Description
These festive Halloween Cake Pops are easy to make and perfect for spooky celebrations. Featuring colorful candy melts in green, purple, and orange, mini donuts or donut holes, and decorated with candy eyeballs, sprinkles, and black decorating gel, these cake pops bring a fun and delicious treat to any Halloween party.
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 it into each mini donut or donut hole. Place them upside down on wax paper 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 to fully coat it. Set the coated donuts upside down on wax paper and allow to cool until the candy melts have completely hardened.
- Decorate cake pops: Use candy eyeballs, sprinkles, and black decorating gel to decorate the cake pops as desired. Follow specific decoration tips if using sprinkles or creating monster designs.
- Serve and store: Serve the cake pops once the candy melts have set. They are best enjoyed the day they are made. If storing overnight, keep at room temperature in an airtight container; do not refrigerate or freeze.
Notes
- For sprinkle-topped pops, allow the first layer of candy melt to set for about 3 minutes before dipping the tops in sprinkles.
- For drizzled pops, let the first candy melt layer almost fully set before drizzling the second layer.
- For monster pops, ensure the first candy melt layer is completely dry before attaching candy eyeballs using melted candy melt and decorating with sprinkles and black gel.
- To make monster horns, pipe melted candy melt onto wax paper in horn shapes, let dry, then attach to cake pops with additional candy melt. Stabilize large horns by sticking a sprinkle at the base.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cake pop
- Calories: 150 kcal
- Sugar: 18 g
- Sodium: 100 mg
- Fat: 7 g
- Saturated Fat: 5 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 2 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 22 g
- Fiber: 0 g
- Protein: 1 g
- Cholesterol: 5 mg
