Boo!
I set out to make a few fun Halloween cake pops Sunday.
I baked cake, crumbled it, mixed it with frosting, rolled into balls and then molded them into different shapes to play with. I had big plans. (Basic Cake Pop Instructions here.)
Then I realized I didn’t have any of the right candy coating colors on hand for my plans… I was out. Boo…Hoo! … Okay, time to switch gears.
I did have white. I always try to keep white and chocolate in the house.
And I still had these cutters sitting on the counter from the other day because I wanted to use them again soon. And soon turned out to be Sunday.
One of the cutters inspired a cute quick variation to the ghosts I’ve made before.
I thought the grave mini cutter would work great to make ghost shapes. And it did.
Just press the ball inside and use the height of the cutter to help mold the shape.
Remove and press the ends down so the sides are flat.
And don’t worry… you can totally hand shape these even if you don’t have a similar cutter.
Flatten the rolled balls and then shape them with the aid of wax paper. It helps a lot. Promise.
Just press, slide and rotate the shape against a wax paper covered baking sheet and it will help form flat and smooth sides.
Then just use a lollipop stick to press into the bottom of your ghost.
And now I have a sudden urge to make Pac Man Cake Pops.
For arms, you can use white licorice pastilles. Good and Plenty candies would work, too – they are just a little bit thicker.
Cut about a 1/3 of the candy off using kitchen scissors. And then attach the cut end of the candy to the shaped cake with melted white candy coating. If there is excess (see bottom right) use your finger to spread it in a thin layer on the surface of the cake. This is mainly so you don’t have a big lump show through the coating after you dip.
While the coating is wet, attach an orange sixlet candy under one of the arms. Or any other similar candies … M&M’s would work – they’d just be flatter. Hold candy in place until set.
Let the cake pops dry and draw faces and a handle for the bucket using a black edible ink pen. I like Americolor Gourmet Writing Pens by the way.
Boo-tiful!
I’m pretty happy with how these turned out as an impromptu pop.
If you would like to use these tags for Halloween, you can download the tags here.
Enjoy!
And I’ll try to get around to some more pops before Halloween. When I stock up again on candy coating! : )
These are so cute! I love them! Wish I had the time to make such cute cake pops.
So cute! And I’ll be using those tags. Thank you.
Oh they look so adorable! :)
Absolutely stunning, defintely going to try and make these for Halloween.
Wow- they look amazing and yet you make the process appear so simple! I’m not sure I’m brave enough to attempt the arms but I’ll give the ghost outline a shot!Rx
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These are too cute! I am so glad it is finally Fall!
Oh I love the little pumpkins they are so adorable.
CUTE! These look absolutely delightful.
Eveline.
You know, I don’t like the taste of cake pops (I haven’t found the right gluten free recipe to use), but your cake pops are pure artistry.
These are the cutest! They made me laugh out loud! Thanks!
So sweet:)
Adorable!
I love them ~ absolutely adorable!
So cute!!!
Adorable! The pumpkin bucket is BRILLIANT!!
You amaze me with your cuteness!!! Love the cake pops!
You are killing me! These are amazing!
These are too adorable for words!
OMG I LOVE these so much! I think I have to make these without the arms, in colors, and make them the little Pac Man ghosty guys.
These are great!
YOU ARE AMAZING!!!!
You’re simply the best. These are awesome!
Those are the cutest ghosts ever!
Those are so cute! I love the teeny tiny pumpkin candy buckets!
Do you ever get tired of people commenting and saying how cute your creations are? Well if so, sorry, because these are just too cute! (Those mini jack o’lantern buckets?! Squeee!)
You are the best, these are fantasticcc
Love them! So when you doing Pacman, LOL?
Those are dang cute. Love the little treat bags they are holding!!
These are the cutest Halloween treats!
Too good, just too good :) I’m so excited for Halloween baking I cant even begin to describe!
