25 Festive Cake Pops for All Your Parties, Holidays and Bake Sales

When life calls for cake pops, we answer. Whether you’re hosting a Halloween party, attending a potluck holiday party, or signed up for the next bake sale, cake pops are the perfect dessert for a crowd. Try out Food Network Kitchen’s go-to Cake Pops recipe — feel free to change the cake and frosting flavors to whatever is your favorite.

Instead of the typical cake base, these pops start out with store-bought Hawaiian sweet rolls, which have a cakey texture and slightly sweet flavor. Grated coconut, coconut extract and almond extract really drive home the Hawaiian-inspired flavor profile.

Trisha Yearwood uses lime-flavored gelatin mix as a shortcut for the key lime cake base of these cake pops. Dip the cake pop sticks into melted candy wafers (which you’ll also use as the cake pop coating) before sticking into the pops to keep them in place.

Use leftover cheesecake to make frozen chocolate-dipped cake pops, coated in an assortment of your favorite candies. They're also a perfectly festive gift for your holiday party hostess.