This year I’m responsible for making yummy treats for both of my kid’s Halloween parties at school. That means I need to make 15 treats for my son’s school class and 19 treats for my daughter’s class. On top of that, I need to make 12 additional treats for my daughter’s scout troop. Yes, I will be one busy mommy making the perfect Halloween party treats!
All kids seem to like popcorn so when I saw this recipe from Popcorn.org I knew it would be the perfect party treat. You can visit their website to learn more about them and to pick up additional free recipes. It will make approximately 18 cake pops. Too Spooky Cute!!!
Spooky Popcorn Cake Pops Recipe
5 cups popped popcorn
1/2 (11.5 ounce) store-bought pound cake
3/4 cup canned vanilla frosting
8 ounces candy melts (assorted colors) for coating*
1/2 teaspoon vegetable oil
18 lollipop sticks
Decorations for cake pops: miniature chocolate chips, blue and red food gel, miniature chewy chocolate candies, food safe markers
Styrofoam block
*May use 8 oz. white candy melts with oil based candy color to achieve desired color (purple for One Eyed Purple Monster; orange for Pumpkin)
Process popcorn in food processor until coarsely chopped. Crumble cake into large bowl. Add popcorn and frosting, stirring with fork until mixture is evenly moistened. Form mixture evenly into 18 balls. For Ghosts, roll into an elongated triangle creating a distinct head and body. Place on waxed paper-lined baking sheet; freeze 20 minutes.
Melt candy melts according to package directions. If using white, stir in vegetable oil. Color as desired using candy color. Remove popcorn cake balls from freezer. Dip tips of lollipop sticks into candy melts; insert no more than halfway into center of balls. Let sit 3 minutes until set.
Dip one ball into melted candy melts to cover completely. Gently tap stick against side of bowl so excess melts drips off. Immediately decorate as desired (candy melts harden quickly). **
Poke sticks into Styrofoam block to dry completely.
**To Decorate: Use white candy melts for ghost (pumpkins/orange, one-eyed purple monsters/purple); miniature chocolate chips for eyes and mouth; shape small piece of chewy chocolate candy for pumpkin stem and attach with candy melt; spread melted white candy melts in center of ball to create monster eye, use blue gel for iris, red gel for veins.
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You always come up with such cute crafts . These treats would be great for older kids to help make.
These are way beyond cute but I’m not sure if I made them they would turn out this good. The kids sure would love these.
These are absolutely adorable. They would be fun for a Halloween party!
These will be a big hit with the kids at their Halloween parties. They look spookalicoous.
These are the cutest little treats! They would be good for an Adult party or for the little ones as well.
4 dozen of these? That’s a lot of work.