I’m sure many of you have seen some of the recipes from my Crazy Cupcake Flavors from a Box series. The most popular recipe from that series is hands down my Cotton Candy cupcakes. I guess everybody loves cotton candy as much as my family does.
Now I’ve adapted the recipe to make cake pops! I mean really, who doesn’t love cake on a stick? Now that I think about it, who doesn’t love any food on a stick? I think that’s why state fairs are so successful.
It is so much easier to serve cake pops to preschoolers at a class party than cupcakes, and they tend to actually eat it since it’s such a small piece. These are also perfect for gift giving or bake sales. At the school Valentine’s Day parties, I had all my kids give cake pops to their teachers. I’m telling ya, I’ve become addicted to making cake pops.
Last week we had a spaghetti dinner at my daughter’s preschool. It’s a big fundraiser with a silent auction and bake sale. (We won baseball tickets behind the dugout and a giant Chick Fil A cow!) Part of my contribution to the bake sale was a batch of Cotton Candy Cake Pops, and they went fast!
For packaging, I purchase cellophane bags at Walmart. They come in packs of 20 in the cake decorating section for about $2. I package two cake pops per bag, and they come with silver twist ties for closures. They always look super cute.
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Cotton Candy Cake Pops
- Yield: 40 1x
Ingredients
- 1 box of white cake mix
- 3 eggs
- 1 1/2 cups of buttermilk
- 1 container of Betty Crocker Cotton Candy frosting
- 1 package of Duncan Hines Frosting Creations – cotton candy flavor
- 1 pkg of white candy melts
- paper straws for sticks for cake pops
- colored sanding sugar for embellishment
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350.
- Combine cake mix, eggs, and buttermilk. Mix for 2 minutes on medium.
- Pour into a greased 13 x 9 pan and cook for 25-30 minutes, until done.
- Let cool completely.
- Tear the cake up into a large bowl and add all of the cotton candy frosting. Mix thoroughly until it’s all sticky.
- Prepare a cookie sheet with parchment paper.
- Wash your hands in as cold water as you can stand (do this periodically).
- Then roll 1 1/2-inch balls and place on cookie sheet.
- When the cookie sheet is full, transfer it to the freezer for at least 30 minutes.
- Remove cake balls from freezer, and prepare the candy melts per instructions on the bag.
- Place a large piece of wax paper on the counter near the cookie sheet.
- Prepare sanding sugars into small bowls so they can be applied quickly.
- When candy melts are completely melted, stir in the package of cotton candy Frosting Creations until it’s completely mixed.
- Place paper straws about 1/2 way into each cake ball.
- Dip cake balls straight down into the candy melt. Pull up and let some excess candy melt drip off.
- Then set the cake ball on the wax paper. Quickly sprinkle sanding sugar on it before the candy melt dries.
- Allow cake pops to dry before packaging.
If you’ve never made cake pops, they’re surprisingly easy. If you’d like to see a step by step process for making them, check out my Champagne cake pop recipe. It has pictures of the whole process.
Looking for more cotton candy treats? Check these out:
Unicorn Ice Cream – cotton candy flavor!
7 comments
Cotton candy is HANDS DOWN my favorite fair treat. These are adorable!
Oh my, these look delicious! Sharing with my SIL who loves to make cake pops!
Yum-o!! Pinning for later!! I love cotton candy. And how cool that y’all won baseball tickets!! Can’t believe baseball season is upon us!
How fun! Pinning!
– Brooke –
Love these……I have a question. Do I understand your instruction to mix the candy melts with the cotton candy creations frosting?
Thanks!! No, you mix the candy melts with a packet of Duncan Hines Flavor Creation in Cotton Candy. It’s a powder that will flavor the candy melts to taste like cotton candy. If you mixed the candy melts with frosting, they’d probably never harden.
The cake is mixed with the frosting.