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    Easy Chocolate Cake Pops

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    These chocolate cake pops are easy to make and are so fun to eat! They can be decorated with any type of sprinkles for a fun and festive dessert!Chocolate Cake Pop Recipe

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    This easy cake pop recipe actually came from a happy accident. You see I was try to make a chocolate log to celebrate the new Hearthstone expansion, because the log swirl looks just like the Hearthstone symbol. I thought I’d make my marshmallow frosting, add blue dye and have a fun and festive cake ready to celebrate playing the game.

    Chocolate Cake Pop Recipe

    Well, cake logs are much more tricky than I anticipated. The first cake cracked completely (even though I rolled it while it was warm). The second cake was much more promising. However, after adding the frosting and re-rolling it, it soon became an ugly caved in mess.  So instead of throwing out all the yummy cake I decided to make cake pops!

    Chocolate Cake Pop Recipe

    Cake pops are actually really easy to make and perfect for when you have a cake fail like me! Just take the cake, crumble it up, add frosting and form into balls! Freeze the balls with the sticks in them, and then dip in your favorite chocolate! Easy!

    Chocolate Cake Pop Recipe

    The ones pictured here actually have my marshmallow frosting and the dark chocolate frosting in them. It’s a double batch (since both cakes failed), so I had the two types of frosting. Plus there was no way to get rid of the marshmallow frosting since it was rolled up into the failed log cakes.  You are more than welcome to add the marshmallow frosting, but it isn't needed!

    Chocolate Cake Pop Recipe

    You can just make one cake and one batch of chocolate frosting. It will make about 14 cake pops and they will taste amazing!

    Chocolate Cake Pop Recipe

    Oh and a quick note about the frosting. This Special Dark Chocolate Frosting is directly from the back of a Hershey’s Special Dark Cocoa Powder container. It is simple, delicious, and one of my favorite frostings ever. There’s no use in trying to reinvent the wheel when you have frosting as good and as simple as this! Do you have a favorite recipe that’s from the back of a box or container of food? I’d love to hear about!

    Chocolate Cake Pop Recipe

    If you like this recipe check out my Hi-Hat Chocolate Cupcakes, Mini Apple Pies and my Disney inspired Sugar Cookies!

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    Chocolate Cake Pop Recipe

    Easy Chocolate Cake Pops

    This easy cake pop recipe comes together in no time and tastes amazing! Fun for birthdays or any celebration!
    4.46 from 11 votes
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    Prep Time 30 mins
    Cook Time 15 mins
    Total Time 45 mins
    Course Dessert
    Cuisine American
    Servings 14 Cake Pops

    Ingredients
      

    • 1 box chocolate cake mix plus ingredients to make the cake*

    Frosting Ingredients for Hershey’s Especially Dark Chocolate Frosting*

    • ½ cup butter melted
    • ⅔ cup Hershey’s Special Dark Cocoa Powder*
    • 3 cups powdered sugar
    • ⅓ cup milk
    • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

    Chocolate Coating*

    • 1 bag of semi-sweet chocolate chips 24 oz or candy melts
    • Sprinkles optional
    • Cake Pop Sticks
    • Styrofoam block*

    Instructions
     

    • Mix together and cake ingredients according to box directions. If you want to speed up the cooking time, bake the cake in a greased rimmed baking sheet. It usually only takes ~15 minutes to bake. Allow the cake to cool completely
    • While cake is cooling, make the frosting.

    How to make the frosting:

    • Combine melted butter and cocoa powder in a medium sized bowl.
    • Alternate between adding in the powdered sugar and milk, stirring after each addition.
    • Stir in the vanilla.

    How to make cake pops:

    • Once cooled, using your hands, crumble the cake. Mix in the frosting so it is thoroughly combined.
    • Form cake mixture into rounded balls and place on a parchment lined baking sheet.
    • Melt ¼ cup chocolate chips in the microwave, stirring every 30 seconds until melted.
    • Dip one end of a cake pop stick into the melted chocolate and then insert it into the cake ball. Repeat with all the cake balls.
    • Stick entire baking sheet into the freezer for at least 20 minutes.
    • Melt the remaining chocolate (I usually only melt about 1 ½ cups at a time, use it up then melt more as needed). Dip your cake pops into the chocolate, spooning the chocolate up and over the sides to get a good coating. You can gently spin the cake pop to try to get the excess chocolate off.
    • Decorate with sprinkles, stick into Styrofoam and let harden at room temperature.
    • Once hardened you can eat right away or store in an air tight container in the refrigerator.
    • Enjoy!

    Notes

    *I used Devil’s Food Chocolate Cake Mix which requires 1 cup of water, ⅓ cup vegetable oil and 3 eggs. I also made adjustments for high altitude and swapped my cup of water for a cup of sprite, which in cakes gives it a light texture, but in cake pops it really doesn’t matter. *The frosting is directly from the back of the can of Hershey’s Special Dark Cocoa powder and can be found here. You can use regular cocoa powder if you don’t have the special dark. *I’ve since learned chocolate chips aren’t the best chocolates for this type of coating. It’s recommended to use candy melts, which will make a thinner coating than the chocolate chips. * You can use any Styrofoam as long as it’s thick enough to hold all the cake pops when you stick them in to allow them to harden. You can buy it from a craft store or Walmart, or use some from leftover packaging you have around the house (like me!).
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    1. Camila

      April 20, 2018 at 8:01 am

      5 stars
      These are so fun! I love cake pops!! Beautiful with the sprinkles!

      Reply
    2. Stephanie

      April 20, 2018 at 5:57 pm

      5 stars
      What a great way to turn a bit of a baking mess into something wonderful!! 😀 I love cake pops!

      Reply
      • Lisa

        April 22, 2018 at 4:23 pm

        Thank you! I hate when things go to waste so I was happy to turn a failure into a delicious treat nonetheless!

        Reply
    3. Arjhon Canoy

      April 20, 2018 at 7:53 pm

      5 stars
      Can't wait to try this. I am planning to make this for our dessert tomorrow. My younger brother and sister will surely love this!

      Reply
      • Lisa

        April 22, 2018 at 4:22 pm

        Awesome!

        Reply
    4. Honey @ The Girl Next Shore

      April 22, 2018 at 4:07 am

      I'm super rubbish in the kitchen, but I'm trying to enjoy baking - this easy enough recipe will surely help!

      Reply
      • Lisa

        April 22, 2018 at 4:21 pm

        I hope you like it! It did come about because of a failed cake recipe so regardless of how well we do in the kitchen we can always make something out of our struggles! I'm sure you will do great!

        Reply
    5. Anna

      April 13, 2019 at 1:57 pm

      Wow these r just amazing! they took a little longer time to make than said, but that was probably just me, hehe. but all in all, really great

      Reply
      • Lisa

        April 15, 2019 at 2:31 pm

        I'm so glad you liked them!!

        Reply
    6. Jillian

      January 26, 2020 at 5:27 pm

      3 stars
      They work great until the chocolate part I used semisweet chocolate and it was really sweet I don't reccomend using semisweet chocolate chips

      Reply

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