Game of Thrones Cake Pops
Adapted from Not Your Momma's Cookie [1] and Bakerella [2]
Notes
Because cake pops tend to be labor intensive, we relied on box mix for the cake. However, you can certainly make ingredients from scratch.
Ingredients
- 1 red velvet cake, bake as directed, 13 x 9 cake
1/2 chocolate cake, bake as directed, 13 x 9 cake
16 ounces cream cheese frosting
1 12-ounce bag white candy melts
1 12-ounce bag yellow candy melts
1 12-ounce bag pink candy melts
40 bamboo skewers
1 12-ounce bag brown candy melts
Black food marker
1 12-ounce bag red candy melts
Directions
- Crumble cooked and cooled cakes into large bowl and mix in the cream cheese icing. This is best accomplished by using your hands, but a warning that it will get messy.
- Roll mixture into quarter-size balls and lay on a cookie sheet. Chill in the refrigerator or freezer for several hours.
- Once cake balls are chilled, remove from the refrigerator and start making the icing. Add an equal amount of pink, yellow, and white candy melts to a 2-cup glass measuring cup (or something similar). Microwave according to the package directions; the mixture should be glossy and smooth and result in a nude color.
- Dip skewer into the icing before adding a cake ball — this will act as a glue. Next, take a cake ball and push it through a bamboo skewer, leaving some of the skewer exposed at the top. Dip the cake ball into the melted candy; lay on wax paper to dry. Repeat the process with the remaining cake balls.
- Once the icing has set on the cake balls, melt one cup of the brown candy melts. Use a toothpick and apply the chocolate for the hair and beard on the cake pops. The chocolate layer will dry quickly; continue to add more chocolate to dry layers for texture. You may need to reheat the chocolate throughout the process.
- Once the chocolate is dry, use the food marker to draw the face on the cake pops.
- Melt 1 cup of red candy melts for the "blood" that will sit above and below the head. Dip the top of each skewer in the red icing, and use a toothpick to apply red icing below the heads.
- Let icing set before serving and enjoy!
Information
- Category
- Desserts, Cake
- Cuisine
- North American
- Yield
- 40 cake pops
- Total Time
- 1 hour, 59 minutes, 59 seconds