Halloween Cake Pops: a festive, bite-sized recipe to make this Halloween

If you're looking for the perfect spooky treat to serve at this year's Halloween party, you'll love this delicious, easy Halloween cake pop recipe. They're made with boxed cake mix, pudding mix, and frosting, and decorated with melted candy melts, sprinkles, and melted chocolate to look like classic Halloween monsters.

Halloween cake pops are a wickedly good single-serve dessert that everyone will love. Use any flavor of cake mix you like – the most important part of Halloween cake pops is how you decorate them! It's a fun project for both kids and adults. These delectable sweet treats are a surefire hit for any Halloween bash.

How to Make and Decorate Halloween Cake Pops

Even if you're new to making cake pops, you'll find this recipe is a cinch. The first step is to prepare the cake balls. Heat your oven to 350F and spray a cake pop or donut pan with cooking spray. Combine the cake mix, pudding mix, eggs, milk, and oil in a bowl, and beat for about 2 minutes. Transfer the batter to the pan, filling each hole. Bake for 25 to 40 minutes, then remove from the oven and leave the cakes to cool for 10 minutes in the pan before removing from the pan.

Once firm, put the candy melts into microwave-safe bowls, one color per bowl. Heat in 30-second blasts until melted. Dip the top sticks into the candy melts, then stick them into the cake balls. Leave to set, for about 20 minutes. Dip the cake balls into the melted colored candy melts. Use orange for making pumpkins, green for making Frankensteins, white for making mummies, and so on. Pipe the melted black candy melts to decorate the faces of your candy pops. So, decorate as desired, then leave to harden up.

Tips for Making Halloween Cake Pops

Use any flavor of boxed cake mix you prefer. Chocolate and vanilla are always popular, but lemon, strawberry, red velvet, and coffee are fabulous, too.

Make sure your ingredients are at room temperature.

The cake balls are done baking when a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean and free from crumbs.

A cake pop stand will make decorating your Halloween cake pops a lot easier.

If you don't have a cake pop or donut pan, you can also make a cake and bake it for 30-40 minutes. Let it cool for a few minutes, then crumble it in a bowl with your hands. Add the frosting and mix until combined, then roll the mixture into balls. Chill the cake pops in the refrigerator or freezer before you start decorating as they need to be firm to stop them from disintegrating.

How to Store Halloween Cake Pops

Cake pops can be kept in an airtight container at room temperature for up to one week. Frozen cake pops will last up to one month. Let them thaw overnight in the fridge before serving again.

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 350F. Grease a cake pop or donut pan with cooking spray.

Mix cake mix, and pudding mix in a large bowl.

Pour in milk.

Pour in oil.

Add eggs. Beat with a handheld electric mixer for about 2 minutes.

Transfer the batter to the pan, making sure to fill each hole.

Bake for 25 to 40 minutes. Remove from the oven and leave the cake to cool for 10 minutes in the pan. Remove the cake balls from the pan.

Meanwhile, mix in the frosting until completely combined. Place the candy melts into microwave-safe bowls, one color per bowl. Heat at 30-second intervals until melted. Now, dip the lollipop sticks into the candy melts then stick them into the cake balls. Leave to set completely.

For making the mummy cake pops, dip the cake balls into the melted white candy melts.

Let the candy melts harden a bit, then pour it in a piping bag and make some drizzles on the cake pops to create the wrapped mummy look.

Decorate with candy eyes.

For making cake pop eyeballs, add a eye candy and surround it with melted red candy melts to make them look bloody.

For making pumpkin cake pop, dip the cake balls into melted orange candy melts.

Using melted colored candy melts, decorate them by adding scary eyes and mouth like Jack-O'-Lantern.

When making Frankenstein cake pops, dip the cake balls into melted green candy.

Let it harden for a while, then dip the top with chocolate sprinkles.

Add eye candies and pipe nose, mouth and scars using brown or black melted candy.

Allow your Halloween cake pops to set, then serve and enjoy!

Notes

Use a 9×13-inch baking dish to bake the cake.