These Cookies and Cream Cake Pops are the perfect combination of vanilla, chocolate, oreos AND cake! Plus three different ways to decorate them.
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A while back, I had a friend help me out with a favor. Well, I owed her one and mentioned I could take her out for lunch, or I could make her cake pops. Well, she jumped on the cake pop suggestion!
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So, I went about creating something I thought she would love. I came up with these cookies and cream cake pops because what is better than combining Oreo cookies AND cake and then covering them with chocolate? Well, I can’t think of anything 😉
I decorated these babies three different ways, because, well I’m kind of a nerd that way. I can’t just do something one way…I need my options. So, let’s get started!
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First, you want to crumble up a vanilla cake. You can either make your own cake from scratch, or use a box mix. Use whatever you fancy. Next, take 4 cups of the vanilla cake crumbs and put into a mixing bowl.
Next, crush up your oreos. Either put them in a ziplock bag and use a rolling pin to crush them up, or put them through a food processor. I used my mini chopper because I wanted them to be finely chopped.
You want 1 cup of crushed oreos. You’ll use only ¾ cup of crushed oreos in your cake pop mixture. The other ¼ will be for decoration.
You’ll also want to add a ½ cup of vanilla buttercream. If you need a buttercream recipe, click here for mine…it’s really good.
Take a rubber spatula and mix it all together very well. You may need to get your hands in there to mix it well. Of course, you’ll make sure they’re squeaky clean 😉
Cover your bowl with cling wrap and chill in the fridge for about an hour.
Use a melon baller to dip out balls of the dough and roll them in your clean hands to make balls and set them on a tray.
If you’re making cake pops and not using the mini cupcake papers, melt some chocolate and dip one end of your popsicle sticks in the chocolate and insert into the cake balls. Put the cake pops into the fridge while you prepare your chocolate.
Now, some cake pop recipes call for candy melts, but I wanted to use actual chocolate for mine. I think it just makes them more flavorful. I used high quality white chocolate chips and semi-sweet chocolate chips. If you don’t like semi-sweet chocolate, you can use milk chocolate.
You’ll most likely use one 12 oz bag of white chocolate chips and two 12oz bags of semi-sweet chocolate. Melt your chocolate in separate bowls. I like to transfer my chocolate into tall cups. I use those disposable coffee cups. It just makes it easier to dip the cake pops.
I then decorated mine three different ways:
Cookies and Cream Cake Pops Version 1:
For this version, dip the cake pops in semi-sweet chocolate first, then stick them into a piece of foam. Let them set up in the fridge and then dip them half-way in the white chocolate. Before it sets up, sprinkle some of your reserved crushed cookies on top. Stick back into the foam and let them set up in the fridge.
Cookies and Cream Cake Pops Version 2:
For this second version, dip your cake pops into the white chocolate and sprinkle the bottom side with crushed oreos. Either stick into some foam to set up, or set down (popsicle stick up) on some parchment or wax paper.
When the chocolate has set, dip them half way into the semi-sweet chocolate and set down (popsicle stick up) on parchment or wax paper. This method is great if you don’t have foam or a cake pop server handy.
Cookies and Cream Cake Pops Version 3:
This version is probably the easiest and you really don’t need any special supplies like foam, cake pop server or popsicle sticks. You just need some mini cupcake papers.
Take your chilled cake balls and using a fork, dip them into the semi-sweet chocolate and set them in the mini cupcake papers. Let them set up in the fridge a bit then take some white chocolate and drizzle onto the top of the cake balls. Sprinkle with crushed oreos.
So, that’s the three different versions of my cookies and cream cake pops! You can keep these in the fridge until you serve them. They are also okay to keep in a container on the counter for a couple of days.
I LOVE how these turned out. They look SO pretty and they’re delicious too. Oh, and by the way, my friend LOVED them and that’s what matters 😉
Here’s the printable version of the recipe:
Recipe:
Cookies & Cream Cake Pops
Ingredients
- 4 cups vanilla cake, crumbled
- 1 cup oreo cookies, finely crushed (reserve ¼ cup for decorating)
- ½ cup vanilla buttercream
- 1 12 oz bag white chocolate chips
- 2 12 oz bags bags semi-sweet chocolate chips
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Instructions
- Crumble the vanilla cake. Measure out 4 cups and place into a bowl.
- Add ¾ cup finely crushed oreos.
- Add ½ cup vanilla buttercream.
- Mix all together and chill for an hour.
- Dip the mixture out with a melon ball tool and use your hands to roll into a ball shape.
- Insert the popsicle sticks first into a little melted chocolate and then into the cake ball and allow to the chocolate to set up.
- Dip the cake balls in semi-sweet chocolate, allow it to set up, and then dip them half-way into the white chocolate (or vice-versa). Stick into foam or a cake pop stand and sprinkle with crushed oreos.
- Alternative method: If you don’t want to use popsicle sticks, dip the cake balls into semi-sweet chocolate and place into mini cupcake papers. Drizzle with white chocolate and sprinkle with crushed oreos.
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Raheem
How many servings is this recipe.????Happy holidays
Kara Jane
Happy holidays to you too! So, I did this recipe so long ago, I can’t remember exactly, but I’m thinking it probably makes around 30 or so.
Lauren
Hello, I have issues with dipping my cake pops. When I try to dip them, even by just rolling them on the side to reduce the weight being put on it, they fall apart and off of the stick. Would too much frosting do this? Or is there some other way to dip them so easily? If i stick them straight in they fall apart for sure.
Kara Jane
Hi Lauren, yes there’s definitely a fine line between too much buttercream being added and not enough. I only like to add a couple tablespoons, but if the cake pops are crumbling on you then it might not have enough buttercream. It’s sort of the same thing if you add too much though…they’ll get to mushy on you. I like to dip the end of the stick into some melted chocolate and then push it into the cake pop, then let that set up in the fridge before dipping them. That seems to help keep them on the stick and it helps the cake pop firm up a bit before dipping them. I hope this helps!
Emma E.
I finished this recipe Monday night; they were all gone on Tuesday night. This recipe was delicious! I definitely recommend making it. When I was dipping them in the chocolate some fell off, so I made some into truffles and put them in the mini cupcake liners. When I applied the chocolate it would fall off so I used a spoon and covered it by hand instead of dunking it. I accidentally left the chocolate out for too long and so when it became hard I had to microwave them. Microwaving the semisweet was fine, but the white chocolate burnt at the bottom. I had to take the top part and mix it with boiling water. Even with all these chocolate struggles, the recipe was still AMAZING. If you haven’t tried this yet, you are missing out!