Taste of Home
Coconut-Rum Cake Pops
TOTAL TIME: Prep: 1-1/2 hours + chilling
YIELD: 4 dozen.
Plan your own tropical escape with these surprisingly light-tasting pops. Angel food cake is a nice change of pace.
Ingredients
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1 package (16 ounces) angel food cake mix
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3/4 cup canned vanilla frosting
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1 cup sweetened shredded coconut
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1 teaspoon coconut extract
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1/2 teaspoon rum extract
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48 lollipop sticks
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2-1/2 pounds white candy coating, melted
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Lightly toasted sweetened shredded coconut
Directions
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1.
Prepare and bake cake mix according to package directions. Cool completely on a wire rack.
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2.
In a large bowl, mix frosting, coconut and extracts. Tear cake into pieces. In batches, pulse cake in a food processor until crumbs form. Stir crumbs into frosting mixture. Shape into 1-in. balls; place on baking sheets. Insert sticks. Freeze at least 2 hours or refrigerate at least 3 hours, until firm.
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3.
Dip cake pops in melted candy coating, allowing excess to drip off. Roll in toasted coconut. Insert cake pops in a Styrofoam block; let stand until set.
Nutrition Facts
1 cake pop: 188 calories, 8g fat (7g saturated fat), 0 cholesterol, 92mg sodium, 29g carbohydrate (25g sugars, 0 fiber), 1g protein.
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