Peep Cake Pop – Poor Girl’s Guide Chicago
We’re giving you some of our favorite (and cheap) ideas for Easter. Try these adorable “Hatching Chick” Peep Cake Pops this Easter. Each Peep cake pop has a hatching chick added to a box cake mix cake pop. This is easy and fun kids Easter baking. They will love seeing the whole dessert come together. Try this easy kid-friendly Easter dessert with your little ones!
Ingredients *Makes 24 cake pops
- 1 Box Cake Mix (Your choice)
- 1 Can Frosting (Your choice )
- 2 boxes of white chocolate chips
- 24 Cake pop sticks
- 24 Peeps
- Styrofoam block or cake pop block
- Clear treat bags (if desired)
Amazon also sells cake pop kits with clear bags, sticks, and a cake pop holder for under $11.
Click to purchase @Amazon
Instructions
- Bake cake as instructed
- Let cake cool
- Crumble cake as small as possible in large bowl
- Mix in frosting by hand slowly
- Shape cake in to small ball/egg shapes, use an mini ice cream scoop if you have one
- Roll the balls on to a plate covered in wax paper
- Melt half the chocolate as instructed (double boil or microwave)
- Dip half the ball in chocolate and place back on the plate with wax paper
- Put them in the freezer for about 20 minutes
- While pops are in the freezer, cut the faces off the peeps and set aside
- Melt the remaining chocolate and place small amounts at a time in cup
- Remove cake balls from freezer, place a stick in each
- Dip cake balls carefully in to the cup of chocolate so they are fully covered
- Let the excess chocolate drip off
- Take the Peep and place it on the front of the cake pop, push it lightly so it sticks
- Place cake pops in the styrofoam block and put them in the freezer
- Serve them as is or individually wrapped in clear baggies or treat bags
Made by Kids 