Cake Pops

• Place 1/4 cup of candy melts into a small bowl,
  • Melt in the microwave at 40 percent power for 30 seconds.
  • Stir the candy coating, and continue to heat for 30 second-intervals.
  • Repeat until the coating is just warm and completely melted.
• Poke a hole halfway through a doughnut hole using a lollipop stick.
• Dip the end of the stick into the melted coating and reinsert into the hole.
  • Note: This holds the doughnut hole firmly on the stick.
• Stick the doughnut pop upright into a block of plastic foam.
• Let firm inside the refrigerator for 1 hour.
• Melt the remaining candy-coating dots in a bowl on 40 percent power for 1 minute once the sticks are firmly attached to the pops
• Melt and stir for 30-second intervals until the coating is warm and smoothly melted.
• Dip the doughnut hole into the coating while covering it completely.
• Hold the dipped pop over a bowl.
  • Sprinkle with colored candy sprinkles.
• Return the decorated pops to the plastic foam block and let set.

Trivia

Cake pops went viral in 2011.