Baking with Dragons: Cake Pops

Have you ever wondered how to make those cute cake pops at Starbucks? I have a copycat recipe for Starbucks’ pink vanilla cake pop that you can try making at home! These cake pops are a bite-sized snack, so you can easily pop them into your mouth. If you do not have cake pop sticks, you can skip them and turn them into cake pop balls!

Ingredients:

• (optional) 24 cake pop sticks

• (optional) cookie scoop

• A tall glass

• Sprinkles

• (optional) styrofoam

• 1 box of classic vanilla cake mix

• 2 tbsp vanilla frosting

• 1 12 oz bag Wilton candy melts or any type of chocolate

• 1 ½ tsp Crisco shortening

Instructions:

1. Bake the cake according to the package and cool until they are room temperature.

2. Cut the cake into quarters and peel off the outer browned layer.

3. In a large bowl, crumble the cake with your hands. Add 2 tbsp of frosting to the cake and mix.

4. Take some cake and shape it into balls.

5. Melt about ¼ cup of candy melts or chocolate in a small bowl. To do this, you can put them in the microwave for 30 seconds and stir.

6. Dip the tip of the cake pop stick into the melted candy/chocolate and stick it into the cake ball. If you do not have a cake pop stick, you can dip the balls into the melted candy. Afterward, place them in a freezer for 30 minutes so that the cake pop doesn’t fall when dipping.

7. While freezing, melt the rest of the candy in a bowl. Once it is melted, add 1 ½ Crisco shortening and mix well with a whisk or fork. Then, pour the melted candy into a tall narrow cup.

8. After 30 minutes, dip each cake pop into the cup. Carefully, tilt and rotate the cake pop around to cover the entire pop. Then slowly pull up the cake pop. Do not swirl the cake pop when you are pulling it up.

9. Sprinkle the cake pop before the candy hardens.

10. Stick in a Styrofoam block and let it stand for an hour. Do not refrigerate.

Tada! You successfully created Starbucks vanilla cake pops. Now you don’t need to spend so much money on a single cake pop. (Wow! Good financial decisions :D ) If you want to check out the official recipes and a Youtube tutorial. Check out Dina from Simple Home Cooked on her website. Happy baking! See you guys next year!