Mummy Cake Pops

Mummy Cake Pops piled in a ceramic coffin dish.

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5 from 1 vote

Mummy Cake Pops are a perfect Halloween dessert recipe! Easy to make spooky treats for your holiday party or table.

Prep Time45

Cook Time15

Chilling Time30

Total Time1 30

Cuisine: American

Course: Dessert

Servings: pieces

Calories: 76kcal

Equipment

Cookie Scoop
Fork
Large Cooking Spoon like a large tablespoon
Medium Bowl
Hand Mixer
Small Bowls for melting candy melts
Baking sheet for placement
Parchment paper

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

If you want the cake pops on a stick, make sure to also grab some cake pop sticks

The quantity will vary with exactly how large of a scoop you use.

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.

The time for this recipe does not include baking the cake. This process takes a little while so I recommend working ahead (ie: bake and/or shape the balls the day before decorating). The cake pops can be kept in an airtight container up to 1 week.

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