It’s Halloween, and I’ve re-created a British dessert and given it a twist so that you and your little witches and wizards can enjoy a fun treat this Halloween.
Date Cake Pops
Makes about 30 pops
Sticky date cake pops are a lovely alternative to their sponge counterparts. You can decorate them with Halloween-inspired colours or toppings and they will be perfect for any little trick-or-treaters that may call. You can also get some inspo here for Halloween decor.
Ingredients
85g dates
85ml boiling water
25g butter
1 medium egg
35g golden syrup
½ tsp bicarbonate of soda
65g demerara sugar
75g self-raising flour
2 x 340g bags of candy melts
Method
Whisk together the butter, sugar, golden syrup, egg and flour.
Put the dates in food processor and blitz together with the boiling water.
Add the date puree and the bicarbonate of soda to the other mixture and mix through.
Butter and flour a cake pop mould so that the pops don’t stick to the mould.
Using a teaspoon add the mixture to the bottom of the mould (the half without the holes in it).
Fill each mould to the top of the bottom half, allowing the top half to give room for rising.
Give the mould a shake to ensure that the mixture is evenly distributed in the mould.
Bake in an oven preheated to 160 degrees for approximately 25 minutes.
Once ready, allow to cool for around 10 – 15 minutes before removing the top of the mould. If you remove them too soon, they will break.
The pops should easily come out. Pop them in a bowl in the fridge to cool for 10 – 15 minutes.
Whilst they are cooling, follow the instructions on the candy melts packets and make the chocolate coating.
Generally you should microwave for 30 seconds and then stir until the chocolate is all melted.
Coat each pop and put on a lined baking tray to set. You’ll need to decorate quickly as the chocolate will cool rapidly and the decorations won’t stick.
Once they are starting to set. Put the pops on a stick and allow to set fully.
Then you can wrap each of them in a wrapper and decorate the pops as you please.
These sticky date cake pops are really fun treats you and your little ones can make to give out on Halloween. They’ll taste better than any shop-bought treat. I promise you, it’s no trick!
Happy Halloween!
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I’ve never made a cake pop before but may have to try! #picknmix
It was a lot easier than it would appear. The trick is to really grease and flour the mould, otherwise you have no hope of getting them out.
I made cake pops before and they were a total Pinterest fail. These look great though.
Thanks for linking to #PickNMix
Eilidh x
Oh no, that’s annoying Eilidh. I did struggle to coat them on the sticks as the candy melts was too heavy and made the pop slide down. But just doing them on a baking tray worked well.
Oooh these look amazing! I’m not the biggest fan of fruit in things but I know how gorgeous and Carmel dates go once cooked!
#PicknMix
You wouldn’t have even known Cathryn. They were just cakey but moist from the dates. Perfect.
Oh these look fab I may well have to give them a go! Thanks for joining in with #TuesdayTreasures.
Thanks Rachel – they were well received.
Ooh, I love dates, date balls and cake, this sounds like the perfect blend of all three. And they are adorable. What great Thanksgiving treats these would be! Not only are they cute, but dates are so good for you, sneak in a bit of the superfood and feel good about the dessert! Love it!
That’s what I thought Nikki. They still have some bad stuff in them with the butter and sugar, but the dates do help a little. It is Halloween after all, a little naughtiness is needed.
These look great. I doubt I would be able get a cake pop to look like yours, but it’s worth a try right? 🙂 Thank you for sharing with the #DreamTeam
It’s not as tricky as you think. Although I did have to mount them afterwards due to he weight of the candy melt chocolate.
Thanks Stevie. They tasted pretty good too!
These look great, and quite simple to make too!
Thanks for linking up and sharing with #AnythingGoes
Janet
The actual pops take a while to make as you have to do them in batches, but they are a lot of fun and look pretty effective.
These look delicious and so much to decorate them. Alice would love it x #picnmix
They tasted really good. I’ve had requests to make more so that’s a great sign.
These look fantastic. Pity I’m trying to cut back on the sweet stuff. #DreamTeam
They are a bit sweet and naughty, what with the golden syrup and all that sugar. But dates count as good right?
They look delicious and super easy to make. #TuesdayTreasures
I’ve had the seal of approval from my treat testers. As you could imagine there’s were no shortage of volunteers Angela!
Lovely post and a delightful treat… A very smart infographic too, might I add. Definitely would be fun to try out new and different variations for Halloween
Thanks Roshan. I think a lot of fun could be had with decorating these. I kept them simple, but there’s a lot you could do with them.