Vanilla Cake Pops

So lets face it, we all love the Starbucks Birthday cake pops. I know I am guilty and my kids as well. Heck we can go there just for the cake pops and not even get coffee. But boy do those little buggers add up quick. So I have been doing my research and came up with copy cat recipe that tastes just like the birthday cake pop at Starbucks. Though I didn't use the white sprinkles, we jazzed them up by putting rainbow colors on.

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First thing, get a yellow cake mix and bake it according to the box then let it cool. Next scrape up the top layer and bottom brown layers. You want all the middle cake. Add that to a bowl. To the bowl with the cake add 2 1/2 tbs of white vanilla frosting. I just bought a container of Pillsbury frosting. Mix it well it will look crumbly like the picture below.

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Next roll about 1 inch balls of the cake mixture, Then I used Wilton candy melts (pink) for the dipping chocolate. Melt it in the microwave according to the package.

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Once the chocolates are melted take a cake pop stick dip the tip into just enough to coat the tip with chocolate. It helps the cake stay on. Then stick on the cake ball you rolled.

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Once you have all the sticks assembled place the cake pops sticks up on a lined cookie sheet and freeze for 30 minutes. This helps keep the cake to together for the next step.

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Take the cake pops out of the freezer, fill a cup with the melted chocolate and dip the pop straight into the chocolate, don't swirl just set it all the way in. Bring it up and turn the pop so the excess chocolate can drip off. Coat it in any sprinkle you wish and stick your pop into Styrofoam to let the pop finish setting. The cake pops can stay right out on the cupboard no need to refrigerate.

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