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Hiiiiii… my name is Rachel and I am kinda, sorta, obsessed with cake pops. It’s true. Once, my ‘true love’ was cupcakes. But nowadays it’s those perfect little bite-sized perfections of dessert — cake pops. And, of course, I love my local pop-maker, I sometimes just like to spoil my kids with this homemade Instant Pot Copycat Starbucks Cake Pops Recipe.

Why the instant pot for cake pops?
If you’ve experimented with the Instant Pot you’ll know — pressure cooking any food — entree or dessert — makes it super moist and extra delicious. Pressure cooking holds the moisture of food and creates an extra boost of flavor. I could seriously use my Instant Pot for everything.

Also, cake pops are expensive. Like, they can be really expensive — especially with three kids who want (at least) one! But making them in the Instant Pot? So incredibly inexpensive. I mean, I more than get my use out of my Instant Pot, especially with all of the dinners I make in it. But the other items, I mostly have on hand (minus the sticks
What you’ll need for this recipe:
For the cake:

1 cup butter, room temperature
2 cups granulated sugar
1/2 cup vegetable oil
4 eggs
2 tablespoons vanilla extract
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon kosher salt
3 cups flour
1 cup milk
For the chocolate coating:

6 blocks of Almond Bark (12 oz)
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
1/2 container cream cheese frosting
1 drop pink gel food coloring
70 Treat sticks
1 package white round sprinkles
How to make Instant Pot Copycat Starbucks Cake Pops
How to make the cake
- In a large bowl, beat together your sugar and butter. Mix until incorporated.
- Next add in your oil, eggs, vanilla, baking powder, and salt. Mix until incorporated.
- While alternating, in your flour and milk a little bit each time. Mix until incorporated.
- Prepare your instant pot spring form cake pan by placing Parchment paper on the flat plate. Put the springform pan on top of it and close shop. Remove any remaining parchment that is sticking out using scissors or ripping it off. Spray with cooking spray, or grease with butter.
- Fill your pan 3/4 of the way with the batter.
- Fill your instant pot with 2 cups of water. Placed the trivet inside and place your cake on top of the trivet.
- Close the lid on your instant pot and make sure that the ceiling valve is closed and facing away from you. Set your instant pot to 45 minutes.
- Once your instant pot has finished cooking, do a manual released by pulling the ceiling valve towards you to remove any pressure.
- With a towel or hot pads, pull the trivet out of the instant pot using the two handles. Transfer to cooling sheet and allow the cake to completely cool.
How to make the chocolate coating
- While your cake is cooling, add in a small bowl together your Almond bark and 1 tablespoon of oil. Microwave for 30 second intervals, stirring each time. Make sure that your chocolate is completely melted.
- Add one small drop of pink food coloring to your chocolate mixture. Stir well.
- Add your cake to a large bowl as well as your frosting. Mix well.
- Using a cookie scoop, or eyeballing the size ball that you want, using the palm of your hand, form a round ball. Line each one of your cake balls on a cookie sheet.
- Once this is done, transfer your cake balls to the freezer for about 15 minutes too hard and slightly and cool.
- After the 15 minutes, remove the cake balls. Taking a treat steak, dip it slightly in your chocolate. This will help it stay in the cake pot.
- Dip your cake pop in the chocolate and cover it completely. Give it a few seconds to drip off any excess chocolate into the bowl.
- I used a cake pop decorating stand, but you can use even a block of Styrofoam to place the stick in to stand on its own while the chocolate dries and solidifies. Immediately add your sprinkles before the chocolate dries.
- Continue and repeat until you have made all your cake pops! Enjoy!
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Instant Pot Copycat Starbucks Cake Pops Recipe

