This weekend, I made Jack-O-Lantern Cake Pops for a Halloween party. These cake pops are the treat my family requests time after time, and they are especially fun to make for holidays.
Want to make your own Jack-O-Lantern Cake Pops?
Ingredients & Accessories:
1 box cake mix, any flavor (I used caramel), follow the instructions on the box.
1 16 oz can frosting (caramel here, too)
1-2 bags Wilton (or similar) candy melts, orange (1 lb. package)
Lollipop sticks
Edible Ink Pen
Lime tic tacs or other green candies to make the stem (I used green Twizzlers from a pack of rainbow)
Styrofoam block
Directions:
Bake a cake in a 13x9 pan. Just follow the instructions on the box. Let it cool.
Crumble the cake into a bowl and add in about 2/3 can of pre-made frosting. Put the bowl into the refrigerator for 15 minutes.
After refrigerating, form the mixture into ping-pong sized balls and place on a wax-paper lined cookie sheet.
Melt chocolate in the microwave per directions on package. (30 sec intervals, stirring in between.)
Dip the tip of your lollipop stick in a little of the melted candy coating and insert into the cake balls. (Insert about halfway).
Place the cake pops in the freezer for a little while to firm up.
After 15 minutes in the freezer, dip and swirl each pop into your candy melt. To make a smoother covering, you can just add a little vegetable oil to your chocolate while you’re melting it to keep it fluid while it cools. (About 2 tsp per 4oz (or 1/4 bag) of chocolate)
Once you’ve got an even coating on the cake pop, place the stick into a Styrofoam block while the candy melt shell hardens.
Add the green candies to the top of the cake pop before the shell hardens.
After the shell hardens, draw your own Jack-O-Lantern face on the cake pop with an edible pen. Enjoy!
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