Description
Red, White & Blue Cake Pops are festive and fun treats perfect for celebrations, featuring layers of colored cake covered in chocolate and decorated with sprinkles.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 box white cake mix (plus ingredients to prepare)
- 1/2 cup vanilla frosting
- 12 oz white chocolate chips or candy melts
- Red, white, and blue sprinkles
- Red and blue gel food coloring
- Lollipop sticks
Instructions
- Prepare and bake the white cake according to package instructions. Let it cool completely.
- Once cooled, crumble the cake into three separate bowls.
- Tint one bowl of crumbled cake red and another blue using gel food coloring. Leave the third bowl white.
- Add about 2 tablespoons of frosting to each bowl and mix until the crumbs hold together.
- Take a small amount from each color and gently press them together to form multicolored balls. Roll into 1-inch balls and place on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.
- Chill the cake balls in the refrigerator for 1 hour or freeze for 20 minutes.
- Melt white chocolate or candy melts in a microwave-safe bowl in 30-second intervals, stirring until smooth.
- Dip the tip of each lollipop stick in melted chocolate, then insert into a cake ball. Dip the entire ball into the melted chocolate to coat, gently tapping off the excess.
- Immediately decorate with red, white, and blue sprinkles. Stand upright in a styrofoam block or cake pop stand to set.
- Let cake pops set completely before serving.
Notes
- Use gel food coloring to avoid altering the cake’s texture.
- Chill cake pops well before dipping to help them stay on the stick.
- Store in the refrigerator for up to 5 days.
- Prep Time: 30 minutes
- Cook Time: 25 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking and Dipping
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cake pop
- Calories: 150
- Sugar: 14g
- Sodium: 95mg
- Fat: 7g
- Saturated Fat: 4g
- Unsaturated Fat: 2g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 19g
- Fiber: 0g
- Protein: 1g
- Cholesterol: 15mg