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Snowman Cake Pops

Prep Time2 hours
Course: Dessert, Sweets
Cuisine: American
Keyword: cakepops, chocolate, christmas dinner, kids, snowman, truffel
Servings: 14 pcs
Author: Suci Bakri
Cost: €15

Equipment

  • 1 Large mixing bowl
  • 1 Spatula
  • 14 Sticks I used stick so it's easier for the kids to hold it
  • 1 Small sauce pan to melt the chocolate
  • 1 Small spoon
  • 1 Fork
  • 1 Cutting Board To place the cake pops
  • 1 Baking paper To layer it on the cutting board

Ingredients

Cake Pops Base

  • 1 pcs Sponge Cake We used vanilla flavour. You can use store bought one or make your own.
  • 2-3 tbsp Cream cheese frosting Adjust while mixing
  • 300 gr White Chocolate or White Candy Melts Honestly candy melts works better than chocolate, but I didn't have enough time to order it. I prefer candy melts because they set quickly and are thinner when melted. If you use normal chocolate, then I would recommend thinning the chocolate out with some vegetable oil.
  • Orange food coloring for the nose of the snow pop
  • Dark chocolate for the eyes, mouth and buttons

Instructions

  • In a large mixing bowl, place the sponge cake and break the cake apart with your hands and crumble it up until is resembles fine crumbs.
  • Add in your pre-made cream cheese frosting. Mine was made from 100ml whipped cream + 150gr mascarpone cheese + 1tsp vanilla essence + 100gr powdered sugar.
  • Add the frosting gradually as you mix them well, until you get the clay feeling of your cake. At this stage, if you feel the cake is moist enough to roll into balls then don't add anymore frosting in. If you add too much frosting, you cake pops will be too mushy and easily broken.
  • Roll two balls of different sizes for the head and body of the snowman, and place them on a plate or tray. Place them in the freezer for about 10minutes of fridge for 30 minutes. This will help the cake balls become firm, smooth/round and easy to work with.
  • Once your balls are ready, melt your chocolate. I used double boiling method (bain-marie). Here's how it works.
    Fill a saucepan with a small amount of water (about 2–3 cm). Make sure the water does not touch the bottom of the bowl you’ll place on top.
    Bring the water to a simmer, not a full boil.
    Place a heatproof bowl on top of the saucepan and add the chocolate to the bowl.
    Stir the chocolate slowly as it melts. The steam from the hot water gently heats the bowl and melts the chocolate evenly.
    Remove from heat once the chocolate is smooth and fully melted.
  • I added only 70% of my chocolate to melt, and added the rest of my chocolate once the first one already fully melted, so the chocolate won't be too hot to work with and cracked if it's touched with the cold cake.
  • Dip the tip of each cake pop stick into the melted chocolate, then insert it halfway into a cake ball. Repeat with the remaining cake pop sticks.
  • I used fork to support the body of the snowmen while coating them with chocolate using tea spoon.
  • Once all of the snowmen coated, place them on a tray/cutting board layered with baking paper and place them in the fridge for 30 minutes until the chocolate is set and take them out one by one to decorate them with the eyes, nose, mouth, and shawls.
  • After decorating, pop them back to the fridge for 5 minutes and they are ready to serve! Enjoy! :)