Chili Pepper Cake Pops for Cinco de Mayo

by Lora Wiley-Lennartz
With Cinco de Mayo almost upon us, I couldn’t resist making these. Last year I made chihuahua and margarita shaped cookies and spoke a bit of the time I spent in Mexico as a child. 
I thought chili peppers would make a cute cake pop. I am a spice girl. I love all spicy food. Bring on the chili peppers and the heat. I’m down. So I used chili powder to add a little bite to these.
You can see in the picture I tried adding red disco dust on some of them but I liked the un-glittered look better. I had a lot of leftover cake and frosting so I used leftover orange cake for these. Next time I might opt for chocolate chili flavored cake and frosting.

Chili Pepper Cake Pops
Ingredients:
  • Cake any flavor*
  • Frosting any flavor*
  • 8 ounces White chocolate, chopped
  • Red candy coloring (or you can skip this and use red candy melts.)
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground chili pepper
  • Green fondant, store bought or homemade
  • Lollypop sticks
  • Block of styrofoam or floral foam

*Specific measurements can be found at cake pop creator Bakerella’s site HERE.

Directions:
  • Crumble cake into a bowl.
  • Mix the frosting into the crumbled cake.
  • Mold cake pop batter into pepper shapes and put in fridge for at least a half hour.
  • Melt chocolate over a double boiler or in the microwave.
  • Add red food coloring to chocolate.
  • Stir in chili pepper
  • Remove peppers from fridge, dip a lolly pop stick in the melted chocolate and insert it into the bottom of the pepper at an angle.
  • Return pops to the fridge for 15 minutes.
  • Reheat chocolate if necessary, remove pops from fridge, dip into chocolate and stick them in the foam.
  • Take a pice of the green fondant (recipe follows) and form it into a four pronged shape. Pull the excess to the middle and roll a stem.
  • Place on pepper and gently press to secure it.
For Homemade Fondant
Ingredients:
  • 1/2  bag (1/2 pound) marshmallows (minis melt faster but you can use regular sized ones as well.)
  • 2 tablespoons of water
  • 1 pound of powdered sugar
  • Crisco or shortening
  • plastic wrap or cling film
  • Gel or paste food coloring
Directions:
  • Cover the inside of a heat safe bowl and a wooden spoon with Crisco or shortening.
  • Place marshmallows and water in the bowl.
  • Microwave the marshmallows for 30 seconds at a time stirring the mixture in between with the wooden spoon.
  • When the mixture is the consistency of Marshmallow Fluff, stir in 3/4 of the powdered sugar one cup at a time.
  • Cover your work surface with powdered sugar and cover your hands with Crisco or shortening.
  • Dump the fondant on the sugared surface and knead the rest of the sugar in.
  • Separate the fondant into different parts and color as desired by adding a few drops of gel colors at a time and kneading it in until the color is evenly distributed and you get the color you want. 
  • Wrap each piece in plastic wrap until you use it.
  • Wrap leftover fondant tightly in plastic cling film and store in a zip lock bag.

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8 comments

Info site for Alaska Fishing Lodge Website February 6, 2016 - 9:46 am

These are FABULOUS! What an adorable idea!

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Joanne May 4, 2011 - 12:21 pm

You are the cake pop master! These are absolutely adorable and would definitely make for some excellent party treats!

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paddle attachment May 4, 2011 - 6:29 am

Super creative cake pop design! Thanks for sharing this hot treat!

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C&C Cakery May 4, 2011 - 2:31 am

I'd love one of these on the side of my margarita glass – especially with some lime and coconut cake inside. Fun little recipe!

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Ali May 3, 2011 - 2:43 pm

Heat + sweet. Such a great combo. These are adorable!

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Paula May 3, 2011 - 2:43 pm

Wow! I can't believe you shaped these to look like chili peppers. You are awesome!

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Biren @ Roti n Rice May 3, 2011 - 1:37 pm

Very cute and creative!

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Victoria (The District Chocoholic) May 3, 2011 - 10:23 am

When I saw the title for this post, I thought "how creative with the flavor" – and then saw the pictures with the pops shaped like chili peppers. Impressive!

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