Valentine's Red Velvet Cake Pops
Calories: 110 Protein: 7g Net Carb: 2g Fat: 7g
Servings per Recipe: 18
Serving Size: 1 Cake Pop
Ingredients
Cake
1 Double Chocolate Chunk Quest Bar®
1⁄2 cup Vanilla Protein Powder
1⁄2 cup almond flour
3 tablespoons zero-calorie sweetener
1 1⁄2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
1⁄2 teaspoon baking soda
1⁄4 teaspoon salt
1 cup unsweetened vanilla almond milk
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1⁄2 tablespoon red food coloring
Nonstick cooking spray
Frosting
1 scoop Vanilla Protein Powder
3 1⁄2 ounces reduced-fat cream cheese, softened
1⁄4 cup zero-calorie sweetener
2 tablespoons reduced-fat sour cream
1⁄2 teaspoon vanilla extract
Chocolate Coating
6 ounces sugar-free milk or dark chocolate
18 lollipop sticks
Directions
Cake
Preheat oven to 350°F.
Break Quest Bar® into small pieces and place onto a nonstick baking sheet.
Bake for 6 to 7 minutes. Remove and cool for 5 minutes.
Place pieces into a mini-blender, and process into a powder.
In a medium mixing bowl, add the powdered Quest Bar®, Protein Powder, almond flour, sweetener, cocoa powder, baking soda, and salt. Mix well.
Add almond milk, vanilla extract, and red food coloring. Whisk until completely combined, and dark red in color.
Coat a 9-by-13-inch glass baking dish with cooking spray. Pour in batter.
Bake 18 to 20 minutes, or until an inserted toothpick comes out clean. Let cool.
Break cake into small pieces, and place into a medium mixing bowl.
Frosting
In a large bowl, mix all ingredients until smooth.
Assembly
Add crumbled cake to frosting, and mix well.
Cover bowl with plastic wrap and place in freezer for 20 minutes.
Remove from freezer. Using hands, roll into 18 walnut-sized balls. Return to freezer for 10 minutes.
Break chocolate into small pieces.
Fill the bottom of a double boiler with water and place on low heat.
Place chocolate in top of double boiler over hot (not boiling) water, and melt while stirring. Do not cover. When chocolate is shiny, remove top of boiler from heat.
Remove balls from freezer. Using hands, re-roll to smooth any rough edges. Insert tip of each lollipop stick into melted chocolate, then insert into each ball.
Carefully submerge each ball into melted chocolate. Tap stick on edge of bowl several times to allow excess chocolate to drip off. Place each cake pop on wax paper.
Chill for about 10 minutes in freezer, or until chocolate hardens.