These fun Green Velvet Cake pops are perfect for St. Patrick’s Day! These are festive, colorful and, most importantly, delicious. I made these with my green velvet cake recipe.
This is my final treat from the green velvet cake recipe is green velvet cake pops. Super cute! I think most people will be quiet surprised when they bite into the cake pop and see the vivid green color.
Once you’ve made your green velvet cake, let it cool. I actually cooled mine and than wrapped it in plastic wrap and stored in the fridge for a day before making my cake pops. This was a nice way to break up the time it takes to make these. Cut your cake up, and either shred it with a fork or pop it into your food processor.
It only takes a couple of pulses and you have cake crumbs.
Even though I made homemade cream cheese frosting, I decided to use canned frosting in the cake pops. I didn’t want to have to store them in the fridge, so shelf stable frosting made sense. I put a big scoop in (I always start out with a little bit and add in as needed, to make sure I don’t over do it) and gave it a few more spins in the Cuisinart.
Now you will want to make your cake balls. You can use a scoop, though I just shape mine by hand.
At this point you can put them in the fridge for a bit, but I decided to just keep on working (gotta make the most of that precious nap time…). Next you will want to melt your chocolate (I like Merkens or Wilton). I always dip my sticks into chocolate…
thn I put the sticks into the cake balls, and let the chocolate set up.
After the chocolate sets up, I than dip the cake balls into the chocolate, and than cover with pretty pretty sprinkles! I love me some sprinkles.
I made both cake pops and cake balls – same thing, the only difference being the stick.
See my fancy cake pop stand? And here all I thought it was good for was draining water.
And now you have super cute green velvet cake pops and green velvet cake balls.
I found these cute little tins at Michaels for 49 cents. Add a bow and they are perfect to use to give your cake balls as a gift.
And a few more pics. I think these may be my favorite treat out of all of the green velvet recipes.
Certainly a super sweet St. Patrick’s day treat!
Frances says
I’m making these next week for my dayghter’s preschool class!
Question: Can I use Bakers chocolate squares and melt those for the cake pops OR do I have to use Wiltons candy melts?
(and where did you buy the spinkles??)
Thank you!
Christi says
Frances, honestly I would try to either get the Wilton melts, or some almond bark (I usually find this at my grocery stores and walmart/target). I’ve had varying results when using chocolate chips or other forms of chocolate, where the melts and the bark are pretty sure bets. It’s a bit of work to make all the balls for the cake pops, and you certainly don’t want that time and effort to go to go to waste. I’m sure your daughter’s class will love them! I get so bummed that we can’t do any homemade treats here – all store bought. No fun!
melissa @IWasBornToCook says
Gorgeous color! They look delicious!
Cara says
I love these pictures! Just gorgeous!
Amanda says
These are SO cute!! Love everything you did!!
Lauren at CookiesKids.com says
These are simply adorable. Most cake ball recipes seem so hard and full of time consuming steps, but yours seems so simple! I can’t wait to try this next time I get the urge to whip something up in the kitchen.
Christi says
Thanks so much Lauren! I agree, so many recipes I look at and think that they will be too much work or I will screw them up, and one of the things I hope I can do on my blog is show that some of this stuff really is pretty simple. It’s amazing what you can create with some dipping chocolate and pretty sprinkles!
Heidi says
That deep, green color is gorgeous. And your cake pop stand = genius!
Christi says
Heidi – quite the stand, isn’t it? 🙂 If only it could pretty itself up and make itself a bit more presentable on buffet tables!
Irene says
To display cake pops (or cookie pops) I buy florist foam, stick it in a cheap flower pot and used shredded tissue or florists moss. Looks like a cute garden!
Amanda Joy says
Saw you comment on i am baker facebook page. I decided to hop over and see your cake pop creation. I had such trouble when I tried to make these last Valentine’s Day. I picked up some tips here today. I think I was adding too much frosting. I need to suck it up and try again, because yours turned out so cute, and not near as time consuming as I thought:)
Christi says
Amanda – thank you so much, I’m happy I could share a few tips with you. I’m no expert, but hopefully I can at least share what has, and has not, worked for me. Yes, please do give them another go. I see a lot of recipes for a can of frosting, and I will say I’ve never used more than half a can. I start with as little as a quarter can, than add a bit at a time. Sure, some recipes make need an entire can, but if you have a really moist cake, you just don’t need so much. Just do a little at a time, and than try to make a ball with the dough, and go from there. Good luck, let me know how your next ones turn out!
Medeja says
Oh they are so.. green :)))
shabunam says
Beautiful pictures !!!!
Muriel says
Oh my these are so stinkin cute! Love all the pictures!