Description
Delightfully spooky Halloween Cake Pops featuring colorful candy melts-coated mini donuts decorated with candy eyeballs, sprinkles, and black decorating gel. Perfect for festive parties, these easy-to-make treats combine fun decoration with a simple dipping technique to create eye-catching and delicious desserts.
Ingredients
Scale
Main Ingredients
- 1 cup candy melts (green, purple and/or orange)
- 24 plain mini donuts and/or donut holes
- 24 6- to 7-inch lollipop sticks
Decorations
- Candy eyeballs
- Assorted sprinkles
- Black decorating gel
Instructions
- Melt Candy Melts: Melt the candy melts according to the package directions, ensuring a smooth and even consistency ideal 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 the sticks pointing upward and allow the candy melt to harden for a few minutes.
- Coat Donuts: Dip each donut into the melted candy melts, rotating it until fully coated. Place the coated donuts upside down again on wax paper and allow them to completely harden.
- Decorate Cake Pops: Use candy eyeballs, assorted sprinkles, and black decorating gel to decorate the cake pops as desired. Follow decoration tips in the notes for best results.
- Serve and Store: Serve the cake pops once the candy melts have fully set. They are best enjoyed the day they are made but can be stored at room temperature in an airtight container for up to 24 hours without refrigeration.
Notes
- For sprinkle-topped pops, allow the first candy melt layer to set for about 3 minutes before dipping the tops in sprinkles for better adhesion.
- For drizzled pops, wait until the first layer is nearly completely set before drizzling additional candy melt for a neat effect.
- For monster pops, let the first candy melt layer dry completely before attaching candy eyeballs with extra melted candy melt and decorating with sprinkles and black decorating gel as desired.
- To make monster horns, pipe candy melt into horn shapes on wax paper, let set, then attach to cake pops using melted candy melt. Reinforce large horns by placing a sprinkle inside for additional support.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cake pop
- Calories: 150 kcal
- Sugar: 18 g
- Sodium: 120 mg
- Fat: 6 g
- Saturated Fat: 4 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 2 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 23 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 1 g
- Cholesterol: 5 mg
