Add some fun to your celebration with Confetti Cake Pops. These easy-to-make festive treats are perfect to serve at birthday parties, Holidays, or every day!
I have made a variety of cake pops like my super delicious Made from Scratch Cake Pops. They are exceptionally flavorful, but a lot more time-consuming to make as the recipe uses homemade chocolate cake and buttercream frosting.
If you are looking for a simple and quick recipe for making cake pops this recipe will do the trick! These Confetti Cake Pops come together using a boxed cake mix and store-bought frosting.
Ingredients for making this fun treat.
- 1 store-bought cake mix. Use a vanilla cake mix or rainbow chip cake mix.
- Container of white or vanilla frosting.
- White Chocolate, chopped into pieces or white chocolate chips.
- Confetti or rainbow confectionery sprinkles.
How to make Cake Pops
- Bake the cake as per the box directions. Cool the cake completely!
- Place the baked cake into a large bowl, and using a fork or your hands crumble the cake into small pieces.
- Mix the frosting, a heaping tablespoon at a time into the crumbled cake. You may not need all of the frosting. The dough should be the consistency of play dough. Adding too much frosting will make the cake pops mushy and they won't hold together and stay on the cake pop stick.
- Chill the dough for about 30 minutes, the cake rolls into balls easier when it is cold.
- Use a medium cookie scoop to form even-sized balls. Gently roll the dough between the palms of your hands to make round, even balls. Place the cake balls on a cookie sheet lined with wax paper or parchment paper.
- Melt about a half cup of the white chocolate using the microwave or a double boiler.
- Dip the tip of the lollipop stick into the melted chocolate, then insert it into the cake balls. Be sure to insert the stick about halfway into the cake ball. This will keep the stick in place.
- Refrigerate the cake balls for at least 1 hour to firm up on the stick.
- Melt the remaining chocolate. Dip each cake pop into the melted chocolate to cover completely.
- Immediately sprinkle with the confetti sprinkles. If the chocolate dries the candy sprinkles won't stick.
- Place the cake pops into a cake pop holder or soft styrofoam block. A floral foam works great! You can also put the cake pops back on the cookie sheet or place in mini cupcake liners, but the tops will flatten a bit.
- Refrigerate until the chocolate hardens.
How to store Cake Pops
Store in an airtight container in the refrigerator for 5-7 days. I place a layer of paper towel in the bottom of the container to help prevent condensation on the cake pops.
Cake Pops are a fun party treat for celebrations!
- Birthday parties - the kids will love them and they are fun to eat. Easy to serve and not as messy as serving cake or cupcakes.
- Baby Showers - substitute with pink or blue sprinkles.
- Bridal Showers
- Wedding or Anniversary parties
- Holidays - I make Jack O Lantern cake pops for Halloween.
These tasty cake on a stick treats are dazzling on a dessert table at all of your special events!
Variations
Try a variety of cake mixes and frosting for different flavor combinations. I have made chocolate cake with chocolate frosting, lemon cake and cream cheese frosting, even strawberry cake.
Create a different color coating by substituting white chocolate with colorful candy melts.
Sprinkle with shredded coconut, chopped nuts, or a variety of candy sprinkles.
This post was originally published September 6, 2012. Occasionally I update with fresh tips, content, and photos. Current update March 10, 2023.
Confetti Cake Pops
Ingredients
- 1 white cake mix I use the one with the sprinkles in it
- 1 container vanilla frosting white frosting will also work
- 2 cups white chocolate or white chocolate chips
- 1 cup confetti sprinkles or rainbow sprinkles
Instructions
- Bake the cake mix as per box instructions.
- Cool the cake completely! Place in a large bowl and using a fork or your hands crumble the cake into pieces.
- Mix in the frosting a heaping tablespoon at a time into the crumbled cake. You may not need all of the frosting. The cake crumbs should be the consistency of play dough. Adding too much frosting will make the cake pops mushy and they won't hold together and stay on the cake pop stick.
- Chill the dough for about 30 minutes, the cake rolls into balls easier when it is cold.
- Use a medium cookie scoop to form even-sized balls. Gently roll the dough between the palms of your hands to make round, even balls. Place the cake balls on a cookie sheet that is lined with wax paper or parchment paper.
- Melt about a half cup of the white chocolate using the microwave or double boiler.
- Dip the tip of the lollipop stick into the melted chocolate, next insert it into the cake balls. Be sure to insert the stick about halfway into the ball.
- Refrigerate the cake balls for about 1 hour to firm up on the stick.
- Melt the remaining chocolate in microwave or double boiler.
- Dip the cake ball into the chocolate by holding the lollipop stick and rotating until covered. Once covered remove and softly tap and rotate until the excess chocolate falls off. Don’t tap too hard or the cake ball will fall off the stick!
- Immediately sprinkle with the confetti sprinkles. If the chocolate dries the candy sprinkles won't stick!
- Place the cake pops into a cake pop holder or soft styrofoam block. They can be put back onto the cookie sheet, but the tops will flatten a bit.
- Refrigerate until the chocolate hardens.
Laureen
Thanks Emma, cake pops aren't hard to make, just time consuming. Please send me a picture of yours if you make some.
Laureen King
Amanda, I'm sure yours will turn out just a great, I would love to hear how you make out and what the kids thought of them. Hope you are enjoying summer vacation time with them.