Watermelon Cake Pops Summer (Printable view)

Vanilla cake balls shaped into watermelon slices with creamy frosting and colorful candy coating.

# What You'll Need:

→ Cake Base

01 - 15.25 oz vanilla cake mix (or 14 oz homemade vanilla cake, cooled)
02 - 3 large eggs
03 - 1/2 cup vegetable oil
04 - 1 cup water

→ Cream Cheese Frosting

05 - 4.25 oz cream cheese, softened
06 - 4 tbsp unsalted butter, softened
07 - 1 cup powdered sugar
08 - 1 tsp pure vanilla extract

→ Coating and Decoration

09 - 10.5 oz pink or red candy melts
10 - 7 oz green candy melts
11 - 24 lollipop sticks
12 - 2 tbsp mini chocolate chips
13 - 1 tbsp vegetable oil (for thinning candy melts)

# Steps:

01 - Prepare vanilla cake according to package directions or your preferred recipe. Bake until fully cooked, then allow to cool completely at room temperature.
02 - Beat softened cream cheese and butter together until creamy. Gradually incorporate powdered sugar and vanilla extract, mixing until smooth and spreadable.
03 - Crumble cooled cake into fine pieces in a large mixing bowl. Add frosting gradually, mixing by hand until combined. The mixture should hold its shape when pressed but remain moist and pliable.
04 - Portion mixture into 24 equal pieces. Roll each into a ball, then gently press into a teardrop or triangular wedge shape resembling a watermelon slice.
05 - Melt a small portion of green candy melts. Dip the tip of each lollipop stick into melted candy, then insert approximately 1 inch into the center of each shaped cake pop. Place in freezer for 20 minutes to set firmly.
06 - Melt pink or red candy melts with 1 teaspoon vegetable oil if needed for smooth consistency. Working quickly, dip each chilled cake pop into the pink melts, covering all but the very bottom. Allow excess coating to drip off, then immediately press mini chocolate chips onto the wet surface as watermelon seeds.
07 - Melt green candy melts. Dip the exposed bottom portion of each cake pop into green melts to form the watermelon rind. Insert sticks into a cake pop stand or foam block to set upright. Allow coating to harden completely at room temperature or refrigerate for faster setting.

# Expert Advice:

01 -
  • Theyre impossibly cute but secretly simple to make, even if cake decorating usually intimidates you
  • The combination of moist cake and creamy frosting creates that perfect melt in your mouth texture
  • Everyone will think you spent hours on these, but they come together in about an hour
02 -
  • If your cake pop mixture feels too dry and crumbly, add frosting one teaspoon at a time, but if it's too sticky to roll, chill it for fifteen minutes before shaping
  • Melted candy melts can seize and become unusable if even a single drop of water gets into them, so keep all your bowls and utensils completely dry
  • Room temperature cake pops dip much more smoothly than cold ones, but they need that initial chilling period after inserting the sticks
03 -
  • Add a drop of watermelon extract to your frosting for an extra burst of summer flavor that really makes the watermelon experience complete
  • Work quickly when adding the chocolate chip seeds, as the candy coating starts setting fast once it begins to cool
  • If your coating gets too thick while dipping, pop it back in the microwave for just ten seconds to loosen it up again

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