Monster Cake Pops

Ingredients

• 1 box vanilla cake donut holes 
• 16 oz cream cheese frosting 
• 6 cups candy melts blue
• 3 tablespoons shortening 
• 72  you will also need: parchment paper 
• 1 serving weight cream cheese 
• 12  m&m candies sour green cut into 1-inch pieces
• 1 cup candy melts melted
• 144  beef rib steak 

Equipment

• bowl
• frying pan
• baking sheet
• oven
• ziploc bags
• microwave
• lollipop sticks
• drinking straws

Directions

1. Make and bake cake mix as directed on box for 13x9-inch pan, using water, oil and eggs. Cool. Line cookie sheet with waxed paper. Crumble cake into large bowl.
2. Add frosting; mix well. Shape into 1-inch balls; place on cookie sheet. Freeze until firm; refrigerate.
3. In microwavable bowl, microwave blue candy melts and shortening uncovered on Medium (50%) 1 minute, then in 15-second intervals, until melted; stir until smooth. Dip tip of 1 lollipop stick about 1/2 inch into melted blue candy and insert stick into 1 cake ball no more than halfway. Repeat. Return to cookie sheet. Refrigerate 5 minutes.
4. Remove from refrigerator a few at a time. Dip cake balls in melted blue candy; tap off excess. Poke opposite end of stick into foam block. Immediately attach 2 candy straw pieces to top of pop for antennae, holding in place until set.
5. Let stand until set.
6. Spoon melted purple candy into resealable food-storage plastic bag; seal bag.
7. Cut off small corner of bag. Squeeze bag to pipe mouth and teeth onto cake pops. Use remaining melted candy to attach candy eyes to antennae.