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Most people think that bats are scary but these little cake ball bats look really cute perched upon these lollipop sticks. Take a bite out of them before they get to you!

What You Need

1 box pumpkin spice cake mix
ingredients needed to make pumpkin spice cake
1 can cream cheese frosting
milk chocolate almond bark
round cinnamon candies for eyes
red & white chocolate candy melts for mouth & fangs
lollipop sticks
bat cookie cutter or a bat template
waxed paper
cookie sheet
piece of floral foam for base



Getting Ready

Gather ingredients for the cake according to box directions.

Make sure that children use pot holders and have some handy wipes or a sink nearby to wash hands.

Now you are ready to start making vampire bat cake balls...

What You Do

Bake pumpkin spice cake as directed on box.

While the cake is baking, line a cookie sheet with waxed paper. Trace the outline of the bat cookie cutter onto a piece of waxed paper. You do not need to trace the body of the bat, just the wings. Melt 3 blocks of milk chocolate in the microwave, and then cool for 1 minute before spooning into a plastic baggie. Snip off the very tip of one corner of the baggie. Trace around the border of each of the bat wings with the chocolate, then fill in the middle of each wing to create a solid chocolate wing. Once you have made 2 wings for each bat, stick the tray into the freezer for 5 minutes to speed drying or allow to dry on the counter until solid.

Once the cake has finished baking, immediately dump the whole cake into a large bowl. Use a fork to break the cake up into crumbs.

Stir in 1/2 of the can of cream cheese frosting and stir until completely combined. If the mixture seems too dry, stir in more frosting until the mixture is wet but not soggy. Since this was a smaller cake than a regular-sized cake mix, I used only 3/4 of the can of frosting.

Line another cookie sheet with waxed paper. Scoop the cake mixture into the palm of your hand - about the size of a small walnut roll into balls and place on cookie sheet. Stick one lollipop stick into each cake ball. Place cake balls into the freezer for 1 hour.

In a microwave safe bowl, melt the rest of the milk chocolate almond bark.

Remove the cake balls from the freezer. Dip each ball into the melted milk chocolate and turn to completely coat. Stick the pops into the floral foam to dry.

Gently peel the bat wings off of the waxed paper. Using the left over milk chocolate as "glue", attach the wings to the sides of the cake balls. Let dry completely.


Attach eyes using the chocolate "glue".

In separate bowls, melt a few pieces of the red and white chocolate candy in the microwave. Spoon the red chocolate into a baggie, snip the very tip of one corner of the bag and draw on a squiggly mouth. Dip a toothpick into the white chocolate to draw the fangs.