Easy Strawberry Cake Pops with Crunch Topping
These Easy Strawberry Cake Pops with Crunch Topping are made from a simple box cake with buttercream filling and chocolate coating. With a quick strawberry crunch topping, these cake pops are simple to make and downright delicious!
Equipment
- 1 Hand or Stand Mixer
Ingredients
Strawberry Cake Pops
Crunch Topping
- 1 cup Vanilla Cookies
- ¼ teaspoon Strawberry Emulsion
Instructions
Strawberry Cake Pops
- Prepare the strawberry box cake per the recipe instructions. For best results, less oil is required than what is listed on the recipe instructions. Only use one tablespoon of oil.
- If you are adding the fresh strawberries, pour them in during the mixing stage.
- Bake the cake according to package instructions and all cake to cool.
- After the cake has cooled, crumble the cake by using a hand or stand mixer.
- Crumble the cake until all of the cake is crumbled and broken down.
- Add in the cream cheese up to two tablespoons at a time and mix until the texture of the cake is doughy and spongy like playdough.
- Using a cookie scoop form the cake balls and place on a lined flat surface and freeze for 10-15 minutes.
- While, the cake balls freeze, now is a good time to melt the chocolate and prepare the crunch topping.
How to Melt Chocolate
- Begin by placing the chocolate in a microwave safe bowl and add up to two teaspoons of oil at a time.
- Microwave the chocolate in thirty second intervals and stir thoroughly between each increment. Continue this process until the chocolate is smooth and slightly runny.
How to Make Crunch Topping
- Add the vanilla flavored cookies to a Ziploc bag and using a meat pounder or hard surface, crush the cookies.
- Once the cookies are crumbled, pour into a small to medium sized bowl.
- Add ¼ teaspoon of strawberry emulsion to the crumbled cookies and stir until combined.
How to Dip Strawberry Cake Pops
- Take the lollipop stick and slightly dipping the stick into chocolate.
- After dipping the lollipop stick, slowly insert the stick into the cake pop, about halfway through the cake pop.
- Slowly dip the cake pops into the chocolate and use a spoon or spatula to ladle chocolate over the cake ball until thoroughly coated.
- Hold the cake pops upside down and allow all the excess chocolate to drip from the cake pop.
How to Dip Strawberry Cake Pops in Crunch Topping
- After the chocolate on the cake pop no longer drips, add the crunch topping to the top of the cake pop.
- Simply dip the top of the cake pop with melted chocolate into the bowl of crunch topping.
- Lastly, place the cake pop on the stand and allow the cake pops to dry. This step will take 15-20 minutes.