Valentine’s Day Cake Pops: A Sweet & Easy Recipe to Try!
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These treats are perfect for sharing with your loved ones or as a festive dessert at a party—they’ll win hearts with the first bite!
Cake pops are fun to make and delicious to eat! Keep reading for the easy step-by-step instructions.
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Valentine’s Day Cake Pops Recipe:
Number of Servings: 20
Prep: 30 mins | Cook: 25 mins | Chill: 1 hr 45 mins
Total: 2 hrs 40 mins
What Are Valentine’s Day Cake Pops?
Let’s start with what cake pops are: a fun, bite-sized dessert made from crumbled cake mixed with frosting. The cake “dough” is then shaped into balls, dipped in melted chocolate, and decorated.
Cake pops became popular due to their portability and charming appearance. They’re a hit with kids and adults and are so much fun to make!
We shaped some of the balls into hearts for Valentine’s Day and covered them with white chocolate dyed pink and red. The pops are decorated with sprinkles, chocolate hearts, and sentiments piped with icing tubes.
For more heart-shaped treats, try our Heart-Shaped Brownies with White Chocolate Frosting or these Heart Shaped Donuts filled with strawberry jam.
Cake pops are perfect for parties, gifts, or simply treating yourself! Pair them with coffee, Red Velvet Hot Chocolate, or a celebratory Prosecco Cocktail for a romantic touch.
Ingredients for Valentine’s Cake Pops

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- Cake Mix—You can use any flavor, from vanilla cake to chocolate to red velvet cake mix.
- Ready-made Frosting—Use a flavor to complement your cake. For example, cream cheese frosting is perfect for red velvet cake.
- Lollipop Sticks—Round sticks around 6-8″ work best for cake pops.
- White Chocolate—Full bars, almond bark, or chips.
- Red Food Coloring—Use an oil-based coloring suitable for use in chocolate.
- Sprinkles—Use any type you like, from jimmies to nonpareils.
- Heart-shaped Chocolate or Candies—For added decoration.
- Icing Tubes—For piping sentiments on the Valentine’s Day cake pops.
The complete list of ingredients with measurements is on the recipe card at the end of this post. The Purple Pumpkin Blog uses both cups and weighted measurements in its recipes, making American cups and kitchen food scales valuable tools for trying all the recipes. We provide US customary, imperial, and metric measurements. Still, it’s important to note that while you can combine cup measurements with weighted measures, never mix US customary/imperial (pounds, ounces, pints, etc.) with metric (kilograms, grams, liters, etc.).
Substitutions
- You can make your cake and frosting from scratch, and this recipe is very easy to customize!
- Time-saving tip: use a store-bought cake instead of baking cake mix to make your Valentine’s cake pops.
- If you don’t want to use white chocolate, use candy melts instead. Find tips for using candy melts in our posts here.
- You can also use milk or dark chocolate instead of white for your pops. For the ultimate chocolate indulgence, use chocolate cake mixed with chocolate frosting.
Recipe Tips
- Line your cake pan with parchment paper to make lifting it out easier.
- To achieve an even crumb, thoroughly crumble the cake with your hands or a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment.
- Combine the cake crumbs in a large bowl, adding tablespoons of frosting to achieve a dough.
- Use a microwave-safe bowl to melt chocolate in 30-second intervals, stirring each time to prevent burning.
- Line a baking sheet with parchment to place the pops while they chill and set.
- You can also use a cake pop stand or DIY one with a styrofoam block or cardboard box.
- Take time to chill the cake pops at each step, making the cake pop-making process a lot easier.
- If shaping the cake mixture into hearts is tricky, use a silicone mold instead.
- Remove excess chocolate by gently tapping the lollipop stick against the bowl’s edge.
- Decorate quickly before the chocolate sets to ensure sprinkles and decorations stick.
- However, wait until the chocolate coating has set before piping icing sentiments.
Storing Leftovers & Freezing
Storing Leftovers:
- Place the cake pops in an airtight container lined with paper towels and store them in the fridge for up to a week.
Freezing Instructions:
- You can freeze the dipped and undipped cake pops.
- Place the cake pops on a baking sheet and flash-freeze for an hour until solid.
- Wrap each pop with plastic wrap and place them in an airtight, freezer-safe container to help prevent freezer burn and eliminate unwanted freezer smells.
- To keep track of your food storage, label each dish with its name, date, thawing instructions, and reheating instructions.
- Store in the freezer for up to 3 months.
- To defrost the cake pops, place them still wrapped in the fridge to thaw overnight (or at least 12 hours).
- Dipped cake pops can crack if thawed too quickly, so be mindful!
- With all leftovers, ensure the food looks and smells okay before consuming.
For the most up-to-date advice on storing and freezing foods, consult the Food Standards Agency in your country: Food Standards Agency (UK) | Food Safety (USA) | Food Inspection Agency (Canada) | Food Standards (AU and NZ).
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Valentine’s Day Cake Pops
Ingredients
- 15.25 oz box of cake mix any flavor of choice, plus package ingredients
- 14 oz tub of ready frosting to complement cake
- 12 oz white chocolate chips or melting chocolate
For Decorating
- Red food coloring oil-based for using with chocolate
- Heart-shaped chocolates or candies
- Valentine's Day sprinkles
- ready-to-use icing tubes for writing sentiments on cake pops
SUGGESTED PRODUCTS
Instructions
- Bake a cake according to the package instructions. Allow it to cool completely.
- When the cake is completely cool, crumble into a large mixing bowl, ensuring no large pieces.
- Mix enough frosting into the crumbled cake to form a dough that holds together.
- Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and set it aside.
- Roll the mixture into 1"/2.5cm balls. You should have around 20 cake balls. For the Valentine's touch, shape some of them into heart shapes.
- Place the cake balls and hearts onto the prepared baking sheet and refrigerate for 30 minutes to firm up.
- Melt a small amount (1oz/25g) of white chocolate in the microwave. Dip the end of each lollipop stick into the melted chocolate and insert it into the center of each cake pop. Place the cake pops back on the baking sheet and chill in the refrigerator for about 60 minutes.
- Melt the remaining white chocolate in a microwave-safe bowl till smooth. Melt in 30-second intervals, stirring to prevent burning.
- Divide the melted chocolate into 2 or 3 bowls. Leave one bowl white, and add food coloring to the other bowls to create shades of pink and/or red.
- Dip each chilled cake pop into the melted chocolate, ensuring they are fully coated. Allow excess chocolate to drip off into the bowl.
- Add sprinkles or heart-shaped candies. Add any sentiments with icing after the cake pops have set.
- Place the covered cake pops back onto the baking sheet and leave to set at room temperature or in the refrigerator for 15-30 minutes until the chocolate hardens.
- Serve, enjoy, and Happy Valentine's Day!
Notes
Nutrition
Nutritional information is always approximate and will depend on the quality of ingredients used and serving sizes. If you need exact calories and macros, please do your own calculations.
Dinner Menu Suggestions
You’ve made the dessert, but what about the rest of the courses?
Here are additional recipes to create a menu for a dinner party or special meal:
- Appetizer: Caprese Skewers with Balsamic Glaze
- Soup: Easy Vegetable Soup
- Salad: Waldorf Salad
- Main Dish: Roasted Salmon with Hollandaise Sauce
- Side Dish: Butter Parsley Baby Potatoes
- Beverage: Fresh Plum Margaritas