Halloween Red Velvet Cake Pops
Ingredients List
- 1 – recipe Domino® Red Velvet Cupcakes
- 1 – (8 oz) pkg cream cheese, softened
- 2 cups – Domino® Confectioners Sugar
- 4 tablespoons – unsalted butter, softened
- 2 teaspoons – milk
- 1 teaspoon – vanilla extract
For Decorating Pops:
- 2 – (16 oz) pkgs white chocolate wafers
- 24 to 30 –craft or lollipop sticks
- 1 – recipe Domino® Easy Fondant
- assorted gel food colorings
- unsweetened cocoa powder
Instructions
Bake Domino® Red Velvet Cupcakes according to directions, using a greased cupcake pan without liners. When completely cooled, crumble cupcakes into large mixing bowl and set aside.
In another bowl, using an electric mixer, combine cream cheese, confectioners’ sugar, butter, milk and vanilla extract, blending well until smooth.
Pour cream cheese mixture over crumbled cake; mix until combined. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate 2 to 3 hours, or overnight.
Once the cake is chilled, roll into 2-inch balls and place back into cupcake pans. Place filled cupcake pans in freezer for at least 2 hours.
While cake balls are chilling, make Domino® Easy Fondant. Divide fondant into 4 sections, coloring each section with 1 or 2 drops of desired gel food coloring. Recommended colors: orange, green, purple, black. (To make black fondant, add 1 tablespoon cocoa powder to the fondant before adding black food coloring.) Dust flat surface with confectioners’ sugar before rolling out fondant. Cut into various Halloween designs, such as pumpkins, bats or black cats (see photo).
In a microwave-safe bowl, place one 16-oz pkg of white chocolate wafers. Cook on high for 60 to 75 seconds, stopping every 20 seconds, until chocolate is melted. Repeat with other package if necessary.
Remove cake balls from freezer, and insert popsicle stick halfway into center. Dip frozen cake balls into melted chocolate. The chocolate will harden quickly, so you may insert cake pops into a piece of styrofoam to dry upright. Attach fondant cutouts with melted white chocolate.
Makes 24 to 30 cake pops.
Quick Tip
To make a mummy cake pop, first dip it into melted white chocolate, and let dry. When first layer is dry, dip once more, then use a narrow spatula to create the lines around the cake pop. Finish off your mummy with eyes, and now he’s alive! White chocolate wafers can be found at any craft or baking supply store.