Monster Cake Pops

These spooky monster cake pops are easy to make and perfect for Halloween parties!

Serves 24 servings Hard American

Our own summary of the original by Karen Kerr — the full post and photos live at karenskitchenstories.com.

Start by crumbling a baked dark chocolate cake and mixing in frosting to form a dough. Roll into balls, insert sticks, dip in melted chocolate coating, then decorate with candy eyes and chocolate drizzle for a fun, creepy treat.

Ingredients

1 12.75 ounce box of dark chocolate single layer cake (such as Ghirardelli), prepared.

1/2 can of dark chocolate frosting.

1 to 2 pounds dark chocolate candy coating

Candy eyes

Edible ink pens

Directions

Crumble the cooled cake into fine crumbs using your fingers.

Mix in half a can of dark chocolate frosting until well combined.

Use a tablespoon cookie scoop to portion the mixture, then roll each portion into a ball about 1.5 to 2 inches in diameter.

Place the cake balls on a parchment-lined baking sheet and refrigerate until firm.

Melt about 1 pound of dark chocolate candy coating in a microwave-safe bowl according to package directions.

Dip the tip of a lollipop stick into the melted coating, then insert it about halfway into a cake ball. Repeat for all pops and return them to the refrigerator.

One at a time, dip each cake pop into the melted coating, tapping off excess. Insert the stick into a styrofoam block to set.

Transfer remaining melted coating to a disposable piping bag, snip the tip, and drizzle squiggly lines over the cake pops.

Press candy eyes randomly onto the wet coating. Let dry completely on the styrofoam block.