Barbie Cake Pops Recipe
These Barbie Cake Pops have a moist, vanilla cake center with rainbow sprinkles throughout. The cake pops are easy to make, fun for any occasion AND delicious! Whether you’re a Barbie lover or just like the color pink, they are the perfect treat for you.
In my opinion, cake pops are the perfect sweet treat.
If you’re a cake lover like myself, you will LOVE these little bites of heaven.
The cake pop is soft and moist on the inside which perfectly contrasts the crunch of the chocolate shell and sprinkles on the outside.
An easy and delicious treats that require just a few ingredients!
Main Ingredients
To make cake pops, you only need a few ingredients! They are easy to find at your local grocery store.
- Yellow Cake Mix (plus the ingredients requested on the package instructions) – You can use any brand as long as it is about 15 oz size.
- Vanilla Frosting – Either store-bought or my homemade Vanilla Cream Cheese Frosting are great options.
- Pink Chocolate Candy Melts – These are used for both connecting the cake pop to the cake pop stick AND coating the cake pops after they are chilled.
- Barbie Pink Sprinkles or Rainbow Sprinkles or Rainbow Nonpareils (for decorating) – Any sprinkle will work, however, I recommend using the “Jimmies” style as I use in the photos below.
Tips and Tricks to Know Before you Start
Chill the batter. When you chill the batter throughout the process of making the cake pops, it helps keep them together.
Nobody wants to grab a cake pop in their hand just for it to fall off the stick.
Add the sprinkles AFTER the cake is baked. By adding them after, the color doesn’t melt into the cake.
You not only get to see the colors better but they also add texture to the cake.
The perfect crunch. After coating each cake pop in chocolate and adding your desired decoration, put the cake pops in the fridge.
This will create a crunchy shell to contrast the moist cake.
How to Make Barbie Cake Pop
The full-detailed instructions are written out in the recipe card below. Use these images to help guide you as needed when following the directions.
Frequently Asked Questions
Yes! Any brand will work, just make sure it is about 15-16.5 oz.
You can use avocado oil, a light olive oil, vegetable oil or canola oil. However, melted butter will also work at a 1:1 ratio!
Yes, if you don’t chill the batter, the cake pop won’t be able to hold up on the cake pop stick.
Do this after the cake pops are coated in chocolate and the chocolate has solidified.
Melt chocolate candy melts (color of your choice) in a bowl for 30 second increments until melted, stirring in between. Immediately transfer the chocolate to a piping bag and cut a small tip at the end.
Next, squeeze the piping bag as you quickly drag lines of chocolate across the cake pops to create zig zag lines. You can make the lines vertical, horizontal or diagonal.
Store in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 14 days.
Barbie Cake Pops Recipe
Ingredients
- 16.5 oz Vanilla Box Cake Mix, plus ingredients according to package instructions
- 1 cup Vanilla Frosting
- 12 oz Pink Chocolate Candy Melts
- 1/2 cup Rainbow Sprinkles , plus extra for decoration
Instructions
- Prepare and bake the vanilla cake mix according to package instructions
- Once the cake is baked, let cool completely in the pan before transferring to a cooling rack
- When the cake is cooled, crumble the pieces into a separate, large mixing bowl
- Add about 1 cup of frosting and 1/2 cup of rainbow sprinkles
- Use an electric hand mixer to combine the cake and frosting
- If needed, add an additional 1/4 cup of frosting until it reaches a smooth texture that can be rolled into a ball (I used about 1.5 cups of frosting)
- Once combined and at the desired texture, chill the cake pop batter in the fridge for 30-45 minutes
- After chilling, scoop about 1.5 tbsp of the cake pop batter and roll into a ball
- Then place on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper
- Repeat until all the dough has been used
- Place the baking sheet in the fridge while you melt the pink chocolate wafers
- Start by melting 1/4 cup of the pink candy melts in a microwave safe dish. Heat in 30 second intervals, mixing in between each until melted
- Remove the cake pop balls from the fridge
- Dip the end of a cake pop stick into the chocolate then into the cake pop ball
- Place back on the parchment paper
- Repeat until a stick has been placed in each cake pop
- Put the baking sheet back into the fridge to chill for 30-45 minutes or in the freezer for 20-30 minutes
- This gives plenty of time for the chocolate to set
- Remove from the fridge/freezer
- Now, melt about 1 cup of the pink chocolate wafers in a bowl. Heating for 30 second intervals and mixing in between each to not overheat
- Coat each cake pop in the pink chocolate
- Let the excess chocolate drip off
- Place back on the parchment paper and immediately top with sprinkles before the chocolate hardens
- Repeat steps 21-23 until all cake pops are coated
- Let the cake pops set completely at room temperature. You can also place them in the fridge so that they get a nice crunch on the outside shell
- Enjoy!