Carrot Cake Pops
You can never have too many hor d'oeuvre recipes, so give Carrot Cake Pops a try. This recipe covers 4% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. One portion of this dish contains around 3g of protein, 6g of fat, and a total of 192 calories. This recipe serves 50. It is perfect for Easter. If you have carrot, coating wafers, walnuts, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 2 hours and 20 minutes.
Instructions
Make and bake cake mix as directed on box for 13x9-inch pan, using water, oil and eggs and adding grated carrot. Cool. Line cookie sheet with waxed paper. Crumble cake into large bowl.
Add frosting; mix well. Shape into 1-inch balls; place on cookie sheet. Freeze until firm; keep refrigerated.
In microwavable bowl, microwave candy melts and shortening uncovered on Medium (50%) 2 minutes, then in 15-second intervals, until melted; stir until smooth. Dip tip of 1 lollipop stick about 1/2 inch into melted candy and insert stick into 1 cake ball no more than halfway. Repeat. Return cake pops to cookie sheet. Refrigerate 5 minutes.
Remove from refrigerator a few at a time. Dip each cake ball into melted candy to cover; tap off excess. Immediately dip top in walnuts, pressing to adhere. Poke opposite end of stick into foam block.