Grinch Cake Pops

Total Time Prep: 45 min. + chilling Bake: 25 min. + cooling
Yield 4 dozen
Test Kitchen Approved
These Grinch cake pops capture the villain’s most iconic moments in bite-sized Christmas treats that are almost too cute to eat.

Ingredients

  • 1 package red velvet cake mix (regular size)
  • 1 can (16 ounces) cream cheese frosting
  • 1 pound each green and pink chocolate candy coating
  • Red gummy heart candies or sprinkles
  • 1 package (8 ounces) Unwrapped Peanut Butter Cups Minis
  • Gold edible luster dust

Directions

  1. Prepare and bake cake mix according to package directions using a 13x9-in. baking pan. Cool completely.
  2. Crumble cake into a large bowl. Add frosting and mix until mixture holds together when scooped. Shape into 1-1/2-in. balls. Place on baking sheets. Refrigerate until easy to handle, about 1 hour. Insert sticks. Freeze for at least 2 hours or refrigerate for at least 3 hours or until cake balls are firm.
  3. For Grinch pops, in a microwave, melt green candy coating. Dip each cake ball in coating; allow excess to drip off. Place one red candy heart onto the cake pop; let stand until set.
  4. For ornament cake pops, poke a hole with a cake pop stick into each peanut butter cup's center. Brush dust onto cups with gold luster dust. Set aside.
  5. Melt pink candy coating. Dip each cake ball in coating; allow excess to drip off. Thread peanut butter cup on top of cake pop. Let stand until set.
  6. Store in airtight containers.

Nutrition Facts

1 cake ball: 157 calories, 8g fat (3g saturated fat), 12mg cholesterol, 100mg sodium, 21g carbohydrate (15g sugars, 0 fiber), 1g protein.

Our Grinch cake pops are decorated in two ways: Half have a green candy coating and red heart sprinkles reminiscent of the Grinch, while the other half look like mini ornaments with mini peanut butter cups and a pink candy coating. —Margaret Knoebel, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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