Best Crazy Carrot Pops Recipes

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CARROT CAKE POPS



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Anyone can make chocolate or vanilla cake pops, but you know the really impressive pop is a Carrot Cake Pop! Grated carrot is mixed with the Betty Crocker™ Super Moist™ Carrot Cake Mix and baked. Then it's time to crumble the baked caked and add the Betty Crocker™ Rich & Creamy Cream Cheese Frosting to create these carrot cake balls. All that's left is to dip the cake balls into a melted candy coating and get ready for the perfect bite of carrot cake, all in one. If you're this good with carrot cake, what else can you turn into a cake pop?

Provided by By Betty Crocker Kitchens

Categories     Dessert

Time 2h20m

Yield 50

Number Of Ingredients 9

1 box Betty Crocker™ Super Moist™ Carrot Cake Mix
Water, vegetable oil and eggs called for on cake mix box
1/2 cup grated carrot
1/2 cup Betty Crocker™ Rich & Creamy Cream Cheese Frosting (from 1-lb container)
4 cups white candy melts or coating wafers (24 oz)
2 tablespoons shortening
50 paper lollipop sticks
1 cup finely chopped toasted walnuts
Block of plastic foam

Steps:

  • Make and bake cake mix as directed on box for 13x9-inch pan, using water, oil and eggs and adding grated carrot. Cool. Line cookie sheet with waxed paper. Crumble cake into large bowl. Add frosting; mix well. Shape into 1-inch balls; place on cookie sheet. Freeze until firm; keep refrigerated.
  • In microwavable bowl, microwave candy melts and shortening uncovered on Medium (50%) 2 minutes, then in 15-second intervals, until melted; stir until smooth. Dip tip of 1 lollipop stick about 1/2 inch into melted candy and insert stick into 1 cake ball no more than halfway. Repeat. Return cake pops to cookie sheet. Refrigerate 5 minutes. Remove from refrigerator a few at a time. Dip each cake ball into melted candy to cover; tap off excess. Immediately dip top in walnuts, pressing to adhere. Poke opposite end of stick into foam block. Let stand until set.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 170, Carbohydrate 19 g, Fat 2, Fiber 0 g, Protein 1 g, SaturatedFat 5 g, ServingSize 1 Serving, Sodium 90 mg

CARROT CAKE POPS



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These aren't garden-variety carrots: They're carrot cakes! To make the veggie lookalikes, we mixed crumbled carrot cake and cream cheese frosting, formed it into logs, then coated the faux carrots in orange candy melts. The finishing touches: some scratches for texture, a little cocoa powder for dirt and a green licorice stem.

Provided by Food Network Kitchen

Categories     dessert

Time 2h30m

Yield 12 to 15 carrot cake pops

Number Of Ingredients 7

Cooking spray
1 15- to 16-ounce box carrot cake mix (plus required ingredients)
1 cup cream cheese frosting
2 12-ounce bags orange candy melts
6 red candy melts
2 tablespoons cocoa powder
Green apple licorice, cut into 1/2-inch pieces

Steps:

  • Preheat the oven to 350˚. Coat a 9-by-13-inch pan with cooking spray. Prepare the cake mix, pour into the prepared pan and bake as directed. Let cool.
  • Crumble the cake into a large bowl. Add the frosting and mix with your hands until well combined. Refrigerate 30 minutes.
  • With damp hands, form the crumbled cake mixture into 12 to 15 compact carrot-shaped logs, about 8 inches long. Put on a parchment-lined baking sheet.
  • Carefully insert a skewer into each carrot, reshaping as needed. Freeze until firm, about 30 minutes.
  • Melt the orange and red candy melts together in a large bowl in the microwave in 30-second intervals, stirring, until smooth.
  • Transfer the melted candy to a shallow baking dish. Working quickly, dip the cake pops in the candy melts, turning to coat, then return to the baking sheet to set.
  • Once set, use a skewer or toothpick to etch horizontal lines in the coating.
  • Brush the carrots with cocoa powder, making sure it gets into the etched lines.
  • Remove the skewers from the carrots. Use extra melted candy to attach a piece of green licorice to each; let set.

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