Halloween Cake Pops Recipe

Halloween Cake Pops are a fun Halloween treat made with cake, frosting and candy melts and decorated for spooky season. Perfect for a Halloween Party!

If you are looking for a super cute Halloween dessert, try this easy Halloween cake pops recipe.

Simply crumble up a cake, mix it with frosting, form into balls and decorate as your favorite Halloween characters or in a Halloween theme.

You can make a cake using a box of cake mix or use leftover cake to make cake pops. To make this easy dessert easier, you can even use a plain cake from your local bakery or store.

Halloween Cake Pops Ingredients

These simple ingredients are found in your local grocery store, craft store or online.

• Boxed cake mix — any brand. I used chocolate cake mix, but any flavor works.
• Eggs, oil, water — to make the cake
• Frosting — Use store-bought frosting or leftover homemade frosting if you have some.
• Candy Melts — We used orange candy melts, black candy melts and green candy melts
• White chocolate chips — You can use white candy melts or almond bark.
• Coconut oil — for smoother white chocolate. You won’t need the oil if you use white candy coating.
• Cake pop sticks — or popsicle sticks

How to Make Halloween Cake Pops

First, bake the cake according to directions on the box. Allow the cake to cool completely. Then, crumble the cake by hand or with an electric mixer or stand mixer in a large bowl.

Mix frosting with the crumbled cake, and form cake mixture into small balls. Keep the cake balls around 1 inch to 1 1/2 inches.

When the balls are formed, melt a little white chocolate in a microwave safe bowl.

Dip a cake pop stick into the melted chocolate, and insert into the center of each cake ball. This will help the sticks stick to the cake balls.

Place the balls on a baking sheet lined with wax paper or parchment paper. Then, refrigerate until firm.

How to Decorate Cake Pops for Halloween

Add the candy melts to separate microwavable bowls or cups. Melt in 30 second intervals or according to package directions.

Dip cake balls into melted candy coating or chocolate, allowing excess chocolate to drip back into the bowl. Allow the coating to dry slightly, then decorate.

Mummy Cake Pops — Dip the balls into white candy coating or white chocolate. Add candy eyeballs, then drizzle thin lines of melted white chocolate over the cake pop.

You can use a piping bag or a ziploc bag with a small hole in 1 corner to make the “bandages”.

Pumpkin Cake Pops — Dip the cake balls into melted orange coating. Add the candy eyes. Then, use a piping bag to form the leaves on top of the pumpkin. We used mini chocolate chips for the stems.

You can use a toothpick to make the mouth with melted chocolate or black candy coating.

If you want a traditional jack-o’-lantern look, skip the eyeballs and make the face using melted chocolate.

Frankenstein Cake Pops — Dip the cake balls into melted green candy coating. Add the candy eyes, and use chocolate to make the hair, mouth and scars.

You can dip the cake pops into the melted coating for the hair or use a piping bag.

Black Cat Cake Pops — First, use frosting to stick 2 chocolate chips to the top of the cake balls. When the frosting dries, dip the cake ball into melted black candy coating.

Add the eyes, then paint the insides of the ears with orange coating. Use orange coating to make the whiskers and mouth.

How to Store

I highly recommend purchasing an inexpensive cake pops holder, especially if you are making a lot of pops. You can leave the Halloween treats in the holder at room temperature for up to 1 day.

Place the decorated cake pops into an airtight container for longer storage. They stay fresh for 3-4 days. You can freeze plain unfrosted cake ball pops for up to 3 months.

Helpful Tips

If you don’t want to use a microwave, use a double boiler to melt chocolate on the stove.

Be sure to refrigerate cake pops before decorating. The cake needs to be firm enough to dip into melted candy melts or chocolate. I found that freezing the cake pops make them crack.

Let the candy coating dry slightly before you add the eyes. Otherwise, they start to slide. If the coating dries before you add the eyes, use extra coating or frosting for the eyeballs.

Don’t have time to bake? Make shortcut Halloween cake pops using a plain cake or cupcakes from the store. You can also dip coated pops in Halloween sprinkles for easy decorating!

More Halloween Treats

Halloween marshmallow pops are easier than cake pops and just as cute! Halloween Graveyard Cake is another dessert that is so much fun to make! For a no bake Halloween dessert, try my Nutter Butter ghost cookies, and browse more easy homemade Halloween treats!

I hope you enjoy these delicious Halloween cake pops as much as my family does. For more easy recipes and Halloween recipes, sign up for the weekly newsletter and follow on social media.