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Now all I can think is “sixlets sixlets sixlets!” I loved those and haven’t had them in forever! By the way, how big is your candy drawer? Is it a candy tub? ;)
Angie, how do you get your coating so smooth? Do you add anything to the candy melts?
wow they look sooo cute!!! I want to eat them :-D
Would you mind telling me what brand the mini-cutters are? Also, if you happen to know the model number, that would be great. I would really like to buy a set but can’t find them! Thanks!
Stop it, I can’t even handle the cuteness right now… It’s too much for me.
Love love love!!!
YOU ARE AMAZING. All of your stuff is super cute and I can’t believe that was impromptu. I wish I had your brain!
The creativity never ENDS :) Thank you for sharing your amazing talents.
Hey Bakerella
Your stuff is always awesome! Creative… Inspiring…
I have a post request… Do a post just on dipping your items in chocolate/candy melts. I need your secret to smooth cake pops. Yours always look professional and perfect – mine not so much! I’ve got the shaping, attaching the stick, decorating and eating down pat just not the dipping.
Help!!
These ghosts are super cute! Awesome job as usual, Bakerella. You always continue to inspire :)
What type of white candy coating did you use for the outside? Just curious because I was worried the chocolate cake would show through? THANKS! These are AMAZING!
Aww! Those little ghosties are the cutest, Angie!!
Angie! I swear….you take cute and kick it up a million notches! These are PERFECT!!! And, yes, PacMan next! ;)
WOW! Soooooo unbelievably cute… what a creative idea for the arms! And the mini jack o lanterns are TOO MUCH!! How DO you do it again and again! OUT OF THE PARK!
Oh my gosh, these are adorable! I think they might be the cutest pops you’ve made so far! They’re perfect!
Soo clever! I love the little pumpkins. Great job once again :)
These are too cute! Halloween is my favorite holiday and I’m so glad to see these on Oct. 1. Can’t wait to see what other tricks (and treats) you have up your sleeve. Way to go, Bakerella!
So cute! They remind of E.T. for some reason.
Wow!!!! So cute!!!
How on earth do you make all your cake pops, especially the crazy-shaped ones look so absolutely PERFECT?! The coating is so smooth. The ghosts’ expressions are spot on. SOOOO cute! I love Halloween!
They’re sooo cute!!!!!
wow!!! they look so cute!!!!
I’ll try to make them this weekend ;)
thank you!!!
YEA!! Finally just in the top 100 comments!!
These are AWESOMEE!!!
You should have heard my reaction to these adorable little devils. “AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!” “They’re SOOO CUTE!” :D
You inspire me. :o)
I love to see everything you come up with.
Thank you.
Oh Bakerella, I tried to make my cake pops for the first time…oh what a mess! They fell apart, the coating was too thick..just terrible!
These are adorable. I love how the candy coating (unlike frosting) doesn’t need a crumb coat. If I didn’t like frosting so much, I would try and candy coat all of my cakes!
These are absolutely adorable. Another great idea Bakerella. I can’t wait to make these. I’m going to make a practice batch this weekend so I can make them for Halloween. Theyre so cute its spooky.
These are soooo cute!!! thanks so much for all your great ideas. Can’t wait to make them.
cutest ghosts i’ve ever seen! :D
Seriously, can these be any cuter?! You have such talent!!!
D’awww those are soo cute :D
Halloween is getting near now and these trick or treat goodies are great. They’re so yummy
CUTES THINGS EVER!!!!!!!!!!!! I love these ghosties with their pumpkin candy holders!!! HAHAHA!!! LOVE EM!!!!!!! Thanks for such a cute idea!!!
Thanks so much guys!
Sarah – that’s what I love about cake pops – making people smile. And laughter is even better.
Megan M – Yes – Several candy tubs. And I can never find what I want. I need a better system.
Niki – these are Mercken’s Super White and don’t need anything added. They melt nice and fluid.
Jackie D – They were at Hobby Lobby. Not sure of the brand.
Kristen – Mercken’s super white. You can also spread a very thin layer of coating on the front to help if any cake color shows through. It gives the same effect as double dipping without the double thick layer of coating.
