Pistachio Cake Pops

I know I already did a pistachio cupcake, but this time they are cake pops. I was going to make some pina colada cupcakes, but I forgot all my cupcake things at home. I'm house sitting, so I thought I'd just go with something that you don't need a lot of materials for.

I pretty much used the same recipe for the cupcakes:

Ingredients

• 1 box of Betty Crocker white cake mix
• 2 (3.5 ounce) packages instant pistachio pudding
• 1 cup vegetable oil
• 3 large eggs
• 1 cup club soda

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees and place cupcake liners in cupcake pan.
2. Mix cake mix, eggs, oil, 1 package pistachio pudding, and club soda in a large bowl and beat for 3 minutes.
3. Pour into cake pan and bake.
4. Cool completly

After the cake cooled, I took off all the crust and crumbled it into crumbs. (I ate a lot of the edges, they are my fav!) I didn't want the pops to have brown in the middle.

The recipe for the icing is:

Ingredients

• 1 (3.5 ounce) packages instant pistachio pudding
• 2 cups heavy cream
• 1/3 cup white sugar

Directions

1. In a small bowl add cream and white sugar and beat until soft peaks form.
2. Add remaining 1 package of pistachio pudding and mix until incorporated.

If you don't want to do that, you can just buy a carton of white icing and mix the pistachio jello into it.

Then, mix the two together. I used a fork at first, and the my hands. I didn't use all of the frosting, but that's because I don't like it too sweet. See how sweet you want it and taste as you go along. I think I used about half. Then roll the mixture into balls and freeze!

I got these chocolates from Michael's. If you want a coupon, here is one for: 40% off any item at Michael's  You can usually find them online if you do a quick search.

Put the chocolates in a small bowl and microwave in 15 sec intervals, stirring as you go.

Work in small batches. I used kabob sticks, just cuz I forgot to buy the pop sticks. Oh well, still works. Dip the ball into the chocolate. Sprinkle some nuts, or whatever decoration you want. Place in a steady place to dry. Some people use styrofoam balls, but i just make do with what I got.

I decorated these by slowly piping out chocolate while spinning the stick. The piping bag is pretty much a zip lock bag with a tiny hole cut into it.

All done! Like a bouquet of cake! JYUMMY!