Cherries covered with chocolate for beautiful pops – a mouth-watering dessert made with Betty Crocker® vanilla cake mix and frosting.
Chocolate Covered Cherry Pops
- Prep Time 50 min
- Total 2 hr 45 min
- Servings 28
- Ingredients 8
Ingredients
- 1 box Betty Crocker™ Super Moist™ Vanilla Cake Mix
- Water, vegetable oil and eggs called for on cake mix box
- 3/4 cup from 1 tub (16 oz) Betty Crocker™ Rich & Creamy Vanilla Frosting (from 1-lb container)
- 28 maraschino cherries, stems removed
- 1 package (16 oz) chocolate-flavored candy coating, chopped
- 28 paper lollipop sticks
- 1 large block white plastic foam
- 2 tablespoons Betty Crocker™ Decorating Decors red sugar crystals
Instructions
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Step1Heat oven to 350°F. Make and bake cake mix as directed on box for 13x9-inch pan, using water, oil and eggs. Cool completely.
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Step2Line cookie sheet with waxed paper. Crumble cake into large bowl. Add frosting; mix well. Shape into 28 (1 1/2-inch) balls, placing cherry in center of each and covering cherry completely. Place on cookie sheet. Freeze until firm. When cake balls are firm, transfer to refrigerator.
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Step3In medium microwavable bowl, microwave candy coating on Medium (50%) 1 minute, then in 15-second increments, until melted; stir until smooth. Remove several cake balls from refrigerator at a time. Dip tip of 1 lollipop stick about 1/2 inch into melted candy and insert stick into 1 cake ball no more than halfway. Dip each cake ball into melted candy to cover; tap off excess. Poke opposite end of stick into foam block. Sprinkle cake ball with sugar crystals. Let stand until set.
Nutrition
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