Cake Pops - Kids Special

Ingredients:

• 1  box cake mix of choice, baked and cooled 
• 1/2 cup creamy frosting of choice
• 1 cup of choco chips or 1 bag of Candy Melts
• lollipop sticks/tooth pricks
• Colored sugars, nuts, sprinkles, pearls and other decorations

Procedure:

1. Cake pops can be made with any left over piece of cake or you can use a  cake mix and bake your cake as directed.
2. Once the cake is baked, allow the cake to cool. Put your baked cake in a large mixing bowl. Use your hands to crumble the entire cake. Add 1/2 cup of vanilla / chocolate frosting to the crumbled cake. The frosting is what acts as a glue to hold the cake balls together.
3. Now its time to get dirty. Use your hands to mix the frosting evenly throughout the crumbled cake mix until the cake mix is well moistened. Your cake mix should be moist enough to shape into a large mound and keep its shape.
4. Roll your cake mix into 1 inch balls using the palms of your hands.
5. Now we prepare the chocolate shell. Pour a cup of choco chips/ candy melts into a microwave safe bowl. Follow the melting instructions on the package. Be sure not to burn the candy melts.You can also use cocoa powder  for making this.
6. Pull out your melted  chocolate and stir thoroughly with a spoon until COMPLETELY smooth. Little oil can be added to achieve the desired flowing consistency.
7. Now take a cake pop/tooth prick  and dip into the chocolate about 1 inch. And then place it into the center of your cake ball. This will act as a glue keeping your cake pop and stick attached. Then place your cake pop in the stand and refrigerate for 10-15 mins  to harden. Continue with the remaining cake pops.

Now you are ready to coat your cake pops in the delicious  chocolate. Try to do this as quickly as possible before the chocolate begins to harden and get lumpy.

Its time to make your pops look extra pretty. When the chocolate coating is wet , you can decorate it with different kinds of sprinkles, nuts, colorful M & Ms etc

 Refrigerate for 15 mins until the outer chocolate coating is dry and then you are done.