Pumpkin Cake Pops

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Very good recipe. I have used one similar to this, but I really liked incorporating the pecans, it gives it that sweet/salty combination that I love. Cake pops are very time consuming, but ver worth it in the end. When I add my frosting to my crumbled cake, I add a little bit at a time so it the 'batter" does not become too moist- it it is too moist, the pops will not stay on the stick. Also what I do with mine is form the balls and allow them to sit in the fridge for about 15 minutes, I then melt some of coating (whether its chocolate or candy melts and dip the sticks in about half an inch and then place them in the cake balls. This will allow the coating to set so the pops won't slide off the stick. I then again allow them to cool in the fridge for about 10 minutes. I would also advice using a mini crock to warm your coating/chocolate. This allows it to stay warm without hardening. Makes it very easy to dip!!

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Great recipes for each component, but when you put them all together, you end up with a cake pop that's a little too cloying. To make less sweet, I used only a half pound of confectioner's sugar in the icing and drizzled the white chocolate onto the cake balls instead of fully immersing them. And because I like my cake pops to have a more substantial texture and mouthfeel, I don't crumble the cake into a fine crumb. Instead, I leave chunks of the cake in tact so the end product isn't so mushy. Loved the addition of toasted pecans; they gave the pops a nice crunch and the perfect contrast to the sweetness. And don't forget to add the shortening (I actually used a 1/4 cup of vegetable oil to the white chocolate while melting--if you don't, you'll end up with a gloppy coating for your cake balls. The shortening/oil really imparts a silky, smooth texture to the chocolate. All in all, pretty time-consuming, but totally worth it! My guests raved.

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This is time-consuming (baking cake, allowing it to cool, freezing, etc. but I knew that going into it. Working with melted chocolate is also difficult, but I also knew that prior. The reason I am giving it three stars is because the cake and frosting is much too soft and a is more like a thick batter than cake and b slides right off the sticks. I followed the recipe exactly and am now going to toss out everything I have made and find another treat to being to Thanksgiving dinner. If I were to try cake pops agin, I would know that you can make the cake and frosting blend ahead of time and place it in the freezer for even a day and then decorate later. I would also hold back on the amount of frosting I add to the cake.

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These were a HUGE hit but they took some serious time. I made these over two days, actually because I just didn't have enough time after work.

A few recommendations: you may run out of nuts, rolling the cake balls in the melted chocolate is not easy. It hardened up pretty quickly. I would melt the chocolate in batches.

Overall, what an AWESOME recipe for the fall.. or any time!

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Loved these! Made them for Thanksgiving and they disappeared very quickly. So fun to make.

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Made these today for my book club tonight and of course, had to sample. They are delicious! I did not cover the whole pop with the chocolate and did not use the shortening because I didn't notice it until after started because it does not include it in the directions. I can't see that it made any difference not using it.

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My daughter and I made these on Thanksgiving morning. Everybody LOVED them. They were a little hard to get the white chocolate on and was pretty messy but well worth it!

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I made this today for Thanksgiving. They tasted great but seemed to be a little soft/mushy. I think if I made them again I would not add all of the icing at once. Only adding a little at a time. I think I could have used about a 1/2 cup less. I also think the problem others have had with the chocolate is due to the fact that the recipe forgets to mention to add the shortening to the chocolate. It shows on the ingredients but never says to add it.

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Oh, my goodness, wow! These, to me, were totally worth the time and effort, which really was not too very involved for the result you get in my opinion. Once the white chocolate hardened and along with the finely chopped pecans, it added a great kind of almost crunch that complemented the very sweet and soft pumpkiny-cake center. Ms. d'Arabian, these were amazing! Just can't stop gushing; thank you very much for the recipe :

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Although tasty, these take way too much time & effort! The chocolate is much too thick to dip these fragile cake pops into...most of mine fell off the stick. (I know the chocolate was melted properly as I have a chocolate melting pot in my home. Also, because the chocolate is too thick, you end up with more chocolate than you need on the pop, and I ran out of chocolate! I tried using a spoon and a rubber spatula to help spread it but that was no help either. Made them with a vanilla sugar glaze and it was much quicker & easier! And just as tasty...