Description
These Football Cake Pops are a delightful treat for game day, featuring moist chocolate cake coated in rich brown butter frosting and decorated like footballs.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 box chocolate cake mix (plus ingredients listed on the box
- usually eggs
- oil
- and water)
- 1 cup chocolate chips (optional)
- 1 cup vanilla frosting (store-bought or homemade vanilla buttercream)
- 1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter
- browned
- 2 cups powdered sugar
- sifted
- 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 2–3 tablespoons whole milk or heavy cream
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- Pinch of salt
- White candy melts or white chocolate for football laces (melted)
- Wooden cake pop sticks
- Optional: sprinkles or edible glitter for decoration
Instructions
- Prepare the chocolate cake mix according to package instructions. Bake the cake and let it cool completely.
- Crumble the cooled cake into a large bowl and mix in chocolate chips if using.
- Form the cake mixture into small balls, about 1 inch in diameter, and place them on a baking sheet. Freeze for at least 30 minutes.
- In a medium bowl, combine the browned butter, vanilla frosting, powdered sugar, cocoa powder, milk, vanilla extract, and salt to make the brown butter frosting.
- Dip the end of a wooden stick into the brown butter frosting, then insert the stick into each cake ball. This helps hold the stick in place.
- Coat each cake pop in brown butter frosting, allowing excess to drip off.
- Melt white candy melts or white chocolate and drizzle over the cake pops to create football laces.
- Decorate with optional sprinkles or edible glitter if desired.
- Let the cake pops set before serving.
Notes
These cake pops can be made a day in advance and stored in an airtight container in the refrigerator. For a fun twist, feel free to use different colored candy melts for personalization.
- Prep Time: 40 minutes
- Cook Time: 30 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cake pop
- Calories: 215 kcal
- Sugar: 20 g
- Sodium: 150 mg
- Fat: 11 g
- Saturated Fat: 6 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 4 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 29 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 2 g
- Cholesterol: 22 mg
Keywords: Football Cake Pops, Game Day Treats, Brown Butter Frosting, Chocolate Cake Pops, Dessert Recipes