Copycat Starbucks Vanilla Cake Pops

Cake Pops are an easy recipe and can be the ultimate deal breaker when deciding which snack to eat. They are very delicious and fun to make! These Cake Pops are also amazing for baby showers and birthday parties too.

A Fun and Delicious Snack

If you love cake, you will love this cake pop recipe. These cake pops are very delicious and can be shared with friends and family.

Cake pops can even be made with different flavors of cake!

Simple Ingredients for Cake Pops

• Betty Crocker Vanilla Cake Mix
• Vegetable Oil
• Eggs
• Water
• Betty Crocker Vanilla Frosting
• Candy Melts
• Lollipop Sticks
• Sprinkles

Instructions for the Cake Pop Recipe

1. Preheat the oven to 350°F and grease a 9×13-inch baking dish.
2. Add the box cake mix, vegetable oil, eggs, and water into your bowl and mix.
3. Pour the mix into the baking dish.
4. Bake at 350°F for 28-33 minutes.
5. Once done cooking, let cool for 20-30 minutes.
6. Optionally, discard the crust on each side of the cake.
7. Remove the cake from the baking dish, place it into a bowl, and crush it into fine crumbs.
8. Add the store-bought frosting to the bowl with the cake and mix thoroughly.
9. Once mixed, use a cookie scooper to scoop out 1-inch cake balls and place them onto a baking sheet.
10. Empty the candy melts into a microwave-safe bowl, then heat it in the microwave until it liquefies.
11. Take your lollipop sticks and dip the end into the candy melt. Take the lollipop sticks with the candy melt on the end, then stick them into the cake balls and wait for the candy melt to solidify.
12. Once the candy melts on the stick has solidified, delicately dip the cake pops entirely into the candy melt.
13. Add your sprinkles and let the candy melt on the cake pops and solidify.

How to Make the Cake Pops

Firstly, your package instructions call you to add your vanilla cake mix, vegetable oil, eggs, and water from the separate bowls into a large bowl and stir.

After stirring, the easy step is to pour the cake mixture into a baking dish and set it into the oven at 350°F for 28-33 minutes. Scoop the sides of the bowl to get the cake batter into the baking dish.

As the cake cools until it is room temperature after baking, take the cake out of your cake pan then place it into a bowl to crush it into crumbled cake.

Add the frosting to the cake and mix. I personally use an electric mixer. You will know it is done mixing when the cake clumps together.

Removing the leftover cake crust on the cake before crushing it into crumbs will make the cake look lighter, but it is optional.

Using your cookie scoop, mold the cake into a 1-inch round (for the best results) shape and set it on the cookie sheet.

I might set one or two in an airtight container for later so it does not dry out.

Add your candy melts or candy wafers to a bowl and heat it until liquified.

Once you have your liquid candy melt, dip the tip of a lollipop stick into the candy melt. Stick the end with the candy melt all the way into the cake pop.

Now let the lollipop sticks with the candy melt cool.

Once the melted candy melt on the cake pop stick has cooled, very delicately submerge the cake pop into the liquid candy coating until you cover all sides with candy melt. Let the excess coating drip back into the candy melt bowl.

I used a pan, but you can use parchment paper.

Quickly add the sprinkles to the liquid candy melt on the cake pops, then place upright and let it cool.

Ways To Add Variety To Your Copycat Starbucks Cake Pops Recipe

• You can change your vanilla boxed cake mix with something else, like a birthday cake mix, to make Starbucks birthday cake pops. It will be a great fit for a birthday party or any other special occasion.
• If you want to have different colors in the candy melt, mix the candy melt with any liquid food coloring.
• You can also use chocolate cake mix with chocolate frosting if you want chocolate cake pops. Using melted chocolate candy melt is also a possibility if you love aesthetics.