Measure and prepare all your ingredients to ensure you have everything you need.
Break the baked vanilla cake into smaller pieces in a large bowl.
Add 1 1/4 cup of buttercream frosting to the crumbled cake.
Mash everything together until well combined.
Prepare a sheet of parchment paper and use a small dough scoop to form the mixture into tight balls, placing each one on the parchment.
Continue making dough balls until you have used all the mixture.
Chocolate dipping
Combine 5 cups of green candy melts and 5 teaspoons of coconut oil in a candy melting pot and turn the heat to high.
Stirring with a small silicone spatula to avoid lumps
Once melted, transfer the chocolate to a silicone dipping container.
Let it cool to 110-115°F, checking the temperature with a digital heat gun.
Dip one end of a lollipop stick into the chocolate and insert it into a dough ball, allowing the chocolate to harden for about 10 minutes before dipping the dough balls into the chocolate to fully coat them, shaking off the excess and placing them on parchment paper to dry until the chocolate hardens, which should take about 30-40 minutes.
Decorating cactus cake pops
Use a clean, new paint brush to apply green food glitter to the cake pops.
Melt 1/2 cup of green chocolate chips in preparation for further decoration.
Transfer the melted chocolate into a piping bag.
Secure it with a knot at the end to prevent leaking.
Cut a small opening at the tip of the piping bag and pipe rib-like patterns on the cake pops to mimic a cactus
Immediately sprinkle white round sprinkles on the wet chocolate and adorn each cake pop with a sugar flower on top.
Continue with these steps until all the cake pops are decorated.
Your cactus cake pops are now ready to enjoy, perfect for serving at any event or as a delightful treat.