Christmas Cake Pops

Ingredients:

1 baked, unfrosted chocolate sheet cake–you can use a box cake mix or ask your grocery store deli to give you a plain one
1 can of dark chocolate frosting
White dipping chocolate )
12 candy sticks
12 chocolate dipped peppermint sticks
Crushed peppermint topping

Crumble baked sheet cake into a large mixing bowl
Add chocolate frosting to the cake and knead until the frosting and cake form a dough-like consistency
Form dough into 1-2″ balls
Place on wax paper on tray and freeze, 30 minutes to an hour
Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper
Remove cake pops from refrigerator and allow to thaw slightly
Melt white dipping chocolate according to directions
Dip tip of candy stick in melted chocolate and then insert into center of cake pop to make a temporary handle; and then refrigerate for 15 minutes to harden
Spread crushed candy cane evenly across a plate
Dip cake pop in dipping chocolate, coating thoroughly and using a butter knife to trim off any excess before dipping top of cake pop in crushed peppermint
Place topping side down and return to refrigerate to harden
Before serving, replace candy stick with chocolate peppermint stick