I use this buttercream and everyone believes I bought the cake from a professional bakery. It works well for wedding cakes or when layered with pound cake and fruit preserves because it is airy and not overly sweet. It can be frozen for a month or two when properly packaged. produces enough frosting for an 8-inch layer cake.
| Prep Time: | 30 mins |
| Cook Time: | 10 mins |
| Additional Time: | 1 hr |
| Total Time: | 1 hr 40 mins |
| Servings: | 24 |
Ingredients
- 1 (12 ounce) package colored candy coating melts, divided
- 24 plain doughnut holes
- 24 lollipop sticks
- 1 tablespoon multicolored candy sprinkles (jimmies), as desired
Instructions
- Place about 1/4 cup candy melts into a small microwave-safe bowl and melt in the microwave at 40 percent power for 30 seconds. Stir the candy coating and continue to heat in 30 second-intervals until the coating is just warm and completely melted.
- Poke a hole halfway through doughnut holes with lollipop sticks then remove the sticks. Dip the end of the sticks into the melted coating and reinsert into doughnut holes (this holds the doughnut holes firmly on the sticks). Stick doughnut pops upright into a block of plastic foam and place into the refrigerator for 1 hour to firm up.
- When pops are firmly attached to their sticks, melt the remaining candy coating dots in a microwave-safe bowl on 40 percent power for 1 minute; stir, and melt in 30-second intervals until the coating is warm and smoothly melted.
- Dip doughnut holes into the coating, covering it completely. Hold dipped pops over a bowl and sprinkle with candy sprinkles. Return decorated pops to the plastic foam block to set.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 131 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 15 g |
| Cholesterol | 4 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 0 g |
| Protein | 2 g |
| Saturated Fat | 4 g |
| Sodium | 57 mg |
| Sugars | 9 g |
| Fat | 8 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
LOVED IT
yum
it was great
It was fun to make.
yes loved it!!!!!!!!!
Clever hack, but not nearly as yummy as real ones. These are just chocolate covered donuts which you can buy anywhere.
I started to make these cake pops, and I did not know that I needed a foam block. We used egg cartons instead, and once we put on a candy coating, it dried and stuck to the carton. P We are currently trying to salvage the cake pops, and failing. That is too bad, because I was making them for the kids who are going to be at my Dad’s birthday party.
So easy! My six year old daughter and twin 5 year old niece and nephew made them with me! We all loved them! Best cake pops ever!!! Thank you!!
Its so easy. why make something from scratch when it tastes better when half of it is already made. its so good!!!!!!!!!!
yummy!!!!!!!!!!!!
I did this for the first time ever and the cake pops were wonderful! Easy recipe. My only problem was with frosting. I still need to get the hang of it, overall, this was great!
Great idea to use donut holes it saved so much time. They turned out very good. It took some twirling and turning so the candy coating could harden onto the cake uniformly. They were fun to make with my two daughters. The Styrofoam board to hold the cake pops upright was a bit more than I wanted to pay so next time I would cut a spare piece of wood or board and drill holes into it to hold the cake pops. It could also be used again.
I haven’t tried it yet but it sounds phenomenal. I hope to make and craft it tonight.
These were defiently easier to make! Taste wise how bad could a doughnut and chocolate be?…lol I will defiently make these again in a pinch! thank you for the recipe!!
A good way to achieve the LOOK of a cute cake pop, but these don’t taste right. If you want easy and cute this is a good idea. If you’re going for delicious, I’d recommend sticking with cake crumbles and frosting or better yet Oreo balls!!
Thanks! this is a quicker and a better way to make them!
i love cake pops especially these
It is An Awesome Recipe ! I used this for my daughters Birthday ! Her friends loved them. And She did too!
Cake pops! WOO HOO! ^ these are the words of any high school class when the teacher brings them in. I often bring them for my friends for an easter, halloween or christmas treat. Donut holes made it SO much easier. Not nearly as ‘sinful’ as the original cake pop, not as sweet, so my mom had a few, guilt free! ;D
I have made hundreds of these for my kids and their activities. My top tricks are to put the balls into the freezer for about 10 minutes. Then, I pull them out and dip my stick into melted chocolate which acts like a glue..put them back into the freezer to set. I then put my styrofoam block into the fridge. After, I dip I stick the pop directly into the fridge to set. The trick to not having the balls slide down the stick is to not poke your stick in too far and keep them chilled all times while working with them. All this works for me and I hope that I have helped others to make cake pops. Because, they are alot of fun to make once you get a system going.
Very easy and a big hit! Thank you!