How To Make Red Velvet Cake Pops With Cream Cheese Frosting

Red Velvet Cake Balls, easy and delicious cake balls with cream cheese frosting! Make for a fun dessert anytime or decorate for the holidays!

Cake balls are super easy to make and are a fantastic treat to bring to dinner parties or to make for special occasions!

I love making red velvet cake balls especially for Christmas and Valentines Day. You can easily decorate them to fit any holiday or theme!

Red Velvet Cakeberries (chocolate Dipped Strawberry Cake Bites)

You can use any type of cake and frosting combo to make cake balls. Eat them as balls or stick them on stick and make cake pops.

Candy Melts- I used White and Red but any colors will work. I don’t recommend using chocolate chips since that would require you to temper the chocolate to get it to harden again.

I love making red velvet brownies from scratch, but when it comes to these cake balls a boxed cake mix works just fine!

Red Velvet Cake Pops Recipe (easy, 3 Ingredients)

When I am super crunched on time/ingredients I just grab store bought frosting too. For cake balls making frosting from scratch doesn’t really make them way better so I typically go the easy route and buy it!

The difference is cake pops are on a stick. I love to turn these into heart Valentine Cake pops- just follow these instructions or the best tips!

Melt candy melts in a microwave safe dish. Place the cake ball in the melted chocolate and coat by rolling it around or spooning the melted chocolate over it.

Red Velvet Cake Truffles Recipe

Use a fork to scoop the cake ball out of the melted chocolate then tap against the bowl to get the extra chocolate off. Carefully scoot the dipped cake ball onto a parchment line baking sheet to harden.

You can place the cake ball on a fork and lower it into the chocolate. Then gently roll the cake ball to cover it completely.

Alternatively, you can stick a toothpick into the ball and dip it. Sometimes the ball will slide off though- just a heads up.

Red Velvet Cake Balls Recipe

I don’t recommend this. Using any type of chocolate chips will require you to temper the chocolate (which is a pain) and if you don’t the chocolate will not harden.

Calories: 156 kcal Carbohydrates: 24 g Protein: 1 g Fat: 7 g Saturated Fat: 3 g Polyunsaturated Fat: 2 g Monounsaturated Fat: 2 g Trans Fat: 1 g Cholesterol: 16 mg Sodium: 160 mg Potassium: 59 mg Fiber: 1 g Sugar: 18 g Vitamin A: 24 IU Calcium: 25 mg Iron: 1 mg

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Red Velvet Cake Balls With Cream Cheese

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Red Velvet Cake Balls

These red velvet cake balls have a moist and delicious cake center covered in a creamy coating, and are sure to be a hit with everyone.

These are a great option to make for those who are very busy and want a fun dessert to impress, but don’t have a ton of time to make it. With this recipe you simply add the dry ingredients with the wet ingredients to make the cake batter.

If you love easy homemade cake pops you may also want to try my Starbucks Birthday Cake Copycat Cake Pops or my Starbucks Chocolate Cake Pops Copycat Recipe.

Gluten Free Red Velvet Cake Pops

Cake pops are a type of dessert that is made by mixing crumbled cake with frosting or cream cheese, rolling the mixture into balls, and then inserting cake pop sticks into the center. The cake balls are then coated in chocolate, candy melts, or other types of candy coating and decorated with sprinkles, nuts, or other toppings.

Cake pops are a fun and popular treat for parties, weddings, and other special events. They can be made in a variety of flavors and colors, and can be customized to match the theme of the occasion.

It’s also a great way to use up leftover cake, and are a fun and creative way to present desserts. They can also be called cake truffles, dip cake balls, or balls of cake.

Red Velvet Cake Pops Recipe (video)

The inside of the cakes pops is a combination of cake mixed with frosting, which gives it the gooey soft texture. The cake pop chocolate coating is simply melted candy melts, or alternatively you can us melted white chocolate.

Pour the batter into a greased 9×9-inch baking dish or two 8×8-inch round cake dishes and bake in a 350 degree F oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.

Let the cake cool completely, then crumble it with a fork in a large bowl or in the baking dish. Set aside 1/2 cup of crumbled cake to decorate the outside of the cake pops.

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Use a cookie scoop and your hands to roll the mixture into evenly sized small balls and place on large baking sheet. You want to try make them all a consistent size – aim for the size of a ping pong ball.

It’s easier to roll the cake & frosting mixture into perfectly round balls if it’s cold. The cake & frosting mixture is super moist, and at room temperature it makes it extremely difficult to shape them perfectly.

Once they have been frozen, I give them another little roll to smooth out the sides. Then place on a cookie sheet.

Red Velvet Cake Pops

Melt candy melts in the microwave or in a double boiler. Dip lollipop sticks into the melted chocolate, then stick into one of the frozen cake balls.

Gently dip cake pops into the melted chocolate or spoon the chocolate onto balls and twirl to coat, letting the excess chocolate drizzle off onto parchment paper. Decorate with the crumbled cake that was set aside.

Place them upright in a styrofoam block, or a cardboard box to harden. There you have it, you have easy bite-sized treats!

Red Velvet Cake Pops ⋆ Real Housemoms

These are perfect to bring to a baby shower, birthday parties, or any celebration where you want to impress your guests! Homemade cake pops ALWAYS “wow” guests, trust me.

It’s a game changer, and will save you so much time! Not to mention you will make perfect cake pops every time.

The best part about making cake pops is you can use leftover cake crumbs, and mix it in with a small amount of icing and they come out great! You can also customize them but using a gluten free cake mix to make gluten free cake pops.

Easy Red Velvet Cake Balls

When you’re ready to serve the cake pops, let them sit at room temperature for a 15-20 minutes to take the chill off. This will help them taste their best. Enjoy!

1. Start by preparing your cake by package directions. Beat cake mix, water, vegetable oil, and eggs in a large mixing bowl.

2. Pour the batter into a greased 9×9-inch baking dish or two 8×8-inch round cake dishes and bake in a 350 degree F oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.

Red Velvet Truffles

3. Let the cake cool completely, then crumble it with a fork in a large bowl or in the baking dish. Set aside 1/2 cup of crumbled cake to decorate the outside of the cake pops.

5. Use a cookie scoop and your hands to roll the mixture into evenly sized small balls and place on large baking sheet. You want to try make them all a consistent size – aim for the size of a ping pong ball.

6. Freeze again until balls are hard. It’s easier to roll the cake & frosting mixture into perfectly round balls if it’s cold. The cake & frosting mixture is super moist, and at room temperature it makes it extremely difficult to shape them perfectly.

Red Velvet Cake Pop Recipe

7. Once they have been frozen, I give them another little roll to smooth out the sides. Then place on a cookie sheet.

8. Melt candy melts in the microwave or in a double boiler. Dip lollipop sticks into the melted chocolate, then stick into one of the frozen cake balls. Do this with all of them and put back in