Spooky Eyeball Cake Pops Recipe
- Cook Time: 1 hour 15 minutes
- Total Time: 1 hour 15 minutes
- Diet: Vegetarian
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 box (15.25 oz) cake mix (any flavor)
- Ingredients required on the cake mix box (usually eggs, oil, and water)
- 1/2 cup vanilla or cream cheese frosting
- 12 oz white candy melts or high-quality white chocolate
- 24 round candies (like M&Ms or Skittles) for the irises
- Red edible ink marker or red decorating gel
- Black edible ink marker or black decorating gel
- 24 lollipop sticks
- Styrofoam block or cake pop stand
Instructions
- Step 1: Bake the Cake. Prepare and bake the cake mix according to the instructions on the box. Once finished, remove it from the oven and let it cool completely. It is best to let it cool for at least an hour so it doesn’t melt the frosting in the next step.
- Step 2: Crumble the Cake. Once the cake is cool, use your hands or a fork to crumble the entire cake into a large mixing bowl. Aim for fine crumbs with no large chunks remaining. This texture is essential for a smooth cake pop interior.
- Step 3: Mix with Frosting. Add the 1/2 cup of frosting to the cake crumbs. Use a spatula or your hands to mix it thoroughly until the mixture holds together like a dough. Be careful not to add too much frosting, or the balls will be too soft and fall off the sticks.
- Step 4: Roll the Cake Balls. Scoop about one tablespoon of the mixture and roll it into a smooth ball, roughly the size of a ping-pong ball. Place the balls on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Repeat until all the mixture is used, then refrigerate for at least 30 minutes to firm up.
- Step 5: Melt the Coating. Melt the white candy melts in a microwave-safe bowl in 30-second intervals, stirring between each until smooth. Dip about half an inch of a lollipop stick into the melted candy and insert it into a chilled cake ball. This acts as “glue” to keep the ball on the stick.
- Step 6: Dip and Coat. Gently dip each cake ball into the white candy coating until fully submerged. Lift it out and gently tap the stick on the edge of the bowl to remove excess coating. Place the stick upright in a Styrofoam block or stand to dry.
- Step 7: Decorate the Eyeballs. Before the white coating dries completely, press a round candy onto the front of the ball to create the iris. Once the coating is fully set, use a black edible marker or gel to draw a pupil in the center of the candy. Finally, use a red edible marker or gel to draw squiggly “bloodshot” veins coming from the iris toward the back of the eyeball.