Grinch Cake Pops
Grinch cake pops made from boxed cake crumbs and vanilla frosting, dipped in white chocolate tinted Grinch green and topped with red heart sprinkles. Makes 12 to 18 cake pops.
Ingredients
- 1 box cake mix any flavor
- eggs as called for on the cake box
- vegetable oil as called for on the cake box
- 1/2 cup vanilla frosting plus more as needed
- oil-based green food coloring gel 6 to 12 drops
- 12 oz vanilla candy coating or white chocolate or green melting wafers
- cake pop sticks
- red heart sprinkles
- green sanding sugar
Instructions
- Bake the cake according to the box directions. Let it cool completely, then crumble it into a large bowl. It should be fairly fine crumbs throughout.
- Add the vanilla frosting a little at a time, starting with about 1/2 cup, and mix until the crumbs come together into a dough you can shape with your hands. Add more (a little at a time) only if the "dough" won't stick together and form easily.
- Roll the mixture into balls about 1 to 1 1/2 inches wide. Place them on a parchment lined plate or tray and chill for 20 to 30 minutes to help them hold their shape when you go to dip them. Leave them in the fridge so they stay cool until the last minute.
- During the last five minutes of chilling the cake balls: Melt the white chocolate in the microwave in short bursts of 15 seconds or so, stirring often.
- Remove the bowl and stir in a few drops of oil-based green food coloring gel (see note above about why the oil-based is important for coloring candy coating/chocolate) until the coating is the shade you want. Note: You may need to warm the bowl of coating again since it can stiffen up a bit while you stir and add color.
- Dip the end of each stick into the green chocolate, then push it into a cake ball. The coated stick helps "root" the ball on the stick.
- Immerse each cake pop fully into the melted green chocolate. Tap lightly to let the extra drip off, then sprinkle a pinch of sanding sugar and five or six hearts over each freshly coated cake ball.
- Stand the sticks in a foam block or cake pop stand and let them set at room temperature, or chill for 15 to 20 minutes until firm.
Notes
- See Tips for Success above about why using oil-based food coloring gel is important when coloring candy melts, vanilla bark or white chocolate.
- If you aren't sure if your food coloring is oil based (it will be first in the list of ingredients), I recommend just purchasing green melting wafers (Wilton brand is often available at Walmart or other large-chain baking aisles, especially during Christmas and springtime.) Then you have a little less mess and less work.
Nutrition
Calories: 241kcalCarbohydrates: 41gProtein: 1gFat: 7gSaturated Fat: 6gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 1gTrans Fat: 0.1gSodium: 216mgPotassium: 20mgFiber: 0.3gSugar: 30gCalcium: 63mgIron: 1mg
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