Description
These spooky Ghost Cake Pops are the perfect Halloween dessert! Soft cake crumbs are mixed with frosting, shaped, and covered in white chocolate to create adorable ghostly treats with candy eyes. Fun, festive, and frightfully delicious!
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 box vanilla cake mix (plus ingredients listed on box)
- 1/2 cup vanilla or cream cheese frosting
- 12–15 lollipop sticks
- 2 cups white candy melts or white chocolate
- 24–30 candy eyes
- Black decorating gel (for mouth)
Instructions
- Bake the vanilla cake according to package instructions. Let it cool completely.
- Crumble the cake into fine crumbs in a large bowl.
- Mix in the frosting until the mixture forms a dough-like consistency.
- Shape into small balls or slightly oval ghost shapes. Insert lollipop sticks.
- Freeze the cake pops for 20 minutes to firm them up.
- Melt the white candy melts or chocolate until smooth.
- Dip each cake pop into the melted coating, letting some drip down to form “ghost tails.”
- Press on two candy eyes before the coating sets.
- Use black gel to draw a spooky or silly ghost mouth.
- Let set completely before serving.
Notes
You can vary the expressions by making some ghosts scary, some surprised, and some silly for a fun party platter!
- Prep Time: 25 minutes
- Cook Time: 30 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cake pop
- Calories: 185
- Sugar: 19g
- Sodium: 150mg
- Fat: 8g
- Saturated Fat: 4g
- Unsaturated Fat: 3g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 27g
- Fiber: 0g
- Protein: 2g
- Cholesterol: 15mg
Keywords: ghost cake pops, halloween cake pops, spooky treats, halloween desserts