1 (1-pound) bag orange candy coating morsels
Lollipop sticks
(Styrofoam block)
10 dark chocolate candy coating morsels, cut in half
White Heart Sprinkles (i used wilton)
Blue Diamond Sprinkles (i used wilton)
Eyeball sprinkles (i used wilton)
Green edible ink pen
Black edible ink pen
2. Cut the cake into quarters. Finely crumble each quarter of cake in a large bowl.
3. Add half the container of frosting. Mix into cake crumbles until well combined. Mixture should stick together to form a ball, not too crumbly, not too wet. (Add more frosting, if needed.) Reserve remaining frosting for another use.
4. Shape cake mixture into 2-inch dinosaur head-shaped balls, with indentions where the eye socket should be (see photo above). Place on wax paper-lined baking sheet, cover and chill in fridge till firm. For dinosaurs with an open mouth, cut a small piece out of the mouth area of the ball.
5. Carefully melt orange candy coating in a deep bowl in microwave according to package directions.
6. Dip 1/4-inch of a lollipop stick into candy coating mixture; insert the stick straight into the cake ball on one end of the oval ball, almost half-way. Hold cake ball at the surface of the candy coating, spoon coating evenly over cake ball; and carefully tap off any excess. Work quickly, but not too forcefully or the cake ball will fall off the stick. Place end of stick in the Styrofoam block until sturdy and allow to dry. For dinosaurs with an open mouth, scrape excess candy coating out of cut made at mouth with a toothpick. Carefully place half of a dark chocolate candy morsel in the mouth and two white hearts into the top of the mouth to make teeth. Continue with remaining balls.
7. Dip a toothpick into the coating and use like glue to adhere the blue diamond sprinkles down the center of the face and eyeball sprinkles, with green iris drawn with edible ink pen, for the eyes. Draw on noses and smiles with black edible ink pen.
Yield: about 20 cake pops.
