There’s no warmer welcome than homemade treats. Whether you’re a host or a guest, these no-bake patriotic cake pops are a sure fire crowd pleaser. Red, white and blue is in season all summer long so use this patriotic cake pop recipe ahead of your next gathering!
Plus, they’re very ! Worried about giving kiddos a cake pop stick? Then don’t! These don’t need to be put on a stick. You can serve them
Pro Tip: Love this treat but they’re not quite in season right now? Switch out the sprinkles and food dye for any occasion! Red and green for Christmas. Orange and purple for Halloween. You name it!
Patriotic Cake Pop Ingredients
- 1/2 cup of granulated sugar
- 1 1/2 cups white cake mix
- 3/4 cup unsalted butter
- 1 1/2 cups flour
- 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- 4 tablespoons milk (I used 2%, you can use skim)
- 3 tablespoons of red and blue sprinkles (add more or less based on preference)
- 12 oz of Wilton white candy melts
- Red and blue food dye
- Optional: cake pop sticks
Making Patriotic Cake Pops
Melt the butter and mix with sugar until well combined.
Then, add your cake mix, flour, salt, and vanilla. Mix everything thoroughly.
Pour in desired amount of milk (I recommend four tablespoons). Then, add in the desired amount of sprinkles and mix well until they’re evenly dispersed.
Roll batter into 1″ ball shapes (they will likely be lumpy by nature, it’s okay) and place them on a tray lined with parchment paper.
Refrigerate for 20 minutes or until firm.
Making the Cake Pop Coating
Melt 5 oz of melting candy in two different melting cups. These are the ceramic melting cups I’ve used for years. They’re a much cheaper alternative to the electric pots, especially since you need two for this recipe.
Once your candies look melted give them a stir. Chances are the candies are 99% liquid, even if they’re maintaining their disk shape. Stirring will be how you can tell they’re ready!
Add a few drops of food dye to each melted candy cup and stir to create a tie-dye looking swirl. Don’t overly stir to maintain a tie dye pattern when dipping the patriotic cake pops!
Dip each cake pop into the melting candy individually with care. You can either dip a half or whole cake pop, but dipping the whole one is definitely harder. My batch ended up being half and half and we’re SO delicious!
Once they’ve been dipped let the candy coating harden on parchment paper in the fridge. I let mine sit overnight and they turned out perfectly.
Viola! Insta-ready cake poppers for your America-themed festivities. Enjoy!
Have you tried my patriotic cake pop recipe? Let me know in the comments below. I’d also love to hear about any variations you’ve created!
