5-Minute Chocolate Cake Pops
Crumbled cake mixed with frosting, rolled into balls, dipped in melted chocolate, and topped with sprinkles. No baking required—just crumb, roll, dip, and done in under 5 minutes.
- Total time
- 5 min
- Servings
- 12
- Calories
- 245
- Protein
- 2g
Ingredients
- 1 whole cake (8–10 oz baked) store-bought cake (chocolate or vanilla)
- ½ cup frosting (canned or homemade)
- 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
- 1 tbsp coconut oil or shortening
- ½ cup sprinkles (rainbow, pearl, or nonpareils)
- 12 sticks cake pop sticks or lollipop sticks
- 1 sheet parchment paper
- 1 bowl microwave-safe bowl
Instructions
- 1
Crumble the cake into fine crumbs in a large bowl. You should have about 3 cups loosely packed.
- 2
Add frosting and stir until the mixture holds together when squeezed. It should feel like damp sand.
- 3
Roll the mixture into 12 balls about the size of walnuts. Place them on parchment paper.
- 4
Melt chocolate chips and coconut oil in a microwave-safe bowl in 30-second bursts, stirring until smooth.
- 5
Dip the tip of each stick into melted chocolate, then push it halfway into a cake ball. Let set 30 seconds.
- 6
Dip each pop into chocolate, twirl to coat, tap off excess, then immediately roll in sprinkles. Serve.
Tools you’ll need
- large mixing bowl
- microwave-safe bowl
- spoon or spatula
- parchment paper
- 12 cake pop sticks or lollipop sticks
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