Brownie, Cake, and Cheesecake Pops

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Elizabeth LaBau
A professional pastry chef, cookbook author, and writer, Elizabeth LaBau has published more than 600 articles on baking and candy making.
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Elizabeth LaBau
Updated 09/22/20

Cake pops, moist bites of cake and frosting on a stick, are all the rage now! Learn how to make cake pops, as well as brownie pops, cheesecake pops, and seasonal cake pop variations. Also, check out this list of all cake-based candy recipes.

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  • 01 of 07

    Nutella Cake Pops

    Nutella cake pops

    The Spruce

    Nutella Cake Pops are a delicious twist on regular cake pops! These candies are made with moist chocolate cake and Nutella, and topped with chopped hazelnuts. 

  • 02 of 07

    Brownie Pops

    Brownie Pops
    (c) 2015 Elizabeth LaBau

    Brownie Pops are fun, playful candies that combine two favorite tastes into one great candy. Brownies and chocolate frosting are mixed and formed into balls that are placed on sticks and dipped in chocolate. These “pops” taste like decadent fudgy brownies and make perfect party food or favors.

  • 03 of 07

    Cheesecake Pops

    Cheesecake Pops
    (c) 2015 Elizabeth LaBau

    Cheesecake Pops are delicious balls of real cheesecake, covered in bright candy coating and served on a lollipop stick. You can use any flavor of baked cheesecake you like, and can substitute white or milk chocolate for the dark chocolate coating. These cheesecake pops can be playful or elegant, but they’re always delicious.

  • 04 of 07

    Peanut Butter and Jelly Pops

    Peanut Butter and Jelly Pops
    (c) 2015 Elizabeth LaBau

    Cake pops are a bit of a misnomer for this candy – they could more accurately be called "doughnut pops"! Doughnut holes are used in place of cake, so these candies come together in a snap. They have a surprise filling of peanut butter and jelly inside, but you can experiment with using frosting or Nutella instead.

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  • 05 of 07

    Easter Egg Cake Pops

    Easter Egg Cake Pops
    Elizabeth LaBau

    Make your Easter sweeter with these Easter Egg Cake Pops! Moist bites of cake and frosting are formed into egg shapes, made into lollipops, and decorated to look like festive Easter eggs.

  • 06 of 07

    Pumpkin Cake Pops

    Pumpkin cake pop recipe

    The Spruce Eats / Julia Hartbeck

    These fall-themed pumpkin cake pops use pumpkin spice cake and cream cheese frosting to create adorable jack-o-lantern cake pops. There is also a photo tutorial showing how to make pumpkin cake pops.

  • 07 of 07

    Ghost Cake Pops

    Ghost cake pops

    The Spruce

    Boo! Scare up some oohs and aahs when you make these spooky-sweet ghost cake pops.