Cake Pops

I make cake balls this exact way, but i use toothpicks to dip the ball into the coating and remove the tooth pick before the coating hardens. My favorite combination is vanilla cake, vanilla frosting, and peanut butter coating ( i use melted reese's peanut butter chips for those)

Wow oh wow! My daughter makes these so when I found this recipe I had to give it a try. I used chocolate cake mix and frosting and then just the chocolate melts sprinkled with color shots. Messy and they do fall apart some but like my daughters, oh so good!! Thank you for posting. Made for Spring PAC 2014.

I made these for a friend's engagement party, and they disappeared quickly. Several people mentioned that these cake pops tasted a lot better than the ones you can make with an electric cake pop maker.<br/><br/>Like buffyfan#1, I had a lot of trouble with the cake falling apart. I consulted a friend who's a much better baker than I am, and he mentioned that when you get ready to dip the cake balls in the candy coating, you should just take a few at a time out of the freezer; that way they don't thaw out as you're working. This may have been obvious to everyone else, but I need things spelled out :)

Advice for Newbie Cake Poppers:<br/>This was my first time making cake pops and I think I made just about every mistake a first-timer could make with the melted chocolate coating. Despite that, it was great fun to do with my 6 year old and they tasted great. So here is my list of advice for anyone else venturing into this... <br/>1) Do not let any liquid (water or milk, etc) get in or around the melties, that will ruin the consistency.<br/>2) If liquid does get into the melties, add crisco in small amounts to reconstitute. <br/>3) Microwaving in 30-second intervals is advisable over double-boiling the melties to avoid the water getting near the melties. <br/>4) If you freeze the pops before dipping into melted chocolate note that the temperature difference could cause cracking of the shell as it dries. Refrigerating might be best. <br/>5) Milk chocolate cake mix (vs devils food or standard chocolate) has a nasty color and is flavorless. Avoid it. <br/>6) Guittard Vanilla Appeals work better than Milton melties. <br/>7) Having a Styrofoam board to stick the pops in afterward is a worthwhile investment. Expecting the pops to easily pop off of a plate after hardening is an unreasonable expectation. <br/>8) Sprinkling sprinkles over the pops is much better than dipping and rolling. <br/><br/>Thats all I can think of for now! <br/><br/>Thanks!

Worked like a charm! I was so worried when my 4-year-old wanted cake pops for her 5th birthday, so I started doing some research. This recipe was the best step-by-step way I could find. It is a lot of work, but at least it worked:) I tried to use melted white chocolate chips to dip them, but it didn't work too well. I had to spoon it over them and spread it around... I should have just gotten myself to a craft store to get the candy melts. Regardless, the cake pops were great, my birthday girl was happy and it really did make 36 cake pops...enough to take to school with her and some left over for the family party! Thanks for the easy to follow recipe!