How to Make Valentine's Day Cake Pops!

Hey guys , it's Kawai Sweet World .

And today we're making these really yummy Valentine's Day cake pops .

These are so delicious and they're really cute as well for Valentine's Day .

So let's get started here .

I have a pre baked yellow cake .

This is just a box mixed cake and I'm gonna go ahead and cut it into quarters and then I'm going to crumble this cake into a bowl .

So just rub the cake back and forth and then break it up with your fingers until you get nice little small pieces .

And now I'm adding in another cake quarter .

So that makes for a total of half a cake that I crumbled up .

Now I'm adding in some vanilla frosting .

I ended up adding in about a third of a cup to get it to the right consistency .

So go ahead and mix it around .

You want it to be just moist enough so that you can pack it into a ball in your hands .

Here .

I'm using an ice cream scoop to start forming the cake balls and I'm just gonna go ahead and pack it a little bit and then roll it into a bowl .

You want these to be about one inch in diameter and then just place these on a baking sheet lined with pars and paper to make a heart shaped cake pop .

Go ahead and take a cake ball and flatten it out a little bit and then pinch the end into a V shape .

Then use one of your fingers to make a little indent in the top .

And now you should have a cute little heart shape .

And here's all of our finished cake balls .

Place this in the fridge for about 20 minutes .

Now , for the decorating , you need some sprinkles along with some candy melts .

I'm using the Wilton brand here , place these into a microwave safe glass and I'm just going to melt these in a low power setting .

Make sure you stir them every 20 seconds or so .

When it comes out , it should look something like this .

Nice and smooth .

Now take some lollipop sticks and insert them into the candy melts about half an inch and then place this into your chills .

Cake ball here .

I'm doing the pink and the red .

Some people like to refrigerate their cake pops at this time .

But I found that if you dip them when they're too cold , your candy melts are gonna crack and you don't want that .

And to make really thin even coating , I found this Wilton Easy Thins product and it's really nice .

It's kind of like Paramount Crystal and it's really gonna help thin out your candy coating .

You could also choose to use some vegetable oil or shortening .

But here I'm going to use the easy thins .

Go ahead and add this into your candy coating while it's still warm and just stir it around to melt .

This is going to make your candy coating nice and smooth and thin .

Now we're ready to dip our cake pops .

Here , I'm doing the white candy coating and then just tap off the excess and then for this one , I'm adding a little heart Sprinkle and you can see how adorable this looks or you could choose to cover your entire cake cup with sprinkles .

This is one of my favorite looks because I think it looks so fun and festive for Valentine's Day and here's what the finished product will look like .

And here I'm doing some of my red cake pops .

You may have to re melt your candy coating a little bit , but just make sure you do this on a low power and I'm adding on a Sprinkle for this one too .

I have this really nice cake pop stand that I got from Target .

But you could also use a styrofoam block to place your cake pops into dry .

And here I'm doing the heart cake pop .

You might have to rock it around in the candy coating a little bit to get it all coated , but just be gentle when you're doing this .

And you can see these are really adorable as well .

And here I'm just going to drizzle it with some melted candy coating .

Make sure you add in some canola oil to thin this out though .

As you can see , I got some really thick lines .

It looks almost like a zebra print , but I think it's so cute .

And if you want to add an extra touch , go ahead and add a plastic treat bag .

I got mine at Michael's and just go ahead and tie it off with a bow .

I think that this makes it a really cute gift for a friend and that's it .

These cake pops are really easy to make and if you've never had cake pops before , they just taste like a really moist cake .

So I hope you guys enjoyed this video .

Don't forget to share your creations with me on my Facebook page and I'll see you guys next time .

Happy Valentine's Day .