Chocolate Dipped Cake Pops

• 1 box vanilla cake mix (plus the ingredients on the back)
• 1/4 cup powdered sugar
• 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
• 3 of your favorite chocolate bars or color melts
• white nonpareils sprinkles
• lollipop sticks

Instructions

1. Prepare and bake the cake mix according to the boxed directions.
2. Immediately after taking the cake out of the oven, pour the hot cake into the bowl of a stand mixer. Add in the powdered sugar and vanilla extract and using the paddle attachment, mix on low speed until a dough forms that can be pressed together into a ball. (If you don’t have a stand mixer use a hand mixer)
3. Portion out the dough and press into a ball in the palm of your hands or with a cake pop press.
4. Place the cake balls on a cookie sheet and then into the freezer to chill.
5. Melt a small amount of your chocolate color melts. Remove the cake balls from the freezer. Dip each lollipop stick into the chocolate and then press the stick into the center of each cake ball. This will help avoid the cake pop falling off the stick.
6. Return to the fridge or freezer to help speed up the process of the stick and chocolate setting.
7. Once the chocolate is set on the sucker sticks, melt the remaining chocolate or candy melt in a tall, skinny jar or glass.
8. Dip the cake pops one by one in the jar and gently shake the cake pop to remove any excess melted chocolate. Tip right side up and add sprinkles/decor if desired.
9. Allow the chocolate/candy melt to set while the cake pop is right side up, you can poke holes into a cardboard box or foam block to help them stand up straight to dry.
10. Enjoy!

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