Double-dipping! Great idea! As are your cute candy accessories. The Bakerella is ready for the Halloween ball!
I almost fell off my chair when I saw your pumpkin pop!!!
Your little ghost is adorable!!
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how adorable are these!!! I can’t wait to try them this month. You are so creative :)
These are amazing!! I can only imagine kids’ faces when they ring a doorbell and get these as treats!
These are cute, however, hope you have a lot of time to do them
Awwwwwwww
You’ve probably been asked this a zillion times -but what type of food marker do you use? Mine NEVER work well on candy melts. Its like the oil/fat gums up the marker and they really don’t work at all. Please share! :)
Wow is all I can say!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Angie, I have a feeling these are gonna go viral. But then again, everything you do does that-guess that’s what happens when you’re the QUEEN OF CUTE!!! :)
these are THE CUTEST!
SO FRIGGIN’ CUTE!
These are super adorable. You never stop amazing me with your creativity and talent.
They are Super Cute!!! Going to have to make these cute ghosts. Again…you are amazing!
So adorable! Almost too cute to eat…. almost ;)
Absolutely Adorable!!
Oh my goodness! These are the cutest ever!!!
They’re suuper cute!! I want them for Halloween!! hahaha
Kisses
Boo-tiful, just boo-tiful!
:-)
Soooo cute! I think these are my favorite ones — I love the pumpkin candy bag! Adorable! I need to find Mercken’s– our Joann’s or Michael’s doesn’t carry it, and I ordered some through Amazon and when I got the bag (during the summer) it was melted!!!! Such a bummer. I haven’t had much luck with the Wilton candy coating — it’s soooo thick and my cake balls always fall off of the stick
those are so stinking cute, the pumpkin sixlets are just prefect.
Angie these are just too cute! Thanks for the template. You amaze me with your creativity.
Oh my gosh!!! Seriously the cutest Halloween cake pops ever!! Your creativity never ceases to amaze me!!!
OMG…they are soooooooo cute!!! You always inspire me so much…
Hi Bakerella
Can you please tell me what edible markers you used on this project? I tried making some pops a couple of weeks ago that needed eyes, smiles and hair curl (the baby pops). Had no luck what so ever writing the chocolate.
Thanks,
Jennie
Loooooove how cute these are! As always, you come up with the cutest pops ever :)
I love these and have some of those mini Halloween cutters in my stash, so I’ll have to find them!! I like to pipe the features on with dark chocolate instead of using the pens. It’ gives them a bit of dimension and if you use a fine Wilton tip #1 or #2 it works just fine in a little bottle.
Hi Bakerella,
I fell in love with your cake pops and you blog a few years ago and have been making them ever since. Your creations are just simply amazing and soooo adorable. I have one question for you….how do you make your edible markers so dark and fine? I used the americolor edible markers as you suggested but they NEVER come out clean and defined like yours. Is there a trick? Would love to know the secret, if you don’t mind sharing!!!
Thanks a bunch!!
Diane
Dang those are the cutest ghosts ever. Love the little treat bags they are holding!! You are so creative!
OH MY GOODNESS…Seriously?
These have got to be the cutest things I’ve seen lately!
Love them!
Kelly
seriously?? Just when I think your cake pops can’t get any cuter you prove me wrong. Great job!
I agree with some of the comments…I get SOO frustrated with the markers and I’m using the same ones you use…how do you get yours to look that bold and perfect! It is never a nice dark color and it usually just stops working on the chocolate no matter how many times I wipe it on the paper towel (which is shows up perfect on). HELP!!!!
First of all I love your website, and I bet I have made every other recipe you post. I want to ask your advice on the Americolor pens. I bought a set, and I have such trouble with them. I color on the candy, and wipe them off with a paper towel, but they never seem to color on candy again. Is that just the way it is? It seems sad for how much they are. Maybe I’ll have to come up with a new product. : )
i do NOT like licorice but i’m imagining you could still do the same thing with jellybeans…
Gosh, those are cute!
SO CUTE!