How to Make Cupcake Cake Pops

Name: How to Make Cupcake Cake Pops
Yield: Makes 20 cake pops
Ingredients: 1 can cream cheese frosting; 1.25” round or flower shaped cookie cutter; 1 bag chocolate candy melts (or chocolate bark); 2 bag each pink and hot pink candy melts (or colors of your choice); 3 tablespoons canola or vegetable oil; parchment or wax paper; sprinkles; 20 popsicle sticks; large styrofoam block; 20 clear candy bags; ribbon

I know I'm so incredibly late to the Cake Pops party, but hey I'm here, even if it's a year later! The beautiful and talented Bakerella introduced the world to her cake pops and I've been ooh'in an...

By steamykitchen · From Open Recipes · 11 ingredients

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Why it works: Cream cheese and chocolate work together. They rank in the top 15% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 894 recipes. Both carry ethyl 2-methylbutyrate, which smells fruity, apple. The science ↓

How to Make Cupcake Cake Pops

Makes 20 cake pops

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

497Calories

3 gProtein

46 gFat

19 gCarbs

Counts 4 of 5 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 4 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Chocolate	1 oz (28g) semisweet	155
Canola	1 tbsp (14g)	124
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Cream Cheese	1 oz (28g)	99
Flower	not in our table	0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By steamykitchen. Recipe from Open Recipes.

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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

Cream cheese + chocolatetop 15% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together894 recipes

Shared aroma: ethyl 2-methylbutyrate (fruity, apple).

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