Description
Festive, bite-sized cake pops with a moist interior and a colorful, hard candy shell. Perfectly decorated for Halloween parties.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 baked chocolate or vanilla cake, cooled
- 1/2 cup buttercream frosting
- 12 oz orange or purple candy melts
- 24 lollipop sticks
- 1 package candy eyes
- 1/4 cup Halloween-themed sprinkles
Instructions
- Crumble the cooled cake into a large mixing bowl until no large chunks remain.
- Add buttercream frosting one tablespoon at a time, stirring until a moldable dough forms.
- Roll the mixture into 24 equal-sized spheres using your palms.
- Place spheres on a baking sheet and freeze for 20 minutes until firm.
- Melt candy melts in the microwave in 30-second intervals until smooth.
- Dip the tip of each lollipop stick into the melted chocolate and insert halfway into a cake ball.
- Submerge the entire cake ball into the chocolate, lift straight up, and tap the wrist to remove excess.
- Immediately add candy eyes and sprinkles before the coating hardens.
- Set on parchment paper until completely firm.
- Prep Time: 45 minutes
- Cook Time: 30 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American