9 Creative Cake Pop Recipes to Match Your Party Theme (2024)

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Master Cake Pop Recipe

Once you learn the principles of cake pops, any flavor combination becomes a cakewalk. This master cake pop recipe shows you how to prepare basic homemade cake pops with a butter frosting that goes with everything. Once baked, there are a dozen ways to dress them up with different flavors, mix-ins, and toppings. Starting with a boxed cake mix gets you ahead of the game.

Brownie Surprise Pops

This from-scratch brownie-batter cake pop recipe simply pops with surprises! First, there's the fact that they're fudgy brownies and not airy cake. Then, there's a chocolate-hazelnut filling to make an entirely new type of cake pop flavor. Finally, a sprinkling of nuts completes the three wishes for a perfect dessert, adding crunch and a hint of salt to make the cocoa taste extra chocolatey.

Geode Cake Pops

Of all cake pop recipes, this style is a true gem. Beautiful, unique, and continuing the sparkling geode dessert trend, this recipe teaches you the surprisingly simple technique that turns rock candy into crystal magic. Don't worry about making the cut-out clean. Being uneven makes them look more natural. Gild the "fissures" in gold for a luxe feel in one short extra step.

Cardinal Cake Pops

These cute cake pops work for winter gatherings. They're adorably nested on "snow" beds, but a simple color change can turn them into any type of feathered friend for any season or occasion. The trick is turning wafer cookies and cake into pliable dough. Scatter these for decor around your dessert table as edible decorations, and watch them fly off the display!

Hyacinth Flower Cake Pops

This cake pop recipe doubles as both a centerpiece and a conversation piece. If you aim to impress, these will do it, from the detailed design to the double-sized portions of the extra-large log-shaped base. The texture is just a matter of piping dyed frosting onto the chilled cakes propped upright in sugar. The other accents? Construction paper!

Spring Flower Cake Pops

An easier floral cake pop recipe than the hyacinth but equally bold, these spring- and summer-feeling blooms are as fitting for birthday celebrations as they are for a warm-weather barbecue. A candy shell is a nice departure from frosting, but don't worry—it still has a traditional cake-coating element. This cake pop recipe relies on pre-made fondant for the petals, which are simple to make using a cookie cutter.

Christmas Cake Pops

Cake pops are welcome treats year-round, but the winter holidays are a festive treat season. Bring these adorably decorated cake bites to any potluck and watch the guests ooh and ahh as they eat. This cake pop recipe walks you through how to make snowmen, reindeer, Santa bellies, and tree ornaments … and steal the show when it's time for dessert!

Doughnut Hole Pops

This cake pop recipe calls for cake doughnut holes, but we're not complaining. These time-savers level up pre-made doughnut balls with a candy coating and festive sprinkles that you can customize to any season or theme. For instance, red, white, and blue are perfect for national holidays, and orange with brown and red are just right for a Thanksgiving table.

Sour Cream Donut Holes with Raspberry Sugar & Glaze

Want to stick with homemade cake pops? Then here's one last bonus if you want your cake pops to be doughnut dough cake pops! This one turns from-scratch sour cream doughnut holes into beautiful, refined desserts, upping the ante with a raspberry glaze drizzle and raspberry sugar for a gorgeous dusting. Who needs frosting, right?