Baking recipe

Easy Halloween Cake Pops

Add a festive and delicious touch to your Halloween party with this easy cake pop recipe - using Betty Crocker® SuperMoist® butter pecan cake mix and Rich & Creamy frosting. It's a fun dessert on a stick!

 

• Prep Time 50 min
• Total Time 1 hr 50 min
• Servings 54

1

box Betty Crocker™ SuperMoist™ butter pecan cake mix

Water, vegetable oil and eggs called for on cake mix box

1

cup Betty Crocker™ Rich & Creamy cream cheese frosting (from 1-lb container)

3

cups orange candy melts

3

tablespoons shortening

3

cups black candy melts

54

paper lollipop sticks

Halloween candy sprinkles

Block of plastic foam

Directions

• 1 Make and bake cake mix as directed on box for 13x9-inch pan, using water, oil and eggs. Cool. Line cookie sheet with waxed paper. Crumble cake into large bowl. Add frosting; mix well. Shape into 1 1/4-inch balls; place on cookie sheet. Freeze until firm; keep refrigerated
• 2 In microwavable bowl, microwave orange candy melts and half of the shortening uncovered on Medium (50%) 1 minute, then in 15-second intervals, until melted; stir until smooth. Repeat with black candy melts and remaining shortening. Dip tip of 1 lollipop stick about 1/2 inch into either color melted candy and insert stick into 1 cake ball no more than halfway. Repeat. Return to cookie sheet. Refrigerate 5 minutes. Remove from refrigerator a few at a time. Dip half of the cake balls in melted orange candy and half in black candy; tap off excess. Decorate with candy sprinkles. Poke opposite end of stick into foam block. Let stand until set.

• 3 Reheat remaining melted candy if necessary. Drizzle orange pops with melted black candy; drizzle black pops with melted orange candy. 

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