Wow your friends at the next spring
or summer gathering with these almost-too-easy cake pops, sure to delight
everyone!
Ingredients:
· 9X13
chocolate cake, prepared from cake mix
· 1 can
chocolate frosting
· 2 boxes
Baker’s premium white chocolate
· cake pop
sticks (available at craft stores or online retailers)
· Sprinkles,
colored sugar, writing icing, or other decorative supplies
Directions:
1. Crumble
cake into a large bowl until crumbs are fine and granular
2. Add
chocolate frosting a little bit at a time until cake is moist and can hold a
ball shape, yet still slightly crumbly. Use your hands to blend frosting into
cake crumbs
3. Use a
mini ice cream scoop, melon baller or teaspoon to scoop out cake mixture. Roll
into tight ball approximately 1 ½ inches in diameter and place on plate. Repeat
until all the cake mixture has been rolled into balls.
4. Melt 2-4
ounces of white chocolate in microwave, following instructions on package.
5. Dip tip
of cake pop sticks into the white chocolate and insert into the cake balls
about halfway
6. Freeze
for about 20 minutes. While waiting, prepare all of your decorating supplies
7. Melt the
remaining white chocolate in a large cup. Make sure you have enough chocolate
to completely submerge the cake balls
8. Remove
cake balls from freezer
9. Dip cake
balls carefully into the white chocolate until covered
10. Allow
excess white chocolate to drip off. Swirl and tap gently if needed
11. Add
sprinkles or colored sugar while the white chocolate is still wet. It will
harden quickly
12. Stick the
decorated cake pop into a styrofoam block to finish setting. Place into the
freezer to speed up setting time. If desired, decorate with writing icing
13. Store in
a single layer, in an airtight container
Makes approximately 36 cake pops
