Vanilla Peppermint Pops
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Author: Sarah @ Miss CandiQuik (idea adapted from Sandra Lee Semi-Homemade)
Serves: 40
Ingredients
- 2 packages (16 oz) Vanilla CANDIQUIK® Candy Coating
- 1 box chocolate cake mix (plus ingredients required for cake mix)
- ½ cup cream cheese frosting
- 1½ cups round hard peppermint candies
- 40 lollipop sticks
Instructions
FOR PEPPERMINT DISCS:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Place candies on prepared baking sheet. Bake for 5-7 minutes or until soft. Remove from oven and use the back of a spoon to press candies flat. Cool.
FOR CAKE POPS:
- Prepare and bake cake mix as directed on box.
- Crumble cake into a large bowl. Add frosting and mix thoroughly (it may be easier to use fingers to mix together).
- Chill for approximately 2 hours in the refrigerator (you can speed this up by placing in the freezer).
- Roll mixture into 1” sized balls; place on a wax paper covered baking sheet.
- Insert a lollipop stick into each cake ball.
- Melt Vanilla CANDIQUIK Coating according to directions on package.
- Dip cake pops in melted CANDIQUIK®, coating completely and allow excess coating to drip off; dip cake pops in crushed peppermints and place on wax paper to set.
- Once set, use a dab of CANDIQUIK® to attach cake pops to peppermint disks.
Notes/Tips
If cake balls start to fall off the stick while being dipped, place remaining cake balls in the refrigerator for an additional 20-30 minutes.
Recipe by Miss CANDIQUIK at http://blog.candiquik.com/vanilla-peppermint-pops/