Fragrant gingerbread cake all rolled up in vanilla coating makes a delicious gingerbread cake pop.

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These Gingerbread Cake Pops are actually EASY to make, beautiful to look at, and delightful to eat! It’s like everything from a well-spiced gingerbread cookie or cake but in a cake pop!

Deeply fragrant gingerbread with its earthy down-home flavor meets uptown cake pops in these fun and tasty Gingerbread Cake Pops.

You can make these holiday treats to go in cookie trays and in treat boxes. They’re very popular with kids big and small, young and old, who love to grab cake pops at Starbucks.

How to Make Cake Pops Too

If you’re one of those people (like ME!) who tried to make cake pops when they first came out years ago and FAILED, you’re in the right place! I’ve got the directions YOU NEED to make actual real deal cake pops.

Plus a few good tips I’ve picked up over the years!

Cake Pop Tips and Tricks

Adding TOO MUCH frosting can be a real problem for cake pops, use JUST enough frosting to make the cake hold together
Don’t OVERHEAT your coating, if you do it won’t be smooth but rather lumpy
Don’t try to dip the cake pops while they’re hot, the cake pops will fall right off, chill them well
CHILL but don’t freeze the rolled pops, freezing can make the topping set up TOO quickly for a smooth coat AND/OR make the cake pops crack
If you dip the end of the lollipop stick in the coating and THEN insert it in the cake pop it helps it stay ON the stick
Figure out a way to hold cake pops while chilling so they stay round, a flat bottom pan or dish with foam in the bottom works well just distribute them evenly across the foam and don’t overload the foam

What do you need to make Gingerbread Cake Pops?

Gingerbread Cake (recipe included!)
Cream Cheese Frosting, use premade!
Lollipop sticks
White Candy Coating
coconut oil (to thin the coating)
sprinkles if you like them

If you LOVE the flavor of Ginger like WE do try my other tasty holiday treats!

Gingerbread Cake Pops

5 from 4 votes

Fragrant gingerbread cake all rolled up in vanilla coating makes a delicious gingerbread cake pop.

Course: Dessert Recipes

Cuisine: American

Prep Time: 30

Cook Time: 35

Additional Time: 1

Total Time: 2 5

Servings:

Calories: 167kcal

Author: Laura

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Equipment

Ingredients

1/3 cup of butter room tempterature
1/4 cup dark brown sugar
3 TBSP sugar
1 egg
1/3 cup molasses
1/4 cup buttermilk
1/2 cup water
1/2 tsp rum extract you can use vanilla OR real rum!
1/2 tsp baking soda
1 tsp ground cinnamon
1 tsp ground ginger
1/4 tsp ground nutmeg
pinch of salt
1 cup flour
1/4 cup cream cheese canned frosting
2 cups white candy melts
1 tsp coconut oil

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 325°
grease an 8-inch cake pan, line with parchment paper, set aside
cream the butter and both sugars until fluffy
then add in the egg, molasses, buttermilk, and rum (or vanilla) mixing well after each addition
stir in the water unitl well combined, if it looks split it will come together when you add the flour
in a separate bowl whisk the baking soda, spices, and flour together
add the dry ingredients to the wet and 1/2 cup at a time, stirring well between each addition
scrape the batter into the prepared pan
bake at 325° for 30-40 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the cake comes out clean
cool on a baking rack for 10 minutes and then turn out of the pan, cool completely
once cooled crumble in a mixing bowl, add the cream cheese frosting, mix well
form into 18 balls lay on baking sheet
melt 10-12 coating chips
dip the tip of a lollipop stick in the melted chips, then gently press halfway into a cake ball
repeat with all cake pops
chill for an hour in the refrigerator
when ready to dip melt the remaining coating chips with the coconut oil until smooth and very runny but NOT steaming hot
set up your styrofoam to hold the cake pops after dipping
take the pops out of the fridge
dip a cake pop in the melted coating and put in the styrofoam to hold it upright
repeat with remaining cake pops
cool until set
drizzle the remaining coating over the tops of the cake pops and add sprinkles if desired