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Snowman Cake Pops

Joyful bite-sized dessert combining cake and frosting flavors with festive snowman decorations, perfect for holiday parties.
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Prep Time 45 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 15 minutes
Servings: 12 pops
Course: Dessert, Snack
Cuisine: American, Holiday
Calories: 150
Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients
  

Cake Base
  • 2 cups crumbled baked cake (vanilla or chocolate; about one 9-inch layer or a boxed mix baked and cooled)
Frosting
  • 1/2 to 3/4 cup frosting (cream cheese or buttercream), adjust until mixture holds
Coating and Decoration
  • 12–16 pieces candy melts or white dipping chocolate (about 10–12 oz)
  • 12–16 pieces lollipop sticks
  • to taste orange decorating gel or tiny orange candies (for noses)
  • to taste black decorating gel, mini chocolate chips, or edible marker (for eyes and mouths)
  • to taste colored candy melts or melted white candy tinted with food coloring (for scarves and hats)
  • to taste sprinkles, edible glitter, or sanding sugar (optional)
  • parchment paper and a styrofoam block or cake pop stand for drying

Method
 

Baking the Cake
  1. Bake a single-layer 9-inch cake according to your favorite recipe or box instructions. Cool completely.
Crumbling the Cake
  1. Crumble the cake into a large bowl until fine crumbs form.
  2. Add 1/2 cup frosting and mix thoroughly. Add more frosting a tablespoon at a time until the mixture holds together when pressed.
Shaping and Chilling
  1. Shape the mixture into two sizes of balls for each snowman: one smaller (about 1 inch) for the head and one larger (about 1.5 inches) for the body. Make 12–16 snowmen.
  2. Chill the shaped balls on a baking sheet for 15–30 minutes, or until firm.
Coating and Decorating
  1. Melt white candy melts in a microwave-safe bowl, stirring every 15–20 seconds until smooth.
  2. Dip the tip of a lollipop stick into the melted candy, insert into the larger body ball about halfway, then add the head on top, securing with a bit of melted candy between them. Return to chill briefly to set.
  3. Fully coat each assembled snowman in the white candy melt by dipping or spooning and gently tapping off excess. Place on parchment to set.
  4. While the coating is still tacky, add eyes, mouth, and nose using decorating gels, melted chocolate, or tiny candies. Use colored melts to pipe on scarves and hats; add sprinkles for buttons.
  5. Chill until completely set, then transfer to a display or storage container.

Notes

For best results, use chilled cake balls to reduce crumbling when inserting sticks. If melted coating thickens, gently reheat. For neat faces, pipe dots for eyes and mouths or use edible markers once set.