These chocolate reindeer cake pops are so easy to make and so much fun for the holidays. Make them for your child’s classroom, for a Christmas party, or to give away as gifts.
To keep things simple, this starts with a boxed cake mix and canned frosting. They take a bit of time to make due to the need for chilling time but if you plan ahead, you’ll have the cutest holiday treats ever.
Chocolate Reindeer Cake Pops
Servings: 18 to 20 (1 cake pop per serving)
Prep Time: 1 hour | Cook Time: 25 minutes | Chill Time: 30 minutes | Total Time: 1 hour and 55 minutes
Ingredients:
1 box chocolate cake mix – including ingredients listed on the box
1 (16 oz) can chocolate frosting
20 oz dark chocolate melting wafers
20 red mini M&M’s
Black decorating icing
20 mini pretzels
20 popsicle sticks
2 styrofoam bricks
Directions:
Prepare and bake the chocolate cake according to the instructions on the box. Bake time may vary. Let the cake cool completely before proceeding.
Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
Crumble the cooled cake into a large mixing bowl. Add the frosting and mix with your hands until fully combined. The mixture should be thick enough to hold its shape.
Scoop 2 to 3 tablespoons of the mixture into your hands and roll into a ball. Place on the baking sheet. Repeat with the remaining mixture to form 18 to 20 cake pops.
Once all the cake balls are formed, place them in the freezer for 30 minutes.
Prepare the pretzels by breaking or cutting each one in half.
Melt the chocolate wafers in a microwave-safe bowl in 30-second intervals, stirring between intervals, until melted and smooth.
Remove the cake pops from the freezer.
Dip one end of a popsicle stick into the melted chocolate and insert it into a cake pop. Then dip the entire cake pop into the melted chocolate, swirling to ensure it’s fully coated.
Insert the other end of the popsicle stick into the styrofoam brick to hold the cake pop upright. Before the chocolate hardens, insert two pretzel halves into the top of the cake pop to create the antlers. Repeat with the remaining cake pops.
Allow the cake pops to set for about 15 minutes, until the chocolate hardens.
To decorate the face, use black decorating icing to draw two eyes on each cake pop. Pipe a small amount of icing onto a red M&M and press it onto the face beneath the eyes to create the nose. Lay the cake pops on their backs for 10 minutes so the M&Ms can set without sliding off.
Once the M&Ms set on the cake pops, enjoy!
Chocolate Reindeer Cake Pops
Equipment
- 20 popsicle sticks
- 2 styrofoam bricks
Ingredients
- 1 box chocolate cake mix – including ingredients listed on the box
- 1 16 oz can chocolate frosting
- 20 oz dark chocolate melting wafers
- Black decorating icing
- 20 red mini M&M’s
- 20 mini pretzels
Instructions
- Prepare and bake the chocolate cake according to the instructions on the box. Bake time may vary. Let the cake cool completely before proceeding.
- Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Crumble the cooled cake into a large mixing bowl. Add the frosting and mix with your hands until fully combined. The mixture should be thick enough to hold its shape.
- Scoop 2 to 3 tablespoons of the mixture into your hands and roll into a ball. Place on the baking sheet. Repeat with the remaining mixture to form 18 to 20 cake pops.
- Once all the cake balls are formed, place them in the freezer for 30 minutes.
- Prepare the pretzels by breaking or cutting each one in half.
- Melt the chocolate wafers in a microwave-safe bowl in 30-second intervals, stirring between intervals, until melted and smooth.
- Remove the cake pops from the freezer. Dip one end of a popsicle stick into the melted chocolate and insert it into a cake pop. Then dip the entire cake pop into the melted chocolate, swirling to ensure it’s fully coated.
- Insert the other end of the popsicle stick into the styrofoam brick to hold the cake pop upright. Before the chocolate hardens, insert two pretzel halves into the top of the cake pop to create the antlers. Repeat with the remaining cake pops.
- Allow the cake pops to set for about 15 minutes, until the chocolate hardens.
- To decorate the face, use black decorating icing to draw two eyes on each cake pop. Pipe a small amount of icing onto a red M&M and press it onto the face beneath the eyes to create the nose. Lay the cake pops on their backs for 10 minutes so the M&Ms can set without sliding off.
- Once the M&Ms set on the cake pops, enjoy!