My Gluten-Free Cake Pops are dipped in antioxidant-rich dark chocolate making the perfect low-carb dessert. On top of that, this recipe for cake pops is an adorable, show-stopping gluten-free treat that will wow any crowd.
What is a Cake Pop?
What is a cake pop you ask? A cake pop is a dessert on a stick. More specifically it is a cake ball dipped in chocolate. These treats are a cross between a tiny cupcake and a piece of candy and they’re amazing! The original cake pop was created by the lovely Bakerella. I’ve met her and she is every bit as sweet as her treats.
Easy Gluten-Free Cake Pops Recipe
You can find tons of cake pops recipes in Bakerella’s wonderful books. I love her first book, Cake Pops: Tips, Tricks, and Recipes for More Than 40 Irresistible Mini Treats. Although Bakerella’s cake pops are gorgeous, they are off limits to me since I was diagnosed with celiac disease in 1998 and went on a gluten-free diet right away. My son has celiac as well and when he was diagnosed I made it my mission to turn all of my favorite childhood recipes into gluten-free classics for him. He adores these gluten-free cake pops and so do his friends who have no food allergies at all!
How to Make Gluten-Free Cake Pops
If you’re wondering how to make cake pops fear not, it’s really quite easy. My husband says that everyone loves cake pops because they’re a wonderful combination of cake en-robed in chocolate candy. He says that my gluten-free cake pops taste as good as the real thing! This is an incredible compliment coming from a worldly eater like my gluten eating husband. If you are a visual learner you’ll want to check out Bakerella’s excellent video on how to make cake pops!
The Best Gluten-Free Cake Pops Recipe
Over the past month or so, I’ve worked on adapting several types of cake pops from Bakerella’s book, making them gluten-free. This recipe is based on Bakerella’s “Basic Cake Pop” recipe on page 15 of her book and they’re absolutely terrific! Cake pops are so festive that they’re a wonderful dessert for children’s birthday parties.
Low-Carb Cake Pops Recipe
Most cake pops are an incredibly high-glycemic dessert. Bakerella uses a sugar-based frosting to hold her cake pops and cake balls together. To keep this treat lower-carb, I use fruit spread instead of frosting. This also makes them a much healthier cake pop. These gluten-free chocolate raspberry cake pops are so good you won’t be able to stop eating them!
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Gluten-Free Cake Pops
Ingredients
- 1 Chocolate Cake, from The Gluten-Free Almond Flour Cookbook, page 84
- ½ cup raspberry jam
- 1 cup chocolate chips
- 1 package gluten-free sprinkles
- 30 paper lollipop sticks
- 2-4 styrofoam blocks
Instructions
- Bake Chocolate Cake as directed on page 84 of The Gluten Free Almond Flour Cookbook
- Cool cake completely
- Once cooled, crumble cake into a large bowl, making sure there are no large pieces
- Mix raspberry jam into crumbled cake, use back of a wooden spoon to combine
- Mixture will be moist enough to roll into 1-inch balls and still hold a round shape
- Place cake balls on a parchment paper lined plate
- Place in freezer for 1 hour
- Melt dark chocolate in a saucepan over very low heat
- Dip ½-inch of the tip of paper lollipop sticks into melted chocolate
- Insert lollipop stick straight into cake ball, pushing about ½-inch deep
- Dip cake ball into melted chocolate
- Make sure chocolate coating meets lollipop stick; this helps secure cake ball to stick
- Twirl any excess chocolate off cake pop
- Apply sprinkles
- Place stick of cake pop into styrofoam block
- Complete with remaining cake pops and allow set completely
- Serve
Notes
Get The Gluten-Free Almond Flour Cookbook
Feel free to experiment with other cake recipes rather than the one I use here which is from my first cookbook, The Gluten-Free Almond Flour Cookbook. I’m not sure if they’ll work since I haven’t tested this recipe with them. If you do, please leave a comment and let us know how your experiment turns out!
Cassi Friz says
i don’t bake, or like cake, but there is a blizzard and these look spectacular! now i’m dreaming of cake-pops!!
Elana says
Thanks Cassi!
Lexie | Lexie's Kitchen says
Elana! Lovely! So I couldn’t turn down some cake truffles at a recent party because they were so so cute (pretty much the same thing I think … cake and a tub of icing?). I have a sensitive tummy and the rest of the night sat in a corner considering a 911 call. They did a big number on my gut. Thank you for lightening the concept up a bit.
Elana says
Lexie, you’re welcome!
Tai says
Elana,
Thank you thank you thank you for all the “grunt work”! You have no idea how much I (and so many others I am sure) appreciate it! My kids can have cake pops!!! WHOO HOO!! Fun Valentines treat that they can share with friends and not feel like the “weird kids who can’t eat gluten”. From one mama to another…thank you :)
Elana says
Tai, you’re welcome!
Beth says
Sounds like an interesting way to make a dessert / snack.
Although, chocolate cake doesn’t last long enough in our house to make these ;)
Elana says
Beth, agreed :-)
brite says
Wow! We did some adorable cupcake pops for my daughter’s third birthday, and now that we are gluten free I was resigned to never having anything quite that cute again. You’ve made my day! Thanks!!
Jessica Beam says
So wish I had seen this a week ago before I threw my daughter’s 3rd birthday party!
AndreAnna from Liife as A Plate says
Is it wrong to eat these for breakfast? If it is, being right is so overrated.
Elana says
AndreAnna, that’s a great idea ;-)
Nikki says
It is so funny you posted this, as I was just looking for cake pops in the “cheesecake” form. I will definitely be trying your recipe as well. Thanks for all your helpful information. I an new to Celiacs Disease, and trying to take my love for baking to the new “normal”.
Elana says
Nikki, you’re welcome!
Barb says
This will be a perfect treat for Valentine’s Day! I know my girls will love them!
Nikki says
I agree completely!!! Can’t wait to try this, and with Valentine’s Day around the corner, this is perfect timing!!
Elana says
Barb and Nikki, here’s a link to my Valentine’s Day Cake Pop recipe for you:
https://elanaspantry.com/valentines-day-cake-pops/
Enjoy!
Elana
Deliciously Organic says
How creative! I still haven’t tried cake pops, but now with a GF recipe I’ll give it a try! Thanks!
Elana says
You’re welcome!
Heather says
I have just started with a gluten-free diet and so excited about your recipe as my house loves Bakerella’s cake pops. Looking forward to trying these for Valentine’s with the little ones. Thanks again!
Elana says
Heather, you’re very welcome!