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Starbucks cake pops with pink coating and white sprinkles on a white plate, one bitten.

Starbucks Cake Pop Recipe

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Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 25 minutes
Cooling Time + Freezing Time 1 hour 15 minutes
Total Time 2 hours 10 minutes
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Servings 24
Calories 121 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • 1 box vanilla cake mix prepare the cake according to the package directions
  • 3 1/2 tablespoons vanilla frosting
  • 12 ounces pink candy melts
  • 1/2 teaspoon vegetable oil
  • 24 cake pop sticks
  • White sprinkles

Instructions
 

  • Bake the cake according to the box instructions. Allow it to cool completely (approximately 1 hour) and optionally trim firm edges for a softer center.
    Baked vanilla cake in a round pan for Starbucks cake pops.
  • Crumble the cooled cake in a large bowl. Add the frosting slowly and mix until the crumbs stick together. Use your hands or a cookie scoop to shape the mixture into 24 small balls. Place the cake balls on a parchment-lined tray and freeze them for about 15 minutes.
    Formed cake balls for Starbucks Cake Pop Recipe.
  • Melt pink candy melts and vegetable oil in a microwave-safe bowl, stirring every 30 seconds until smooth.
    Melting pink candy melts for Starbucks cake pops in a bowl with a spoon.
  • Dip the tip of each cake pop stick into the melted candy and then insert it about halfway into each frozen cake ball to secure the stick.
  • Dip each cake ball in melted candy, let excess drip off, then sprinkle with white sprinkles.
    Dipping a Starbucks cake ball into pink melted candy.
  • Place the finished cake pops upright on a drying rack or propped up inside glass jars until the coating hardens.
    Sweet pink cake pops with white sprinkles on a white plate.

Nutrition

Calories: 121kcalCarbohydrates: 23gProtein: 1gFat: 3gSaturated Fat: 2gSodium: 160mgFiber: 0.2g
Keyword Starbucks Cake Pop
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