These fun Green Velvet Cake pops are perfect for St. Patrick’s Day! These are festive, colorful and, most importantly, delicious. I made these with my green velvet cake recipe.
This is my final treat from the green velvet cake recipe is green velvet cake pops. Super cute! I think most people will be quiet surprised when they bite into the cake pop and see the vivid green color.
Once you’ve made your green velvet cake, let it cool. I actually cooled mine and than wrapped it in plastic wrap and stored in the fridge for a day before making my cake pops. This was a nice way to break up the time it takes to make these. Cut your cake up, and either shred it with a fork or pop it into your food processor.
It only takes a couple of pulses and you have cake crumbs.
Even though I made homemade cream cheese frosting, I decided to use canned frosting in the cake pops. I didn’t want to have to store them in the fridge, so shelf stable frosting made sense. I put a big scoop in (I always start out with a little bit and add in as needed, to make sure I don’t over do it) and gave it a few more spins in the Cuisinart.
Now you will want to make your cake balls. You can use a scoop, though I just shape mine by hand.
At this point you can put them in the fridge for a bit, but I decided to just keep on working (gotta make the most of that precious nap time…). Next you will want to melt your chocolate (I like Merkens or Wilton). I always dip my sticks into chocolate…
thn I put the sticks into the cake balls, and let the chocolate set up.
After the chocolate sets up, I than dip the cake balls into the chocolate, and than cover with pretty pretty sprinkles! I love me some sprinkles.
I made both cake pops and cake balls – same thing, the only difference being the stick.
See my fancy cake pop stand? And here all I thought it was good for was draining water.
And now you have super cute green velvet cake pops and green velvet cake balls.
I found these cute little tins at Michaels for 49 cents. Add a bow and they are perfect to use to give your cake balls as a gift.
And a few more pics. I think these may be my favorite treat out of all of the green velvet recipes.
Certainly a super sweet St. Patrick’s day treat!
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I was making (more like trying) green velvet cupcakes, but they werent coming out of the moldes, so i decided to make cake pops! do you know if you can do this by hand? I dont have a food processer
Michelle – yes, just smush away! 🙂
I have a cake pop maker that my mom got me for Christmas – haven’t used it yet. I think it’s that babycakes one referred to above in a comment. I’m confused how I would use it – looks like you bake the cake separately and then mix with frosting and then they’re done, no further baking. So is there another way to make these things? I want to make these for my daughter’s preschool treats next week! Thanks for the adorable ideas & great pics!!
Kirsten – this post might help you out, it’s all about using the Babycakes Cake Pop Maker… http://www.lovefromtheoven.com/2012/02/15/how-to-make-cake-pops-with-the-babycakes-cake-pop-maker-tips-tricks-resources/
I couldn’t find how many this makes? Thanks!!
I’m planning the St. Patrick’s Day party for my daughter’s class. I can’t wait to make these..they will be a hit with the kids! I found some cello candy bags from Box and Wrap that have shamrocks on the bags….so cute. It’s the extra special touches that make the party great. Thanks so much for the recipe.
How long do they keep for? I was planning on making cake pops for the baby shower i was planning for two of my coworkers. Will they be ok if i made them Thursday for a Saturday shower?
Also i am very curious about the babycake cakepop maker. do they have a colored velvet cake pop?
Jenny, Babycakes just came out with a cake pop cookbook. While I haven’t gotten my hands on it yet, I am going to guess that there is a velvet recipe of some sort in there. As for how long they keep, I think Thursday night for Saturday will probably be fine.
how do these taste? do they have that red velvet flavor?
they look awesome !
how did u make the green cake ???
These are great! My roommate and I love to bake and we took a break from studying from exams to make these and had so much fun doing it! The green color is great, not to mention that these taste amazing! Thanks for sharing 🙂
What a great idea for a stand!! I would have never thought of that.. You are so awesome!!
How do you get your cake so smooth when you roll it in a ball?! No matter how hard I try, mine are always bumpy!