Perfect for Halloween dessert, these Mummy Cake Pops are a spooky recipe for your holiday! Soft cake decorated to look like the popular scary character.
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Why You Will Love This Recipe
These Halloween Mummy Cake Pops are a fun dessert recipe for celebrating Halloween!
While not technically a pop since they are not on a stick, they are a great spooky treat for your table or party.
Easily make these cake bites in advance with any flavor cake and icing!
Ingredients
Here are the ingredients you need for these Halloween cake pops:
Cake – use any flavor that you like. You can either use a cake mix and follow the instructions listed, or even use a cake that is already made.
Frosting – If using a dark cake mix, you will not see a colored frosting no matter what. If a white or yellow cake mix, you can color the frosting for a subtle color filling.
Bright White Candy Melts – it is key to get the bright white as regular white has a yellow tint to them.
Candy Eyes – I use the smallest size you can find in the store. They are typically not labeled by how large the eyes are.
Equipment
Here are the tools you need for this Halloween dessert:
Fork and Spoon – to coat and shake off the candy melts
Small Bowl – for melting the candy melts
Cookie Scoop – this is the easiest way to shape the cake balls. I use a scoop that is 2 Tablespoons (#40 scoop). You can do larger or smaller, but might want to adjust the eye size if larger and will adjust your final quantity.
Baking Sheet – for placement when decorating
Parchment Paper – for drying
Large Bowl – to mix the cake and frosting together
Hand Mixer – for combining the cake and frosting. This can also be done by hand but is easier and more consistent with the mixer.
If you are baking the cake yourself, you will also need the ingredients and equipment needed to make the cake in the first place. I bake the cake in two round pans per package direction before crumbling and proceeding with this recipe.
If you want to make it a literal pop on a stick, you will also want to get some cake pop sticks.
Instruction Overview
First make your cake as per package directions.
Let the cake cool and then gently break apart into a large bowl.
Add a half cup of frosting and mix into the cake with a stand mixer. This can also be done by hand but the mixer gives a more even result. Keep adding more frosting 1/4 cup at a time until you can press the cake mixture together and it sticks.
Use a cookie scoop to shape into round balls and place on a plate or baking sheet.
Chill for approximately 20-30 minutes until they firm up some which will make them easier to coat.
Melt your candy melts in a small or medium bowl in the microwave in 30 second intervals, stirring each time, until fully melted. Make sure to do this per package directions, typically at 50% power. Do not overheat as it will seize!
Place the cake balls into the candy melts and coat with a fork or spoon.
Scoop out each ball out, resting on a fork, and bang on the side of the bowl to remove the excess chocolate.
Place the coated balls on a parchment lined sheet.
Let them dry completely before making the bandages.
Put a coated, dry ball back on a fork and hold over the candy melt dish.
Use a spoon to scoop up some of the candy liquid and drizzle, back and forth, over the ball to make the bandage stripes.
Place the cake ball back on the parchment and immediately add candy eyes to a spot where it is wet so they stick. Repeat with all of the cake balls.
Let dry completely. Store in an airtight container for up to a week.
Kim’s Tips
After chilling, the cake balls being cold will make the candy melts harden faster. This means you will likely need to reheat the melts more frequently. Alternatively, you can let them come to room temperature just a little but they will be more fragile when coating. It is your call what you would rather deal with!
If the candy melts are not warm enough, you will get a very rough and uneven finish on the cake balls. It is best when in doubt to reheat the melts for 20-30 seconds to get a clean and smooth coating.
The final surface of the cake pop bites will be very susceptible to the surface of the cake before coating. Large bumps or craters will show.
With how much the cake mix volume and size is changing these days, you might end up with more or (more likely) less pieces at the end. If you need a certain number of pieces, always aim high to accommodate these package differences and/or production issues.
FAQs
Colored frosting will only appear with a white or very light colored cake.
Chilling the cake helps the bites set up so they are easier to handle and coat, without breaking apart.
More Halloween Dessert Recipes
Halloween Desserts
Just a few of our Halloween dessert recipes!
Halloween Jello Cauldrons
A delicious and spooky cauldron full of Jello and decorated with bones and body parts!
Purple People Eater Halloween Popcorn Balls
A Halloween popcorn ball all dressed up as a monster that looks like the Purple People Eater!
Halloween Puppy Chow
A classic sweet and salty snack, these Muddy Buddies are dressed up for the holiday!
Halloween Candy Dipped Monster Marshmallows
Adorable marshmallows dunked and decorated to look like monsters.
Halloween Candy Dipped Jack-O-Lantern Pumpkin Marshmallows
Make a patch of Jack-O-Lanterns with these candy coated marshmallows!
Mummy Cake Pops
Equipment
- Fork
- Large Cooking Spoon like a large tablespoon
- Hand Mixer
- Small Bowls for melting candy melts
- Baking sheet for placement
Ingredients
- 1 batch boxed cake mix flavor of choice (see note 1)
- 1 cup frosting about half of a can, any flavor (or more as needed)
- 72 candy eyes the small ones
- 3 cups bright white candy melts (see note 2)
Instructions
- Make your cake as per the box directions. Let cool.1 batch boxed cake mix
- Crumble the cakes into a large bowl.
- Add 3/4 cup frosting to the large bowl.1 cup frosting
- Use an electric hand mixer to combine the frosting and cake. It should look somewhat like wet sand and not be smooth. Approximately 1 minute. If needed, add more frosting so that the cake sticks together well when pressed together.
- Use a cookie scoop to scoop out the cake mixture and shape into a ball. If needed, press it together by squeezing. Place each ball on a baking sheet.
- Chill the shaped cake 30 minutes for them to harden up some and to make them easier to coat.
- Melt your candy melts by heating in a small bowl in the microwave at 50% power (per package directions), stirring every 30 seconds until smooth.72 candy eyes
- Place a cake ball in the candy melts and use a spoon to coat completely. Lift the cake out of the chocolate with a fork and bang against the bowl rim to knock off the excess chocolate.
- Place the coated cake on a parchment lined baking tray to set.
- Repeat with all cake pieces, melting more candy melts as needed.
- Once set, place the hardened cake ball on a fork, holding it over the candy melt dish (or for ease, you can do this process with them all still resting on the baking sheet). Use a spoon full of more candy melts and drizzle back and forth, making strips of candy melt on the balls to represent the bandages.
- Immediately place two candy eyes on each cake ball while the bandages are wet.3 cups bright white candy melts
- Let the cake balls completely set and harden.
- Store cake bites in an airtight container for up to 1 week.
Notes
- The yield will vary with the exact cake brand you use, plus the ongoing adjustment of smaller box sizes. If you need a specific number of treats, make sure to over estimate.
- 1 cup of candy melts is approximately 6 ounces in weight. You will get 3-4 mummies per 1/4 cup melts depending on ball size and how much you leave on each piece.
