Santa Christmas Cake Pops

Supplies
White cake balls
Lollipop sticks
Red, white, and peach candy melts
Marshmallow bits
Red disco dust (optional)
White sparkling sugar
White tiny sugar pearls
Pink sugar pearls
Pink luster dust (optional)
Black confetti sprinkles
Toothpicks
Tweezers (clean and used for food only)
Small paint brush (clean and used for food only)
Styrofoam block or cake pop stand

Start by making your cake balls and chilling them in the fridge or freezer until you are ready to start dipping your Santa cake pops.

How to Make Santa Christmas Cake Pops: The Face
Start by microwaving your peach candy melts in a bowl on low power for 30-seconds at a time. Stop and stir after each 30-second interval then repeat until the coating is completely melted. Do not overheat the candy melts or your coating will become lumpy. If the coating is too thick, add a small amount of vegetable oil to thin it out.

Dip the end of a lollipop stick into the melted coating and then into a cake ball, gently pushing until the stick is about half way through the cake ball. Complete this step for all cake balls then set them in the fridge until they are chilled.

For the next step, you will need to have pink sugar pearls and black confetti sprinkles ready to apply with tweezers. If your peach coating has cooled or thickened, repeat the microwave heating process.

Dip each cake pop straight down into the peach coating until the cake ball is completely covered and sealed. If you need to angle the cake pop, gently tilt it in one direction and then another. Do not stir the coating with the cake pop or it may fall off of the stick. Remove the cake pop from the melted coating by pulling it straight up. Then, turn the cake pop at an angle and gently tap off any excess coating. Turn the cake pop upright.

Before the coating hardens, use tweezers to place two black confetti sprinkles about half way down the cake pop for Santa’s eyes. Then, set a pink sugar pearl another quarter of the way down for the nose. Stand your Santa cake pops upright in a styrofoam block or cake pop stand to dry.

Once the coating has completely hardened, you can give your Santas rosy cheeks at any time by brushing on a small amount of pink luster dust.

How to Make Santa Christmas Cake Pops: The Hat
To make the hat on your Santa cake pops, be ready with marshmallow bits, red disco dust, and white sparkling sugar.

Melt the red candy melts. Turn each cake pop upside down and dip it into the coating to cover half the distance between the top of the pop and Santa’s eyes. If you would like your Santa cake pops to have sparkly hats (more sparkle = more cuteness!), gently sprinkle red disco dust on the wet coating. Place one marshmallow bit on top of the cake pop to make the ball on Santa’s hat. Let the red coating harden then wipe off any excess disco dust with a clean, dry paint brush.

Melt the white candy melts. Use a toothpick to spread the coating around the rim of Santa’s hat. Sprinkle white sparkling sugar onto the coating while it is still wet. Then, set the cake pops aside until all the coating has hardened.

How to Make Santa Christmas Cake Pops: The Beard
For the next step, you will need to have white tiny sugar pearls ready to apply. If your white coating has cooled or thickened, repeat the microwave heating process.

Use a toothpick to spread white coating around the sides and under the nose to make Santa’s beard. Sprinkle white sugar pearls onto the wet coating and set the Santa cake pops aside until completely dry.

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