25-Min Chocolate Ghost Cake Pops
Store-bought cake mix + frosting transformed into dippable pops in under 5 minutes. Chocolate-dipped with white chocolate drip for a spooky ghost vibe that's Instagram-ready.
- Total time
- 25 min
- Servings
- 12
- Calories
- 185
- Protein
- 1g
Ingredients
- 1 8-inch round store-bought vanilla cake (or 1 box cake mix, baked per package)
- ½ cup store-bought vanilla frosting
- 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
- ½ cup white chocolate chips
- 1 tbsp coconut oil or butter
- 12 count lollipop sticks or pretzel rods
- 1 package black sprinkles or edible marker (for eyes)
- 1 sheet parchment paper
Instructions
- 1
Crumble the cake into fine crumbs into a bowl. Fold in frosting until the mixture holds together like wet sand.
- 2
Roll mixture into 12 golf-ball-sized rounds. Place on parchment paper and chill in the freezer for 10 minutes.
- 3
Microwave semi-sweet chips + 0.5 tbsp coconut oil in 30-second bursts, stirring between, until melted and smooth.
- 4
Dip the tip of each lollipop stick into melted chocolate, then insert into each cake ball. Dip the ball halfway into chocolate.
- 5
Microwave white chocolate chips + 0.5 tbsp coconut oil until melted. Drizzle over the chocolate-dipped pops to create ghost effect.
- 6
Add two black sprinkles or dots with edible marker for eyes before the white chocolate sets. Chill until firm, ~5 minutes.
Tools you’ll need
- mixing bowl
- spoon
- parchment paper
- microwave-safe bowl
- microwave
- shallow dipping bowl or mug
- lollipop sticks or pretzel rods
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