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starbucks chocolate cake pops recipe

Starbucks Chocolate Cake Pops Recipe

Prep Time 1 hour
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 30 minutes
Servings: 24 servings

Ingredients
  

  • 1 box (15.25 oz) chocolate cake mix (plus ingredients listed on box)
  • 3/4 cup chocolate frosting
  • 2 cups dark chocolate candy melts
  • 1/4 cup white candy melts
  • 1 tsp coconut oil
  • 24 lollipop sticks
  • Sprinkles or colored sugar (optional)

Method
 

  1. Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C). Prepare the chocolate cake mix according to package directions, bake in a greased 9x13-inch pan for 28 to 32 minutes, and cool completely, at least 1 hour.
  2. Crumble the cooled cake into fine crumbs in a large bowl. Mix in the 3/4 cup chocolate frosting until the mixture holds together like stiff dough.
  3. Scoop and roll into 24 balls (about 1 tbsp each). Place on a parchment-lined tray and refrigerate for 30 minutes.
  4. Melt a small portion of dark chocolate candy melts. Dip the tip of each lollipop stick 1/2 inch into the chocolate and insert halfway into each cake ball. Refrigerate for 10 minutes.
  5. Melt the remaining 2 cups dark chocolate candy melts with the 1 tsp coconut oil. Dip each pop, let excess drip off, and stand upright to set for 5 minutes.
  6. Melt the 1/4 cup white candy melts, drizzle over set pops, and add sprinkles immediately. Serve at room temperature.

Notes

These come together much more easily if you bake the cake the night before and leave it to cool overnight. The one thing most people get wrong the first time is adding too much frosting; start with 1/2 cup, mix, and add more only if the mixture won't hold a ball shape.