Reindeer Cake Pops
These Chocolate Reindeer Cake Pops are the perfect festive treat for the holidays! Fun to make, adorable to look at, and delicious to eat—these sweet reindeer will be a hit at any holiday gathering!
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Ingredients
- 1 box chocolate cake mix
- 1 (16 oz) can of chocolate frosting
- 20 oz dark chocolate melting wafers
- Black decorating icing
- 20 red mini M&Ms
- 20 mini pretzels
- 20 popsicle sticks
- 2 styrofoam bricks
Instructions
- First things first, let's whip up that chocolate cake! Follow the instructions on the box for a no-fuss experience. After baking, be patient and let the cake cool completely.
- Once your cake is cool! Crumble the entire cake into a large bowl. Add the chocolate frosting and dive in with your hands (yep, we’re getting messy!). Mix it all together until it’s thick and moldable.
- Grab about 2 to 3 tablespoons of the cake mixture and roll it into a ball. Place each ball on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Keep going until you’ve got around 18 to 20 little cake balls. Once done, pop them in the freezer for 30 minutes to firm up.
- While your cake balls are chilling, it’s time to create those adorable reindeer antlers! Take mini pretzels and break or cut them in half.
- Now, in a microwave-safe bowl, melt the dark chocolate wafers in 30-second intervals, stirring between each session, until the chocolate is smooth and glossy.
- Grab those cake pops from the freezer. Dip the tip of a popsicle stick into the melted chocolate and insert it into a cake pop.
- Then, dip the entire cake pop into the chocolate, swirling it around to cover the whole thing. Stick the other end of the popsicle stick into your styrofoam brick to keep it upright while the chocolate sets.
- Before the chocolate hardens, carefully insert two pretzel halves into the top of the cake pop to make antlers. Repeat this process for all of your cake pops.
- Once your reindeer cake pops are standing tall, it’s time to bring them to life! Use black decorating icing to add two little eyes.
- Then, pop a red mini M&M under the eyes to give each reindeer their iconic red nose. Lay them down on their backs for about 10 minutes so the noses can set.