Description
These festive Halloween Cake Pops are a fun and colorful treat made with mini donuts and candy melts, decorated with candy eyeballs, sprinkles, and black decorating gel. Perfect for parties and spooky celebrations, these pops are easy to assemble and delightfully sweet.
Ingredients
Scale
Cake Pops
- 1 cup candy melts (green, purple, and/or orange)
- 24 6- to 7-inch lollipop sticks
- 24 plain mini donuts and/or donut holes
Decorations
- Candy eyeballs
- Assorted sprinkles
- Black decorating gel
Instructions
- Melt Candy Melts: Melt the candy melts according to the package directions until smooth and ready for dipping.
- Insert Sticks: Carefully dip each lollipop stick about 1/4- to 1/2-inch into the melted candy melts, then insert the stick into each mini donut. Place the donuts upside down on a wax paper-covered surface with sticks pointing upward and allow the candy melts to harden for a few minutes.
- Coat Donuts: Dip each mini donut into the melted candy melts, rotating to fully coat the donut. Set them upside down again on wax paper and let the coating harden completely.
- Decorate: Use candy eyeballs, assorted sprinkles, and black decorating gel to decorate the cake pops as desired to create spooky and fun Halloween designs.
- Serve and Store: Serve once the candy melts are fully set. These cake pops are best enjoyed the day they are made. If making in advance, store at room temperature in an airtight container for up to 24 hours, avoiding refrigeration or freezing to prevent candy melt sweating and cracking.
Notes
- For sprinkle-topped pops, let the first candy melt layer set for 3 minutes before dipping the tops in sprinkles to help them adhere properly.
- For drizzled pops, allow the first candy melt layer to almost set before drizzling on additional candy melt for best results.
- To create monster pops, let the first candy melt layer fully dry, then attach candy eyeballs with extra melted candy melt and decorate with sprinkles and black gel.
- Make monster horns by piping candy melt shapes onto wax paper, then attach to pops using melted candy melt; support large horns with a sprinkle stuck inside the horn head.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cake pop
- Calories: 150 kcal
- Sugar: 15 g
- Sodium: 80 mg
- Fat: 7 g
- Saturated Fat: 4 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 3 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 20 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 1 g
- Cholesterol: 5 mg
