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Easy Rainbow Cake Pops (Balls)
These brightly colored rainbow cake balls are a fun treat for any special occasion.
Prep Time
1 hr 15 mins
Chill Time
2 hrs
Total Time
3 hrs 15 mins
Servings: 20 balls
Calories: 482 kcal
Course:
Dessert
Cuisine:
American
Ingredients
- 15.25 oz box white or vanilla cake mix
- 8 oz Block Cream Cheese
- Gel food coloring red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple
- 2 (10 oz) bags Ghirardelli vanilla melting wafers
- Rainbow sprinkles
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Then line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Pour the dry cake mix out onto the baking sheet and bake in the preheated oven for 5 minutes. Then take the baking sheet out of the oven and let it cool on a cooling rack.
- In a medium mixing bowl add in the cream cheese and beat with a hand mixer until creamy.
- Add in the cake mix to the cream cheese and beat on medium speed until it’s fully combined.
- Divide the batter into 6 equal portions and separate each ball into 6 separate bowls.
- Add the different food coloring gels into the separated balls of dough, then mix until the dough is fully colored. Add a few drops red to one bowl, a few drops of orange to one bowl, a few drops of yellow to one bowl, and repeat with green, blue, and purple.
- Cover each bowl with plastic wrap and place them in the fridge for an hour.
- Prepare another baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Start with the red dough and pull off about 1- 1 1/4 inch sized pieces and flatten them out with your fingers. Place it onto the parchment paper and repeat until you are out of red dough.
- Make an orange layer by doing the same thing as you did with the red. Pull off 1- 1 1/4 inch pieces and flatten them with your finger and place each orange piece on top of the red dough. Continue stacking the colors in rainbow order red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple.
- Gently roll each stack of dough into a ball and then place each one onto the baking sheet. Place them in the fridge for another hour to set.
- Place the melting wafers in a microwave safe bowl and melt in 30 second increments until melted.
- Take the rainbow balls of dough out of the fridge. Put each ball of dough onto a fork and dip it into the melted wafers to coat each one. Then place the balls back onto the baking sheet. Immediately add sprinkles on top.
- Let the wafers dry then serve!
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Notes
- If you are making cake pops to get a round smooth finish, once dipped in chocolate place sticks in a styrofoam block or cake pop stand to set.
- Adding a teaspoon of coconut oil will give the chocolate a glossier look.
- Add a teaspoon of your favorite extract to the cake mix for added flavor.
- Store in an airtight container in the fridge for up to five days.
Nutrition Information
Calories
482kcal
(24%)
Carbohydrates
68g
(23%)
Protein
3g
(6%)
Fat
21g
(32%)
Saturated Fat
19g
(95%)
Polyunsaturated Fat
0.1g
Monounsaturated Fat
0.3g
Trans Fat
0.1g
Cholesterol
1mg
(0%)
Sodium
335mg
(14%)
Potassium
48mg
(1%)
Fiber
0.3g
(1%)
Sugar
57g
(114%)
Vitamin A
6IU
(0%)
Calcium
96mg
(10%)
Iron
1mg
(6%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 20balls
Amount Per Serving
Calories 482
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 482kcal | 24% |
| Carbohydrates | 68g | 23% |
| Protein | 3g | 6% |
| Fat | 21g | 32% |
| Saturated Fat | 19g | 95% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 0.1g | 1% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 0.3g | 2% |
| Trans Fat | 0.1g | 5% |
| Cholesterol | 1mg | 0% |
| Sodium | 335mg | 14% |
| Potassium | 48mg | 1% |
| Fiber | 0.3g | 1% |
| Sugar | 57g | 114% |
| Vitamin A | 6IU | 0% |
| Calcium | 96mg | 10% |
| Iron | 1mg | 6% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.