Description
Delightfully colorful and fun, Cake Eyeballs are a creative twist on classic cake pops, perfect for Halloween or themed parties. Made by combining crumbled cake with frosting, shaped into balls, and coated with vibrant candy melts, decorated with assorted sprinkles and candy eyes to look like spooky eyeballs.
Ingredients
Scale
Cake and Frosting
- 1 package cake mix of your choice (regular size)
- 1 cup prepared frosting of your choice
Coating
- 1 package (12 ounces each) Wilton candy melts in orange, pink, blue, purple, vibrant green, black, and white
Decorations
- Candy coating disks
- Jumbo sprinkles
- Candy-coated sunflower kernels
- Candy eyeballs
- Twizzlers Rainbow Twists
- Life Savers
- Colored sugar
- Assorted sprinkles
Instructions
- Prepare Cake: Follow the package instructions to bake the cake in a greased 13×9-inch baking pan. Once baked, allow it to cool completely on a wire rack.
- Crumble and Mix: Crumble the cooled cake into a large bowl. Add 1 cup of prepared frosting and mix until well combined.
- Shape Cake Balls: Shape the cake mixture into 1 1/2-inch balls. Place the balls on baking sheets.
- Chill Cake Balls: Refrigerate the shaped cake balls for at least 3 hours or freeze for at least 2 hours until firm.
- Melt Candy Coatings: In separate bowls, melt each color package of Wilton candy melts in the microwave, stirring until smooth.
- Dip Cake Balls: Dip each chilled cake ball into the melted candy coating, allowing excess to drip off.
- Decorate: Decorate the coated cake balls immediately with your choice of candy decorations such as candy eyes, sprinkles, Twizzlers, or colored sugar to create the eyeball effect.
- Set: Allow the coated and decorated cake balls to stand until the candy coating is fully set and hardened before serving.
Notes
- Chilling the cake balls is essential for easy dipping and a smoother coating.
- You can mix and match candy melt colors to create unique eyeball designs.
- Store finished cake eyeballs in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 5 days.
- Ensure decorations are applied quickly before the coating hardens.
- Use disposable gloves for dipping to keep hands clean and prevent marks on the finished product.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cake eyeball
- Calories: 180
- Sugar: 20g
- Sodium: 150mg
- Fat: 8g
- Saturated Fat: 4g
- Unsaturated Fat: 3g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 26g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 2g
- Cholesterol: 20mg
