I received few requests to share the recipes I used to make the cake pops for my elder son’s Children’s Day party in school yesterday so here it is.
This is the basic cake pop recipe from Bakerella which makes 45-50 cake pops, but I made just half of the amount so basically everything goes half in the recipe.
I thought I shall gave it a try first before I really make them in bulk so that just in case I failed, the wastage of ingredients is minimized.
Ingredients:
1 13”x9” cake
1 can frosting (16 oz.) – I used cream cheese frosting
White & Chocolate candy melts (1 lb. pkg.)
Various type of sugar sprinkles
Wax paper
Lollipop sticks
Spatula
Step-By-Step:
1. Crumble the cake into large bowl.
2. Mix thoroughly with 1 can frosting firstly with spatula then with your hands. Also, you may not need the entire can of frosting, so start out by using almost the entire can and add more if you need to.
3. Roll mixture into 1 1/2 inch size balls and place on wax paper covered cookie sheet.
4. Melt chocolate in the microwave per directions on package. (30 sec intervals, stirring in between.)
5. Dip the tip of your lollipop stick in a little of the melted candy coating and insert into the cake balls. (Insert a little less than halfway.)
6. Place them in the freezer for a little while to firm up (no more than 5 minutes as your cake might crack if it is too frozen and you dip it into the warm candy melt).
7. Once firm (check the candy melt around the lollipop sticks and it should looks just started to set), carefully dip the cake ball into the candy coating by holding the lollipop stick and rotating until covered. Once covered remove and softly tap and rotate until the excess chocolate falls off. Don’t tap too hard or the cake ball will fall off, too.
8. Sprinkle the sugar sprinkles onto the cake pop before the chocolate coating set.
9. Place in standing upright on styrofoam block to dry.
10. When completely dry, cover the lollipops with small plastic treat bags and tie with a ribbon.
To answer Elaine’s question on the chocolate pops, these are the tools that I used. A round shape candy mold and lollipop sticks.
These are the edible sugar images of Hello Kitty. They are so cute aren’t they?
All you need to do is to melt the chocolate as directed on the packaging (I did it using microwave), and pour it into the mold with the lollipop sticks inserted. Give the mold a little tap to make a smooth surface of the chocolate before it gets set. Once the chocolate set, apply a little amount of the melted chocolate on the surface and stick the edible image on top.
Pretty simple isn’t it? This is a good one if you need to make something in bulk in a short time.
Hope everyone have a fun time making your own cake pops & chocolate pops!
My boy told me the cake pops and the chocolate pops are so delicious and cute, and his classmates love them too! Guess what, he asked me to make both the cake pops and chocolate pops for his drama class party this coming Sunday too.
I hope I can make more fun designs this round, will share again if I managed to make some cute ones. 
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Thanks for sharing. I was about to ask you the same question re the tool for the choc pops too.
As for the lolly sticks. I managed to find them in ICCA during my last trip to KL. Now I know where to get them d so no problem for my hb to pick them up for me whenever he is there. Thanks for your offer to help me get them.
Yeapies – You are most welcome!
Great tutorial and those pops are absolutely gorgeous!
Susan – Thank you!
Thank you sooo much!!! I just went to buy some cake mix and I am ready to make this soon! …just need to get the lollipop sticks at the craft store. =)
Mrs. P – Hope you have fun time with the making of cake pops!
Thanks for Sharing the receipe.. wanted to try the Choc pops too.. they are just perfect for party!
bobo – Yes, the choco pops are so much more easier to make compare to the cake pops!
Thanks for sharing!
prince n princess mum – Hope it is useful to all who want to try it out too!
using candy melts is definitely much easier than real chocs, can u tell my where u got yours – hoping can source cheaper ones, tks. they look fab esp. the edible icing with chocolate, so cute.
javapot – I bought mine from a friend’s bakery ingredient supply shops in Sri Damansara. If you want the address, I can email it to you. They have quite a lot of customer so I assume the price should be reasonable.
Can i hv the Shop address also , TQ
Kit – The shop is House Of Ingredient (HOI). The addresss is No. 19, Jalan Gangsa SD5/3F, Sri Damansara, 52200 Kuala. Their phone number is 03-6274 2262.
Hi there, the choc pops look so pretty… Do u know where to get the edible sugar icing images? Thanks.
Justgotstartec – I bought it from a friend’s bakery ingredient supply shops in Sri Damansara. Is your location in KL?
They are yummylicious… looking:( I want the hello kitty ones!! Hehe… Thanks for writing the tutorial. Did you day this is simple? I don’t …think so!
Karen – Yeah, I can’t help buying the kitty ones though I know I can’t use them for my boys, they are just too cute to be ignore, haha…Actually the chocolate pops are really much simpler compare to the cake pops
They look so pretty and tempting (than the candy lollipop)! Cake pop is new to me but seems difficult to make too..
Evelyn – Yeah, I think they are so much better than candy lollipop! Actually I think it is not too hard, because I’m not a good baker too but I managed to make it on first try!
Thanks I m from sgp,,,
Justgotstartec – You are welcome. If you really need me to help you buy and send it to you, just let me know yeah (but have to check it out whether the icing image will melt if via post, haha…)!
Thanks, kidsdreamz… Does this icing taste super sweet?
Justgotstartec – You mean the icing image? They does taste sweet to me, not super sweet though.
Hi, thanks for sharing you tip for chocolate pops. i have been looking for these round lollipop chocolate moulds. Can you tell me where u bought them. Thanks
Pushpa – I got them from a bakery ingredient shop located at Bandar Sri Damansara. The name of the shop is House Of Ingredient (HOI). The addresss is No. 19, Jalan Gangsa SD5/3F, Sri Damansara, 52200 Kuala and their phone number is 03-6274 2262. Hope you have fun making the chocolate pops!
Hi dear I am interested in trying. Can I check what cake can I use??
I love the images but seems like there isn’t in sg and jb.
You have any online stores which I can buy from?
Thanks a million!!!
Mummyqi – I usually used normal sponge cake, because I tried with butter cake once and it turns out too oily. The shop where I bought these icing images doesn’t has any online stores at the moment. But if you really wanted those icing images, you can email me and I can help to send them over.
I’d like to know how much u bought the candy melt frm HOI? Can i have the picture of the candy melt please because i’d like to do cake pop for my nephew birthday party and the theme is Mickey Mouse, therefore im kinda interested with your edible mickey mouse image, would like to know the charges for it. By the way you mentioned preferable with normal sponge cake, isn’t the texture of the cake too soft to be crumbled??
Please kindly enlighten me, a million thanks
Asther – So sorry for the late response. I can’t really recall exactly how much is the price because they have a wide range of the compound chocolate and I tried a few. Let me check it out when I go there and get back to you yeah. Those edible image if not mistaken is RM6.90 per piece (A4 size). The sponge cake is ok to crumble (maybe because I kept them in the fridge before I crumble them, hmm….), in fact I find that they stick better after being crumble and mix with the cream cheese.