Football Cake Pops
Ready for football season? Make these as a treat for any pregame or viewing party!
Equipment
- 1 muffin tin
- 12 cake pop sticks
- 1 cake pan
Ingredients
- 1 box cake mix, in flavor of choice
- 1 bag chocolate melting wafers
- 2 tablespoon royal icing in white, could also use buttercream
- 3 eggs
- ½ cup oil of choice
- 1 cup water
- ¼ cup frosting I used funfetti chocolate
- 3 spoonfuls frosting, additional
Instructions
- Bake your cake according to the box instructions in a 9x13 pan.
- Crumble ½ of cake into a bowl. This makes approximately 10-15 cake pops depending on how you size them, if you're needing a larger quantity use the full cake.
- Add ¼ cup plus an additional 3 spoonfuls of frosting to the crumbled cake and combine. The frosting is what holds the cake together, so make sure you use enough.
- Roll cake dough into small balls, then squish the edges to give the appearance of a football. The size you want is about a quarter size and place into a mini muffin tin. You can use a cookie sheet or tray, but the muffin tin makes them less able to roll around.
- Freeze cake balls for 15-20 minutes.
- While they're in the freezer prep your chocolate.Melt your chocolate in 30 seconds increments until completely melted.
- Add your food coloring if using and have cake pop sticks ready along with the bowl of sugar or however you are planning to prop them up.
- Pull your cake balls out of the freezer. Dip the stick in the melted chocolate and then push the stick ¾ of the way through the cake pop.
- Dip the cake ball into the chocolate, submerging it. Remove cake pop from chocolate and spin a few times to allow excess chocolate to drip off.
- Place the cake pop in an upright position, whether in a styrofoam block, a cake pop holder or a glass full of sugar. Allow to cool completely.
- Once cooled, drizzle with royal icing to make the lines on the football.
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