Look for candy coating in a variety of colors. Most candy coating contains shortening, which helps the coating to harden smoothly on the cake pop. Use white candy coating if you plan to dye them. Get 1 pound (450 g) candy melts to coat 25 cake pops. Increase this amount for every 25 cake pops you want to coat.
Microwave the candy coating at 30 second intervals until they melt. Always stir them between warm ups so they do not become burnt. Melt them until they are runny and smooth. You do not want them to become clumpy or sticky.
Only melt them until they appear smooth and runny when you stir them. You can also use a double broiler to melt the candy coating. Pour 1 to 2 inches (2. 5 to 5. 1 cm) of water in a pot and place a metal bowl on top of the pot. Bring the pot to boil and pour the candy coating in the bowl, stirring them constantly until they melt.
Squeeze 1-2 drops of dye into the candy coating. Then, stir the dye in using a popsicle stick or a spoon. If you’d prefer not to dye the coating, skip this step.
Take the cake pops out of the fridge at the same time and let them rest at room temperature as well. The closer in temperature the candy coating and the cake pops are, the less likely the coating will crack or run.
If there is a lot of coating on the cake pop, use a toothpick to remove it, running it lightly against the cake pop. Pop any air bubbles on the coating with the sharp point of the toothpick.
It can take 1-2 hours for the cake pop to dry. Make sure it sits at room temperature and is not touched as it dries to prevent cracking.
Another option is to take a handful of sprinkles and drop them onto the wet cake pops. This can give the cake pops a lighter sprinkle decoration. Put a bowl or plate below the cake pops so you can collect the excess sprinkles and reuse them.
Add chopped candy pieces to the wet cake pops. Roll them around in the chopped candy so they get a nice coating.
Put a plate underneath the cake pop as you pipe on the frosting so it can catch any excess frosting or frosting that drips down. Another option is to put small dots of frosting on the cake pops for a fun design or write letters or shapes with the frosting. Frosting looks best on cake pops that have already been dipped in candy coating.
You may use white for the base color to make the other colors stand out. Try layering colors like blue, red, and white, or green, purple, and pink.
Use an iridescent shimmering food coloring for a pretty, shiny sheen to the cake pops. Shimmering food coloring looks best on cake pops that have already been dipped in candy coating.
Make black cat cake pops by forming the cake pops into the shape of a cat’s head. Then, dip them in black candy coating and use white frosting to make whiskers, eyes, and a nose. Prepare candy corn cake pops by forming the cake pops into triangles. Layer the cake pops in white, orange, and yellow candy coloring.
Buy sprinkles in the shape of common holiday items, such as stars, Christmas stockings, candy canes, or mistletoe. Add the sprinkles to the coated cake pops while they are still wet so the decorations can harden.
If you’re feeling very crafty, draw a rattle or baby bows on the cake pops with frosting. Color the cake pops for a gender reveal party, using pink for a girl and blue for a boy.
Use sprinkles in the shape of a heart or a star to decorate the cake pops for a birthday.
