Original video by @applesauceandadhd — all credit to the creator.
Birthday Cake Crunch Cake Pops
Leftover grocery store birthday cake gets mashed with pulverized berry crunch cereal, rolled into balls, and dunked in melted candy coating. A crunchy cereal sprinkle on top tells you exactly what's inside.
Ingredients
- 1/2grocery store birthday cake · leftover cake works great
- 2 cupsberry crunch cereal, pulverized · plus extra crushed cereal for decorating; skip if making cake from scratch
- 10 ozchocolate or vanilla melting wafers · candy coating
- 2 1/2 tspvegetable shortening · per 10 oz bag of melting wafers, to thin the coating
- —cake pop sticks
Steps
- 1
Combine the half birthday cake with about 2 cups of pulverized cereal in a bowl, mixing until it reaches a Play-Doh consistency.
- 2
Refrigerate the mixture, ideally overnight.
- 3
Scoop the chilled cake mixture and form it into balls.
- 4
Return the cake balls to the fridge until cold.
- 5
Melt the candy wafers with the vegetable shortening (2 1/2 teaspoons per 10 ounce bag) until smooth and thinned.
- 6
Dip the tip of a cake pop stick into the melted coating, then plunge it into a cake ball. Set aside and chill the cake pops again.
- 7
Dunk each chilled cake pop into the coating, then twist so the excess falls off and flip it upright.
- 8
Sprinkle crushed cereal over the top while the coating is still wet, covering any bald spots.
- 9
Stand the pops upright in a cake pop stand — or a shoe box with holes poked in it — until set.
Creator's notes
You don't need a fancy cake pop stand — a shoe box with holes poked in it works fine. If you're transporting them, melt the wafers and shortening in a thermos filled with hot water; by the time you arrive everything is perfectly melted. Cold cake balls are essential before dipping.
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