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Easy Christmas cake pops with white coating, white chocolate drizzle, and festive red and green Christmas sprinkles.

Best Easy Christmas Cake Pops with White Chocolate Drizzle

Soft vanilla cake pops dipped in a smooth white coating and decorated with white chocolate drizzle and festive red-and-green sprinkles. An easy make-ahead Christmas dessert perfect for holiday parties and homemade gifts.
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Prep Time 45 minutes
Total Time 3 hours 15 minutes
Servings: 24 cake pops
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 4 cups completely cooled vanilla cake crumbs
  • ⅓ cup vanilla frosting plus 1–2 tablespoons if needed
  • 16 ounces white candy melts or white confectionery coating
  • 4 ounces white chocolate finely chopped
  • Up to 1 teaspoon neutral oil divided and used only as needed
  • ¼ cup red green, and white Christmas sprinkles
  • 24 cake-pop sticks

Method
 

  1. Place completely cooled vanilla cake in a large mixing bowl and crumble finely.
  2. Add ⅓ cup vanilla frosting and mix thoroughly.
  3. Test the mixture by pressing a small amount together. Add additional frosting 1 tablespoon at a time only if needed.
  4. Scoop approximately 1½ tablespoons of mixture for each cake pop.
  5. Gently roll into balls and arrange on a parchment-lined baking sheet.
  6. Refrigerate for 1½–2 hours, until firm.
  7. Melt a small amount of the white candy coating according to package directions.
  8. Dip approximately ½ inch of each cake-pop stick into the coating.
  9. Insert the coated end halfway into a chilled cake ball.
  10. Repeat with all cake balls and refrigerate approximately 10 minutes.
  11. Melt the remaining white coating in a tall, narrow microwave-safe container.
  12. Thin slightly if necessary according to the coating instructions or with a very small amount of neutral oil where appropriate.
  13. Working with a few pops at a time, submerge each cake ball completely in the coating.
  14. Lift straight out and gently tap away excess coating.
  15. Place upright in a cake-pop stand or prepared sturdy box.
  16. Repeat with remaining cake pops and allow the coating to set.
  17. Gently melt the chopped white chocolate.
  18. Transfer to a small piping bag and cut a tiny opening.
  19. Drizzle white chocolate in thin lines over each set cake pop.
  20. Immediately decorate with red, green, and white Christmas sprinkles.
  21. Leave upright until completely set before serving or storing.

Notes

Make sure the cake is completely cool before crumbling.
Start with only ⅓ cup frosting; add more only when necessary.
The mixture should hold together without feeling wet or greasy.
Keep all bowls and utensils used for candy coating completely dry.
Dip the cake-pop sticks into melted coating before inserting them into the cake balls.
Use a tall container for easier dipping.
Don't dip rock-hard frozen cake balls directly into very warm coating.
Allow the base coating to set before adding white chocolate drizzle.
Add Christmas sprinkles while the drizzle is still wet.