a time. If you are using a more shallow bowl, tilt the bowl of chocolate, then dip your cake pop into it.

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Use a spoon to cover the ball if needed. Now rotate the cake stick, and gently tap the stick with your finger, this will allow the excess chocolate to drip off, and rotating ensures a nice smooth covering.

You may also use a deeper more narrow glass. With these you can usually just dip straight down and come up with it, then do the rotating and tapping.

Once done place your cake pop back into the styrofoam or cake pops stand and let the chocolate set. If using traditional chocolate you may want to put them in the fridge for a few minutes to help the setting process. If not, by the time you are done dipping the last one, most of the others will have completely set.

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Now we get to decorate these little homemade cake pops. 🙂 I chose to just drizzle different flavors on the top, using a bit of chocolate in a plastic bag with the corner snipped. You can use a professional piping bag with tips as well.

If you want to stick different candies or nuts on it, you will want to do it shortly