St. Patrick’s day cake pops are a fun treat made with white cake mix, cream cheese frosting dipped in green chocolate and topped with sprinkles!

These are perfect treats to make with your kids to try to trap a St. Patrick’s Day leprechaun.

Ingredients

cake – make a box mix as a sheet cake and you’ll have plenty of cake to use for this recipe
cream cheese frosting – just 2 tablespoons
candy melts – green candy melts work great for the chocolate coating
sprinkles – we used white, but gold would be fun too!
cookie sticks – you can get these as many grocery and almost all craft stores

How to Make St. Patrick Cake Pops

steps to make cake pops: crumble cake mix with frosting, roll into balls, coat in chocolate and put stick in

In a large bowl, crumble your cake.
Add in your cream cheese frosting. Mix well with a hand mixer, spoon, or stand mixer.
Divide your cake into 10 sections. With the palm of your hand, round out each portion into a ball shape.
Place your cake pops on a sheet pan or plate, and place in the freezer for 15 minutes.
While your cake pops are in the freezer, place all of your candy melts in a medium sized bowl. Microwave for 30 second intervals until completely melted.
Remove the cake pops from the freezer.
Place your cookie stick in the candy melt, then the cake pop. Then add your cake pop to the candy melts. Coat the pop completely with the melt. On the side of the bowl, tap it gently with the stick removing any excess chocolate from the cake pop to create a smooth finish.
Place the cake pop on the parchment paper. Immediately add your sprinkles before the chocolate dries. In the corner of your cake pop, push in your gold coin.
Continue steps 6 – 8 until each cake pop is complete.

Tips

Use candy melts. Don’t try to color white chocolate. While it’s possible to use chocolate that’s colored, the candy melts are a perfect melting chocolate and are already perfectly colored

While these sweet treats are geared toward St. Patrick’s Day with a little pot of gold, you could leave the gold candy off and make these for Dr. Suess’ birthday day on March 2!

green st. patrick's cake pops with gold chocolate coin on side

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St. Patrick’s Day Cake Pops

Prep Time 15

Total Time 15

Ingredients

▢ ¼ white cake such as a box cake, cooked
▢ 2 TBSP cream cheese frosting soft
▢ 8 oz candy melts green
▢ 10 count 6 – inch cookie sticks
▢ 10 gold coins
▢ 3 TBSP white sprinkles

Instructions

In a large bowl, crumble your cake.
¼ white cake
Add in your cream cheese frosting. Mix well with a hand mixer, spoon, or stand mixer.
2 TBSP cream cheese frosting
Divide your cake into 10 sections. With the palm of your hand, round out each portion into a ball shape.
Place your cake pops on a sheet pan or plate, and place in the freezer for 15 minutes.
While your cake pops are in the freezer, place all of your candy melts in a medium sized bowl. Microwave for 30 second intervals until completely melted.
8 oz candy melts
Remove the cake pops from the freezer.
Place your cookie stick in the candy melt, then the cake pop. Then add your cake pop to the candy melts. Coat the pop completely with the melt. On the side of the bowl, tap it gently with the stick removing any excess chocolate from the cake pop to create a smooth finish.
Place the cake pop on the parchment paper. Immediately add your sprinkles before the chocolate dries. In the corner of your cake pop, push in your gold coin.
10 gold coins, 3 TBSP white sprinkles
Continue steps 6 – 8 until each cake pop is complete.