Chocolate Covered Cherry Pops

Cherries covered with chocolate for beautiful pops – a mouth-watering dessert made with Betty Crocker® vanilla cake mix and frosting. MORE+ LESS-

By Betty Crocker Kitchens

December 12, 2012

Ingredients

box Betty Crocker™ Super Moist™ vanilla cake mix

Water, vegetable oil and eggs called for on cake mix box

3/4

cup Betty Crocker™ Rich & Creamy vanilla frosting (from 1-lb container)

maraschino cherries, stems removed

package (16 oz) chocolate-flavored candy coating, chopped

paper lollipop sticks

large block white plastic foam

tablespoons Betty Crocker™ Decorating Decors red sugar crystals

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Heat oven to 350°F. Make and bake cake mix as directed on box for 13x9-inch pan, using water, oil and eggs. Cool completely.
2

Line cookie sheet with waxed paper. Crumble cake into large bowl. Add frosting; mix well. Shape into 28 (1 1/2-inch) balls, placing cherry in center of each and covering cherry completely. Place on cookie sheet. Freeze until firm. When cake balls are firm, transfer to refrigerator.
3

In medium microwavable bowl, microwave candy coating on Medium (50%) 1 minute, then in 15-second increments, until melted; stir until smooth. Remove several cake balls from refrigerator at a time. Dip tip of 1 lollipop stick about 1/2 inch into melted candy and insert stick into 1 cake ball no more than halfway. Dip each cake ball into melted candy to cover; tap off excess. Poke opposite end of stick into foam block. Sprinkle cake ball with sugar crystals. Let stand until set.