Strawberry Shortcake Push Pops: a great dessert for Valentine's Day or anytime. Pretty and so yummy, the perfect strawberry party treat.
These Strawberry Shortcake Push Pops are the perfect treat for you and your sweeties, big and small. And, they're really simple to make too. We love these for a party because you don't have to worry about cutting up and serving a large cake. Everyone gets their own little push pop. You can make push pops in many different flavors but strawberry shortcake is such a favorite. It looks great in the push-up pop containers too. We made our strawberry shortcake push pops for Valentine's Day, but they'd also be so sweet for a birth day, Mother's Day, perfect for June 14th, Easter, or a summer picnic, bbq, or get together.
Push Pop Containers
We found our push pop containers online. We ordered a set of 1 dozen. These are so fun because you just push the bottom piece up and the whole cake rises slowly upward so that it's easy to eat. They're also just a whole lot of fun. The containers are reusable, just wash them with soap and warm water and you can use them again to make more push pops for your next party.
The Cake
Every shortbread needs some cake for the base. I started out with a regular French vanilla cake mix, and added in a little red food colouring to make it pink for an easy twist for Valentine's Day to make pink push pops. You can make your cake pink too, or leave it white. Red velvet cake would be a great choice for Valentine's Day too. I baked it on a large cookie sheet, to make a thin cake, which worked out perfectly. You can also use some store bought pound cake for this step to make it little quicker and easier.
Use your push pop container like a cookie cutter, to cut the cake to the perfect size. I layered cake, then some strawberries that I cut up and sprinkled with a little sugar.
They got topped off with some sweetened whipped cream -yum. You could also use cool whip if you prefer, or a cream cheese frosting would be delicious with red velvet cake. And, since Valentine's day is fast approaching, I cut a little heart shaped strawberry to top it all off with.
Leftovers
I made 12 push pops, but I did have leftover strawberry shortcake ingredients. You can make more push pops, or use your leftovers to make an extra larger bowl of strawberry shortcake. This is a good way to use up the leftover cake pieces. Just cut cubes of cake and layer in a larger bowl as the base of the strawberry shortcake.
My Valentines loved them -big and small.
This cold, snowy day just got a little brighter!
Recipe
Strawberry Shortcake Push Pops
Ingredients
- white cake mix made according to the package instructions plus pink food coloring
- 2 cups fresh strawberries sliced
- 2 teaspoons sugar
- 250 mL whipping cream
- 3 teaspoons sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 12 push pop containers
Instructions
- Mix your cake mix together according to the package directions in a large bowl. Add a few drops of red or pink food coloring to colour the cake pink. Heat oven and bake according to the package directions on a large baking tray lined with parchment paper and sprayed with cooking spray, to create a thin cake.
- In a medium bowl combine most of the sliced strawberries (reserve twelve to use as toppers for the finished push pops) and 2 teaspoons of sugar and set aside to macerate.
- In a stand mixer fitted with the whisk attachment, or with an electric mixer whip the cream to soft peaks. Add 3 teaspoons of sugar and 1 teaspoon of vanilla, and fully combine.
- To assemble to the push-up pops, use the container as a cookie cutter to cut out the cake rounds to the perfect size, and fit one in the bottom of each push pop. Next layer on the macerated strawberries. Top it all off with whipped cream. Use a plastic bag with the corner snipped off to pipe it, or a piping bag fitted with a large star tip. Cut your reserved strawberry slices into heart shapes and top each push pop. Cover with the lid and store in the fridge until you're ready to serve.
Nutrition
With Strawberry Shortcake Push Pops for Valentine's Day, life really is a party!
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Dannyelle Nicolle-Ramjist says
These push pops look great, are easy to serve, and very delicious. They're the perfect treat for entertaining.
Jo-Anna@APrettyLife says
These are so fun...my kids would go crazy for them! What a great idea for a Valentines Day treat!