Football Cake Pops Recipes

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350ºF.
• Grease and flour 13x9-inch pan; cover bottom of pan with parchment. Prepare cake batter as directed on package, blending dry pudding mix into batter before pouring into prepared pan. Bake 30 min. or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool cake in pan 15 min.; remove to wire rack. Cool completely.
• Crumble cake into large bowl. Add small amount of frosting to cake crumbs; mix well. Add remaining frosting; mix well. Shape into 40 footballs. Freeze 10 min.
• Microwave chocolates in microwaveable bowl 3 to 4 min. or until almost melted, stirring every minute. Stir until chocolate is completely melted.
• Remove cake balls from freezer in small batches; insert lollipop stick into center of each ball. Dip, 1 at a time, in chocolate. Stand, stick ends up, in shallow waxed paper-lined pan. Refrigerate 30 min. or until firm. Draw laces on footballs with decorating icing.

Steps:

• Bake cake according to package directions; cool completely. In a large bowl, break cake into fine crumbles. Add frosting and stir until fully incorporated, adding more frosting if needed, until mixture maintains its shape when squeezed together with palm of hand. Shape 1 tablespoon into a ball, then mold into shape of a football. Repeat with remaining mixture. Place on parchment-lined baking sheets; refrigerate until firm, about 30 minutes., Meanwhile, place chocolate chips, peanut butter chips and shortening in a microwave-safe bowl. Microwave 30 seconds and stir; repeat, stirring every 30 seconds until melted and smooth, adding more shortening if needed. Do not overheat. , Dip a lollipop stick into chocolate mixture; insert halfway through a football shape, taking care not to break through the other side. Return to baking sheet until set; repeat to form remaining cake pops. Coat each cake pop with the chocolate mixture, allowing excess to drip off; reheat and stir chocolate mixture as needed. Return cake pops to baking sheets, ensuring they do not touch one another. Allow chocolate coating to set until firm to the touch. To decorate, use icing to draw laces onto cake pops.

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. Grease 8- or 9-inch round pan with shortening; lightly flour. In medium bowl, mix flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt; set aside.
• In large bowl, beat granulated sugar and 1/4 butter with electric mixer on medium speed about 2 minutes or until light and fluffy, scraping bowl occasionally. Beat in sour cream. Beat in egg whites, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in 1 teaspoon vanilla. On low speed, alternately add flour mixture, about 1/3 at a time, and milk, about 1/2 at a time, beating just until blended. Pour into pan.
• Bake 33 to 38 minutes or until top springs back when touched lightly in center. Cool 15 minutes.
• Meanwhile, in medium bowl, mix powdered sugar and 3 tablespoons butter with electric mixer on low speed until blended. Beat in 1 tablespoon milk and 1 teaspoon vanilla. Crumble warm cake into medium bowl. Stir powdered sugar mixture into crumbled cake until well blended. Stir in crushed cookies. Cover; refrigerate 1 to 2 hours or until firm enough to shape. Roll cake mixture into 28 (1 1/2-inch) balls; place on waxed paper-lined cookie sheet. Freeze 30 minutes.
• In 2-cup microwavable measuring cup, microwave 12 oz of the candy melts as directed on package until melted. Coating must be at least 3 inches deep; add more candy melts as necessary to reach and/or maintain 3-inch depth. Remove several cake balls from freezer at a time. To make each cake pop, dip tip of lollipop stick 1/2 inch into melted candy and insert 1 inch into cake ball. Dip into melted candy to cover; very gently tap off excess. (Reheat candy in microwave or add vegetable oil if too thick to coat.) Poke opposite end of stick into foam block. With icing writer, decorate cake pops to resemble desired sports balls. Let stand until set.