These Halloween Cake Pops are delicious and easy to make. Simple Halloween Cake Pops are the best Halloween dessert for kids!
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These Halloween Cake Pops add a festive touch to your Halloween while being super easy to make!
Cake pops are so easy to make, because you only need a few simple ingredients. For the sheet cake base, you can opt to make it from scratch, buy one, or start from a cake mix.
For this recipe, I chose a chocolate cake base but you can also try to use a white cake depending on your preference.
The vanilla frosting and melted chocolate add flavor and fun to this yummy mini dessert on a stick.
Don't be afraid to experiment with the decoration of the cake pops as well - eyeballs, ghouls, and ghosts - the spookier the better! These are the perfect Halloween dessert!
why we love these spooky Halloween Cake Pops
- Fun Treat: Completly customizable, everyone loves a dessert on a stick!
- Cheap: With grocery store costs on the rise, this is a delicious, budget-friendly dessert!
- Total Party Food: Perfect for your kiddo's Halloween party at school. Or serve them at your own themed party.
Simple Halloween Cake Pops Ingredients
To make halloween cake pops you'll need:
- Chocolate sheet cake
- Vanilla frosting
- Chocolate melting wafers
- White chocolate melting wafers
- Orange food coloring
- Edible candy eyes
- Cake pop sticks
How to Make Halloween Cake Pops
Here's how to make the best easy halloween cake pops!
- In a large bowl, break up the sheet pan cake and use a wooden spoon or hand mixer to mix the sheet cake until the is crumbly.
- Add the vanilla frosting and mix again until the frosting is fully incorporated into the cake. Place the bowl in the fridge for 15 minutes to allow the frosting to set.
- Line a cookie sheet with balls of dough the size of two tablespoons and place it in the fridge while you prepare your dipping chocolates.
- Place the chocolate wafers in one bowl and split the white chocolate wafers into two bowls. Melt the wafers as directed in the packaging and then add 4 drops of orange food coloring to one of the white chocolate bowls.
- Dip the cake balls into the melted chocolates to create whatever pattern you would like. While the chocolate is still warm, place two candy eyes on the cake pops.
- Stick each cake pop with a wooden skewer, place them back on the cookie sheet, and place them in the fridge for another 15 minutes or until the chocolate has set. Serve and enjoy!
Storing this Halloween Cake Pops Recipe
Storing: Store finished cake pops in a paper towel-lined airtight container at room temperature for 1-2 weeks or in the refrigerator for 2-4 weeks.
Freezing: Freeze naked cake pops in an airtight container for up to a month before dipping.
Can I refrigerate cake pops overnight before dipping? Cake pops can be refrigerated overnight and for up to 5-7 days in an airtight container.
How many days before a party can you make cake pops? Make cake pops up to 6 weeks ahead of time providing they are stored in the freezer. Let them thaw overnight in the fridge.
Substitutions for these Halloween Cake Pops Recipe:
Chocolate Sheet Cake: A vanilla sheet cake or a spiced sheet cake would work in place of a chocolate sheet cake. Store-bought, box-made, or homemade cakes will all work well.
Vanilla Frosting: A store-bought or homemade frosting. For ease, I would opt for store-bought frosting.
Chocolate Melting Wafers: Chocolate almond bark is a good substitute for chocolate wafers.
White Chocolate Melting Wafers: White chocolate almond bark is also a great substitute for white chocolate wafers.
Orange Food Coloring: Best to use an oil-based food coloring to dye the chocolate.
Edible Candy Eyes: Instead of eyes, use your favorite spooky Halloween sprinkles.
Cake Pop Sticks: Other options for cake pop sticks include decorative paper sticks, short skewers, or popsicle sticks.
Fun variations for Halloween Desserts
- Spiderwebs: Use melted marshmallows to create a spider web effect around your cake pop.
- Ghosts!: Alter the shape of the cake into a ghost before dipping.
- Get leggy: Create spider legs with black licorice.
Halloween Cake Pop FAQ
Using candy melts will save you time when making your cake pops. If you need to use chocolate chips be sure to mix 1 tablespoon of vegetable oil for every 1 cup of chocolate chips.
Don't expect cake pops to be the actual texture of a cake. With the frosting added to the cake mixture and once rolled into a ball, the cake pop gives a brownie and fudgey-like texture.
The number of cake pops made per box of cake mix will vary depending on the size you make the cake balls. Between 25-50 balls will be made depending on the shape and size.
1 12 oz bag of candy melts will yield at least 24 cake pops. This amount will depend on the size you've made the cake balls.
Edible candy eyes are fairly common, you should be able to find them at your local grocery store in the baking or spice aisle.
Of course! You can use any flavor of sheet cake for this recipe as long as it makes enough cake to fill a 9x11 baking pan. Additionally, you can use a store-bought cake mix or opt to use your own homemade recipe. The most important thing to remember is that you want the cake to be moist and not dry, otherwise it will have trouble forming into a ball without falling apart.
Help with Halloween Cake Pops
Why are my cake pops cracking? Cake pops cracking!? The most common reason your cake pops are cracking is that either the frosting was too warm when applied to the cake pop or the cake pop was too warm when the frosting was applied.
To prevent cracking: When you're heating your frosting, you want to let it reach the correct consistency for dipping without it getting too hot.
It may truly come down to trial and error when figuring out the perfect consistency/temperature.
More Halloween Cake Pop Ideas
How do you make Zombie cake pops?
- Green food coloring
- Edible candy eyes
- Edible colored markers for details. (blood, mouth, teeth, dirt ext...)
More Halloween and Fall Recipes You’ll Love
- Instant Pot Pumpkin Cheesecake
- No-Bake Pumpkin Cheesecake Bites
- Soft Pumpkin Cookies
- Pumpkin Rice Krispies
- Easy Caramel Popcorn
Simple Halloween Cake Pops Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 prepared 9x11 chocolate sheet cake either from a box mix or a homemade recipe
- ½ cup store-bought vanilla frosting
- 1 cup chocolate melting wafers
- 1 cup white chocolate melting wafers
- orange food coloring
- ½ cup edible candy eyes
- 24 cake pop sticks
Instructions
- If you have not already baked your sheet pan, do so now and allow 15 minutes for the cake to cool before continuing.
- In a large bowl, break up the sheet pan and use a wooden spoon or hand mixer to mix the sheet cake until the is crumbly.
- Add the vanilla frosting and mix again until the frosting is well distributed and fully incorporated into the cake. Place the bowl in the fridge for 15 minutes to allow the frosting to set.
- Using a cookie scoop or your hands, line a cookie sheet with balls of dough the size of two tablespoons and place in the fridge while you prepare your dipping chocolates.
- Place the chocolate wafers in one bowl and split the white chocolate wafers into two bowls. Melt the wafers as directed in the packaging and then add 4 drops of orange food coloring to one of the white chocolate bowls.
- Dip the cake balls into the melted chocolates to create whatever pattern you would like. While the chocolate is still warm, place two candy eyes on the cake pops.
- Stick each cake pop with a wooden skewer, place them back on the cookie sheet, and place in the fridge for another 15 minutes or until the chocolate has set. Serve and enjoy!
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