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Mummy Cake Pop Recipe
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Mummy Cake Pops

An easy mummy cake pop recipe and tutorial!
Prep Time1 hour
Chill time1 hour
Total Time2 hours
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: mummy cake pops
Servings: 20

Equipment

  • 1 Food processor

Ingredients

  • 1 Cake mix box or made from scratch cake (you can also use leftover cake) split recipe in half
  • 1 Frosting can - use half of the container
  • 2 Packages of candy melts in white you'll likely only need 1.5 so don't melt it all and save the 1/2 package for another day.
  • Edible small googly eyes
  • Candy sticks
  • Foam board for placing finished cake pops in to dry] split recipe in half

Instructions

  • Start by baking a cake. Or you can use leftover cake!
  • Food process your cake.
    Or crumble by hand if you don't have a food processor. Get the pieces to be fine so that it is not too clumpy when you add the icing.
  • Mix the cake crumbs with your icing.
    (I used about 1/2 of the jar but you may need to just add it slowly to get the right mix). You want it to be almost like dough but not too much icing and sticky.
  • Roll into balls and place on parchment paper.
    When rolling you do not want them to be too sticky. If you find they are sticking to your hands, too much frosting was added. If you have any extra cake, add more cake to the mixture.
    Alternatively, if you find when rolling the balls are too dry, add in a little more frosting to the mixture.
  • Melt your candy melts in the microwave according to the package directions.
    Our package called for melting it 30 seconds at a time. This is the step you really want to be careful with.  If you over-heat the candy melts, then add some shortening to it.
    Turn your microwave setting down as low as possible and stir often in between heating. Let the heat of the candy melts continue to melt on their own before putting in the microwave again so you prevent overheating them.
  • Then dip a bit the end of a candy stick into the candy melt and insert into the cake balls.
    Let them chill in the refrigerator for an hour.
  • Once chilled, pull out of the refrigerator and dip into your candy melt mixture.
  • Once dipped and almost dry, add the eyes so they stick.
  • Take the remaining candy melt and put in a Ziploc freezer bag (cut a small hole in the corner) or an icing bag.
    Then pipe on the line layers on the face to make it look like a mummy.
    Let the cake pops dry on a foam board.

Video

Notes

Melt just a little bit of the candy melts to start for the sticks, then you won't need to reheat the candy melts for dipping the cake pops in.