Football Cakepops

I made these for a Super Bowl party I went to. They turned out very cute!


1 box chocolate cake mix (plus ingredients on box)
1 container cream cheese frosting
2 bags dark chocolate melts
few T vegetable oil
1 bag white chocolate melts
lollipop sticks

Start this one or two days before you need them. I make the cake and roll the balls a day or two ahead of time. Store them in refrigerator.

Bake cake in sheet pan according to directions. Once baked and cooled, crumble cake up very finely with hands in a big bowl. Stir in 3/4 container cream cheese frosting until all is well incorporated. Using hands, roll balls into football shapes.

Next day, melt dark chocolate in microwave for about 30 second intervals. Stirring in between. Stir in 1 T oil until it is smooth and sipping consistency. Pour into a narrow cup or container so you can dip cake pops in one motion without having to swirl around to coat. Once ready, dip a lollipop stick about an inch into chocolate then stick a football on it. This will keep the cake pop from sliding down stick. Then dip whole cake pop in cup with melted chocolate. Raise up then spin cake pop slowly around so that excess chocolate can drip off. Stick cake pop in Styrofoam so chocolate can harden. Once all cake pops are complete, pipe on melted white chocolate using a very small tip for the stitches on football. Arrange in a basket or a creative display.

Try not to let cake pops become too warm. If you need to, keep sticking cake pops into freezer or fridge to harden up a bit or work in small batches at a time.