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!
Nicki says
Hi…I love making red velvet cake balls and w/ Christmas coming up I would love to do both red and green cake balls for a holiday party. I have never seen green velvet cake mix though (I live in SC), what brand do you use and do you know where you can get the green mix? Thank you!!
Christi says
Hi Nicki – here is the recipe (not a mix): http://www.lovefromtheoven.com/2011/03/03/green-velvet-cake-st-pattys-day-baking/
Sarah says
Oh the green balls look so cool and it was my first time seeing the green ones unlike other kinds. I just like staring into them.
Shelly says
These cake pops are beautiful!! I know how to dip the pops, but how do you dip the balls into the chocolate without getting them all messy? I can’t figure it out…..
Maureen says
This is really cool. What did you use for sticks? I thought about using skewers, but I was wondering what you used.
Lori says
I highly underestimated the step where you put the stick in and let it set up. I went right to the dipping and lost a few good ones. Darn shame! I will know for the next time though! My daughter’s birthday is St. Patrick’s day so always looking for green treats.
Leslie says
Hi! Love this idea. I’m making them for both my daughters’ classes. Small problem though. I used almond bark to dip a few but the results are kind of thick and lumpy….
Christi says
Leslie, I find the almond bark can get that way. I tend to reheat it (just a few seconds at a time) to keep it from getting too thick. That said, none of my taste testers have complained about there being too much chocolate. 🙂
Tia says
so cute! green velvet looks lovely.
Casey says
aaaahhh! thank you so much…I completely missed that! I’m getting the goods for these today so I can make them tomorrow; and I’m pretty darn excited. thanks!
Casey says
these look great but i’m confused! if you dip the balls in melted chocolate, what’s the frosting for?
Christi says
Casey, the frosting is mixed with the cake (after baking), and is what helps hold the cake together to become a pop, so to speak. I have a post that goes through cake pops step by step that illustrates it…
http://www.lovefromtheoven.com/2011/02/09/cake-pops/
Jake says
(saw you on homepodge!) The green velvet looks delicious – and the color is so vivid. I bet these are really good 🙂