Ingredients
Cake
- 1 cup butter, room temperature
- 2 cups granulated sugar
- 1/2 cup vegetable oil
- 4 eggs
- 2 tablespoons vanilla extract
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- 3 cups flour
- 1 cup milk
Chocolate Coating
- 6 blocks of Almond Bark (12 oz)
- 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
- 1/2 container cream cheese frosting
- 1 drop pink gel food coloring
- 70 Treat sticks
- 1 package white round sprinkles
Instructions
In a large bowl, beat together your sugar and butter. Mix until incorporated.
Next add in your oil, eggs, vanilla, baking powder, and salt. Mix until incorporated.
While alternating, in your flour and milk a little bit each time. Mix until incorporated.
Prepare your instant pot spring form cake pan by placing Parchment paper on the flat plate. Put the springform pan on top of it and close shop. Remove any remaining parchment that is sticking out using scissors or ripping it off. Spray with cooking spray, or grease with butter.
Fill your pan 3/4 of the way with the batter.
Fill your instant pot with 2 cups of water. Placed the trivet inside and place your cake on top of the trivet.
Close the lid on your instant pot and make sure that the ceiling valve is closed and facing away from you. Set your instant pot to 45 minutes.
Once your instant pot has finished cooking, do a manual released by pulling the ceiling valve towards you to remove any pressure.
With a towel or hot pads, pull the trivet out of the instant pot using the two handles. Transfer to cooling sheet and allow the cake to completely cool.
While your cake is cooling, add in a small bowl together your Almond bark and 1 tablespoon of oil. Microwave for 30 second intervals, stirring each time. Make sure that your chocolate is completely melted.
Add one small drop of pink food coloring to your chocolate mixture. Stir well.
Add your cake to a large bowl as well as your frosting. Mix well.
Using a cookie scoop, or eyeballing the size ball that you want, using the palm of your hand, form a round ball. Line each one of your cake balls on a cookie sheet.
Once done, transfer your cake balls to the freezer for about 15 minutes too hard and slightly and cool.
After the 15 minutes, remove your cake balls. Taking a treat steak, dip it slightly in your chocolate. This will help it stay in the cake pot.
Dip your cake pop in the chocolate and cover it completely. Give it a few seconds to drip off any excess chocolate into the bowl.
I used a cake pop decorating stand, but you can use even a block of Styrofoam to place the stick in to stand on its own while the chocolate dries and solidifies. Immediately add your sprinkles before the chocolate dries.
Continue and repeat until you have made all your cake pops! Enjoy!
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I love the cake pops from Starbucks and I think anything homemade is so much better so I’m sure these would be amazing! Thanks for sharing!
I will be trying these. I just love the cake pops there. These look delicious.
These cake pops look delicious and easy to make. They are the perfect size to satisfy some cake cravings. I will definitely give them a try.
This is something that I need to make. My boys love cake pops and they could help me make them
I also love cake pops and these ones don’t only look tasty, but also sweet! Can’t wait to give this recipe a try! 🙂
These look so yummy! I need to give it a go, I love the pink
My daughter buys these pops from Starbucks all the time !!
Another reason to love my Instant Pot. This will be my first treat to make with my IP.
Mouth watering. First of all I would like to tell you that your photos are too good. It itself tempted me for this cake.
OHHHH MYYYY!!! This looks so so good! I’ve always loved these cake pops. Can’t wait to make them.
Oh, wow! I hope I can copy this for my son’s upcoming first birthday.
these cake pops looks so delicious and lovely one though…glad you shared the super amazing and easy to make recipe with us..loved it..
So yummy and delicious, my son will love it. Delightful recipe I must say, will prepare it.
This is great! I would’ve never imagined these could be done on an instant pot. They look delicious!
This looks like a super delicious recipe! I’m going to have to try making it myself one of these days.
oh wow I had no idea you could do this in the instant pot! they look so yummy.
As a person who loves Starbucks and gets a cake pop, this is definitely for me! They look so yummy. I definitely need to try making them myself!
Your cake pops look delicious and magnificent. Thank you for the descriptive recipe. The photos look great like they could belong in a magazine. These would definitely be fun to make with a group of friends, family, or just a fun creative thing to add to a date night or quality time with your favorite peole.
These look so good that I wish I could reach through the photos and take one. I’ll have to share this recipe with my sister, she loves baking treats like this!