Use push pop containers to make these yummy and adorable Valentine Cake Push Pops layered with frosting and edible decorations! They’re perfect for any Valentine’s Day party.

Have I mentioned that Valentine’s Day is one of my very favorite holidays? With all the adorableness (that’s a word, right?) of the hearts and cupids and red, white, and pink designs it certainly is one of the cutest holidays.

It also has some of the yummiest treats! With this Valentine Cake Push Pops Recipe, the cuteness and yumminess are combined into a fun treat that is perfect for a Valentine’s Day party, a classroom celebration or after school snack.

You can go ahead and use your creativity and combine different toppings, different frosting colors, or even little bits of real strawberries.

We used a can of red frosting to make our push pops, but you could use a can of white frosting and add enough drops of red food coloring to tint the frosting red.

⭐ Why You’ll Love this Recipe ⭐

Perfect for Both Holidays and Special Occasions – While we made these in pinks and reds as Valentine cake pops, they can be enjoyed year round. You can even use different flavors and colors for other occasions.

Easy to Make – While these end up looking like an impressive baking masterpiece, they’re surprisingly easy to make! It’s just baking your cake and shoving everything into the tubes.

Fun for Kids to Make – Not only do kids love to eat these, they also have fun helping to make them. From tiny tots to older kids, they can get in on the fun of creating the treats whether it’s simply pushing the cake into the pop holders or adding sprinkles on top.

Versatile – While the recipe is perfect as-is, you can use some of the variation ideas below to change it up a bit.

🧾 Ingredients Needed

Valentine cake push pop ingredients including cake mix, frosting and decorations.

Strawberry Cake Mix – If you’re not a fan of strawberry, you can use a white cake mix and add some red food coloring to tint it pink.
Push Pop Containers are what give your treat their shape and make them fun to eat!
Can of Red Frosting – You can also use a can of white frosting or use our easy homemade buttercream frosting recipe and add enough drops of red food coloring to tint the frosting red.
Heart Confetti Sprinkles
Pink Nonpareils
Silver Sugar
White Edible Glitter

🔁 Variations

As I mentioned above, you are free to make changes to make these cake push pops fit your tastes!

You can swap out a white cake mix for the strawberry or white frosting for canned red frosting and use red food coloring to tint them pink or red. You can also use any type of sprinkles or decorations you like.

You can make cake push pops for other holidays and occasions too! For example, for Halloween cake push pops use devil’s food cake layered with orange icing. For birthday parties you can use any flavors and colors that fit your party theme or are favorites of the birthday boy or birthday girl.

For another delicious option, try our Copycat Starbucks Cookies and Cream Cake Pops!

📌 Be sure to see the recipe card below for the full ingredients list with quantities and step-by-step instructions!

🥣 How to Make

How to make Valentine cake push pops:

Strawberry Cake Mix Baked in Mini Muffin Pan.

STEP 1: Bake mini cupcakes according to package on the cake box using a mini muffin pan. Let Cool.

STEP 2: Fill a zip-top baggie with red frosting and snip off the corner. (Or use a piping bag.)

Putting strawberry cake in push pop container.

STEP 3: Take one mini cupcake and push it down into push pop container.

adding frosting to cake push pop container.

STEP 4: Next, pipe red frosting into the push pop and add sprinkles.

adding sprinkles to cake push pop container.

STEP 5: Repeat Steps 3 and 4. Repeat these steps until all pops are filled.

STEP 6: Cap with lid (if available) or store upright until ready to serve!

How to Serve

If the push pop containers you are using are not freestanding, a great way to present your cake pops is by poking holes into the top of a plain box and standing the push pop stems in the holes.

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