How To Make Candy Apple Cake Pops

Halloween is approaching and where there are treats, there are tricks! Learn how to create candy apples that look totally tasty on the outside, but have an element of surprise on the inside... For each batch, there's a hidden 'rotten' apple! Bring on the festive Halloween fun with this basic cake pop tutorial by Bree Bakes. Before you get stuck in, you'll need to learn how to make cake pops.

Materials

Cake batter (dye one cup of the batter black with food coloring to make the 'rotten' apples!)
Wilton 5-Inch Bamboo Lollipop Sticks, 30-Count
Wilton Candy Melts Candy, 12 oz.
in Red, Green and Bright White
Wilton Candy Melts Silicone Collapsible Melting Bowl
Red, yellow, green and blue food coloring

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How to make the candy apple coating

Before you get started, you'll need to make the shiny, crunchy outer coating for the candy apples, you'll need:

1 cup of sugar
½ cup water
1tbsp lemon juice, or ½tsp cream of tartar
Red and green food coloring

All you need to do is add the ingredients to a medium saucepan on a medium/high heat. Allow the sugar to boil gently for 12 minutes, before removing for the heat and using immediately.

How to make candy apple cake pops

First of all, make your cake pop base!

Pro Tip

Reserve some of the cake batter to add black coloring to make a few cupcakes to make the 'rotten' apples.

Roll your cake pop dough into a regular ball and gently press and indent the top to resemble a typical apple shape (I did not go through the basic steps of making cake pops since there is a tutorial on the site already).

Dip the tips of your cake pop sticks into chocolate and insert them into the cake pops and allow them to set.

Begin dipping your cake pops into red and green chocolate to create the base apple colors. Refrigerate while creating your candy apple coating (see below).