Valentine Cake Pops + How to Make Cake Pops

These Valentine Cake Pops taste amazing and will be a mega-hit with everyone in the family! Make these festive & easy cake pops for your family, party, or school event this Valentine’s Day. 

I don’t know about you, but when my husband walks into a Starbucks, he just can’t help but buy a cake pop for everyone in our family. They’re sooooo good!

After doing that a few times, I knew it was time to start making cake pops myself – or we’ll blow our annual Starbucks budget by Valentine’s Day!

Vanilla Cake Pop Recipe

I am thrilled to say that cake pops are even easier to make than I thought! And you don’t need to buy a separate mold as you do for hot chocolate bombs, coffee bombs, or cappuccino bombs. Woohoo!

Today’s easy cake pop recipe is a recipe that you can make any time of the year and adjust the colors/decorations to fit the time of year when you make them. They may be Valentine cake pops today, but tomorrow they could easily be Halloween cake pops!

And, if I do say so myself, even Cupid himself couldn’t even make anything taste better than these delicious easy cake pops!

Plus, these little bites of lovestruck goodness will make you the hero of the day. So what are you waiting for? Keep reading to learn how to make Valentine Cake Pops that will put smiles on the faces of everyone who tries them!

If you’re looking for more delicious Valentine’s Day recipes, be sure to check out my

• Homemade Strawberry Pop Tarts
• Dessert Charcuterie Board
• Valentine’s Day Candy Bark Recipe

More Valentine’s Day fun! Grab these free Valentine’s Bingo printables and other activities that will have kids laughing and having a great time! Click the image below.

Valentine Cake Pops Ingredients

Here’s everything you need for these easy cake pops!

• 1/2 baked cake (such as a box cake) – this will be the delicious filling of your cake pops
• Cream cheese frosting – to mix with the cake crumbs so you can shape them
• 12 oz red candy melts – for the outside coating
• 6″ cookie sticks – the sticks to hold your cake pops while you eat them
• Sprinkles – for decorating 🙂

How To Make Cake Pops

Follow these simple step-by-step directions to have a set of your own cake pops in just 15 minutes!

Step 1

In a large bowl, crumble your cake.

Step 2

Add in your cream cheese frosting. Mix well with a hand mixer, spoon, or stand mixer.

Step 3

Divide your cake into 20 sections. With the palm of your hand, round out each portion into a ball shape.

Step 4

Place your cake pops on a sheet pan or plate, and place in the freezer for 15 minutes.

Step 5

While your cake pops are in the freezer, place all of your candy melts in a medium-sized bowl. Microwave for 30-second intervals until completely melted.

Step 6

Remove the cake pops from the freezer.

Step 7

Place your cookie stick in the candy melt, then the cake pop. Then add your cake pop to the candy melts. Coat the pop completely with the melt.

On the side of the bowl, tap it gently with the stick removing any excess chocolate from the cake pop to create a smooth finish.

Step 8

Place the cake pop on the parchment paper. Immediately add your sprinkles before the chocolate dries.

Step 9

Continue steps 6 – 8 until each cake pop is complete.

Aren’t they fun? Enjoy!

Valentine Cake Pops FAQs

If you love cake pops (and who doesn’t?), you’ll love making this cake pop recipe. Here are the answers to all your burning questions about making cake pops!

How To Shape Vanilla Cake Pops

You can easily make these into balls that are uniform with a cookie scoop, and it’s SO easy! Note – you can do it by hand too, but they are more likely to vary in size.

Want to change the shape?

Instead of rolling out individual pops, make fun shapes by using small cookie cutters, like hearts, eggs, etc.

If you want to try making other shapes, I HIGHLY recommend sticking with cookie cutters that have simple shapes. If you attempt anything with too much detail, the cake pops won’t maintain their shape.

How To Store These Valentine Cake Pops

Store cake pops in an air-tight container for up to 5 days – if they even last that long!

They also freeze well. Thaw at room temperature.

How do you decorate this Valentine Cake Pops recipe?

You could drizzle melted chocolate or candy melts over your cake pops, but the easiest way to decorate them is to add a few sprinkles on top and you’re done (don’t you love easy?!). 

More Valentine’s Day fun! Grab these free Valentine’s Bingo printables and other activities that will have kids laughing and having a great time! Click the image below.

Easy Cake Pop Variations

I chose to use vanilla cake to make it even easier to customize these Valentine cake pops, but you can use any flavor cake that you love.

By simply changing the cake flavor, the color of the candy melts, or the sprinkles, you can easily adapt this recipe for birthday parties, other holidays, and more!

You can use red velvet cake, chocolate cake, or any other flavor you like!

Helpful Supplies For Making Valentine Cake Pops

• a cookie scoop will make dividing and shaping your cake balls so much easier
• Completely optional, but if you’re making cake pops for a crowd, use one of these stands to display your works of art!  This is the one I have and I love it!
• Check out these other stand options if you’d like something different: see all of the options here. 
• a Wilton Chocolate Dipping spoon can come in very handy to help drain the chocolate or candy melt so you end up using less.

More Valentine’s Day fun! Grab these free Valentine’s Bingo printables and other activities that will have kids laughing and having a great time! Click the image below.

More Valentine’s Day Fun from Made in a Pinch

If you love these Valentine’s Day cake pops, don’t miss out on these other popular ideas too!

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• Kid-Themed Valentine’s Day Dessert Charcuterie Board
• Valentine’s Bingo & 5 More Activities Kids Love!
• M&M Valentine’s Day Hot Cocoa Bombs
• Valentine’s Day Activity Roundup

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