Get ready for Cotton Candy Cake Pops! They were inspired by one of my most popular cupcake recipes — Cotton Candy cupcakes. I guess everybody loves cotton candy as much as my family does. This post contains affiliate links.
updated 8/22/2022
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.
I have made these for bake sales all the time. They are always a big hit with the kids, and they’re so easy to make. Plus, you can make so many of them with just 1 box cake mix.
Ingredients to make Cotton Candy Cake Pops
- 1 box of white cake mix
- 3 eggs
- 1 1/2 cups of buttermilk
- 1 container of white frosting
- cotton candy flavoring
- 1 pkg of white candy melts or white chocolate chips
- paper straws for sticks for cake pops
- colored sanding sugar for embellishment
- food coloring in pink and blue
How do you make Cotton Candy Cake Pops?
If you’ve never made cake pops, they’re surprisingly easy. If you’d like to see a complete step by step process for making them, check out my Champagne cake pop recipe. It has pictures of the whole process.
Combine the 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.
Mix the dram of cotton candy flavoring into the frosting.
Tear the cake up into a large bowl and add all of the 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 while making the cake balls).
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 15-30 minutes.
Prepare the candy melts, each color in a separate microwave-safe bowl.
Microwave the candy melts in 30-second increments, stirring after each time, until they are nice and smooth.
Remove the cake balls from freezer,
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, add 1/2 a dram of cotton candy flavor to each one, until it’s completely mixed.
Place paper straws about 1/2 way into each cake ball.
Dip the 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.
For packaging, use cake pop cellophane bags.
Cotton Candy Recipes
Looking for more cotton candy treats? Check these out:
- Cotton Candy Yogurt Smoothies
- Disappearing Mocktails
- Cotton Candy Fudge
- Cotton Candy Cupcakes
- Unicorn Ice Cream – cotton candy flavor!
Cotton Candy Cake Pops
Ingredients
- 1 box of white cake mix
- 3 eggs
- 1 1/2 cups of buttermilk
- 1 container of white vanilla frosting
- 1 dram vile of cotton candy flavoring
- 1 pkg of white candy melts or white chocolate chips
- paper straws for sticks for cake pops
- colored sanding sugar for embellishment
- food coloring in pink and blue
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.
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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.