School of Fish Cake Pops

Prep 1 hr 35 min
Total 4 hr 20 min
Servings 54

Treat your guests with these creative fish cake pops made with Fruity Cheerios® cereal, Betty Crocker™ Super Moist™ cake mix and frosting - a perfect dessert treat. MORE+ LESS-

By Betty Crocker Kitchens

Updated May 2, 2013

Make with

Betty Crocker Cake Mix

Ingredients

box Betty Crocker™ Super Moist™ yellow cake mix

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

cup Betty Crocker™ Whipped whipped cream frosting (from 12-oz container)

cups purple candy melts or coating wafers (12 oz), melted

cups green candy melts or coating wafers (12 oz), melted

cups orange candy melts or coating wafers (12 oz), melted

tablespoons shortening

paper lollipop sticks

Purple, green and orange sanding sugar, if desired

pieces Fruity Cheerios™ cereal

Small black confetti candies

Block of plastic foam

Steps

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Make and bake cake mix as directed on box for 13x9-inch pan, using water, oil and eggs. Cool. Line 2 cookie sheets with waxed paper. Crumble cake into large bowl. Add frosting; mix well. Shape into 1 1/4-inch balls; place on 1 cookie sheet. Freeze until firm; keep refrigerated.
2

In 3 separate bowls, stir each color melted candy and 1 tablespoon shortening until smooth. Spoon 1/4 cup of each color candy into separate resealable food-storage plastic bag; seal bag. Cut off small corner of bag; squeeze bag to pipe fish fins onto prepared cookie sheet. Refrigerate 5 minutes.
3

Dip tip of 1 lollipop stick about 1/2 inch into melted candy and insert stick into 1 cake ball no more than halfway. Return to cookie sheet. Refrigerate 5 minutes. Remove from refrigerator 1 at a time. Dip cake ball into melted candy to cover; tap off excess. Coat with sanding sugar. Immediately attach candy fins, cereal for mouth and confetti for eyes. Poke opposite end of stick into foam block. Let stand until set.