Easy Christmas Cake Pops Recipe
These Christmas Cake Pops are festive, delicious and easy to make. By using a cake mix, these cake pops come together quickly using minimal ingredients. The texture is moist on the inside which perfectly contrasts the chocolate shell coating.
Ingredients
- 13.25 box Cake Mix (Vanilla or Chocolate), plus the ingredients required to make the cake
- 1 cup Frosting
- 10 oz Melting Wafers, White, Milk or Dark Chocolate
- Festive Sprinkles, for decoration
- Green and Red Chocolate Wafers, melted, for decoration
- 24 Cake Pop Sticks
Instructions
- Prepare and bake the cake mix according to package instructions
- Once the cake is baked, let cool completely in the pan before transferring to a cooling rack
- Crumble the cooled cake into a large mixing bowl
- Add about 1/2 cup of frosting
- Use an electric hand mixer to combine the cake and frosting
- Add another 1/2 cup of frosting and mix
- If needed, add an additional tbsp of frosting at a time until it reaches a smooth texture that can be rolled into a ball (I used around 1 cup of frosting)
- Once combined and at the desired texture, chill the bowl of cake pop batter in the fridge for 30 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 1/4 cup of the chocolate wafers
- Melt the wafers in a microwave safe dish. Heat in 30 second intervals, mixing in between each until all is melted (you don't want to overheat the chocolate)
- Remove the cake pop balls from the fridge
- Dip the end of a cake pop stick into the melted 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 minutes or in the freezer for 20 minutes. This gives plenty of time for the chocolate to harden
- Remove from the fridge/freezer
- Melt 1-1.5 cups of the chocolate melts in a microwave-safe dish at 30 second intervals (stirring between each to avoid overheating)
- Dip each cake pop into the melted chocolate until completely coated
- Let the excess drip off before placing back on parchment paper
- If decorating with sprinkles, add the sprinkles immediately after placing on the baking sheet
- If decorating with colored chocolate wafers, let the coating set completely. Once set, drizzle on the decorative chocolate (I like to added the melted chocolate to piping bags for drizzling it on)
- Let the cake pops set completely at room temperature or you can also place them in the fridge so that they get a nice crunch on the outside shell
- Enjoy!
Nutrition
Serving: 1cake pop, Calories: 200kcal, Carbohydrates: 40g, Protein: 1g, Fat: 4g, Saturated Fat: 2g, Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g, Monounsaturated Fat: 1g, Trans Fat: 0.1g, Sodium: 289mg, Potassium: 20mg, Fiber: 0.4g, Sugar: 25g, Calcium: 78mg, Iron: 1mg