Starbucks Summer Bear Cake Pop
Bitesize vanilla flavour cake, digestive biscuit crumb and frosting fully enrobed in a white chocolate with white chocolate ears and chocolate sunglasses.
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Allergens: SOYA, EGG, WHEAT, MILK
Prices from Starbucks UK delivery partners. In store prices are usually lower and vary by location.
About the Summer Bear Cake Pop
The Starbucks Summer Bear Cake Pop costs £3.65 and carries 170 calories with 14g of sugar. Cake blended with frosting, shaped, dipped in a coating and set on a stick.
At 170 calories it is by a long way the lightest thing in the Bakery case, less than half the jam and custard doughnut at 353 and under a third of the chocolate muffin at 572. Nothing else in the case comes close, which makes it the obvious order for anyone who wants something sweet without committing to a slice.
Portion size is doing all of that work and the composition is not light at all. 11g of fat in something this small is dense, and 14g of sugar in a few mouthfuls is a high concentration. Per gram this is one of the richest things Starbucks sells; per item it is the least.
A cake pop is made from cake crumb bound with frosting rather than baked in the shape, which is why the texture is fudgy rather than airy. That construction also explains the fat, since frosting is the binder and there is proportionally more of it here than in a slice of the same cake.
The seasonal designs change several times a year and the recipe underneath does not. A bear, a pumpkin and a snowman are the same cake pop wearing different coatings, so anyone who liked one will like the next. The figures on this page move very little between them.
It is the item most often bought for children, and at 170 calories with no caffeine that is a reasonable choice. The stick makes it manageable for small hands, which is most of why the format exists.
It carries a vegetarian label, and declares soya, egg, wheat and milk. Prices run to £4.30 on delivery, which is a lot for the size and the honest weakness of the item. The Chocolate Cream Frappuccino is the other caffeine free order children usually pair it with.
Starbucks Summer Bear Cake Pop Nutrition
How to Make a Summer Bear Cake Pop at Home
Made from a baked sponge that is then destroyed, which feels wrong and is the correct method. The chill between stages is what stops them falling off the stick.
Ingredients
Sponge
Binder and coating
Method
0 of 4 stepsTips
- Dip the stick in chocolate before pushing it in. That small anchor is what stops the pop sliding off later.
- Chill between every stage. Every failure with cake pops is a temperature failure.
- Add the binder gradually. It is impossible to take out and a wet mix will not hold a shape.
Variations
- Chocolate sponge with dark chocolate coating, which is less sweet.
- Cream cheese frosting as the binder, which sets firmer than buttercream.
- Leftover cake trimmings, which is what this method was invented for.
Stood upright in a jar of sugar or a block of polystyrene. They keep four days in the fridge.
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Find Summer Bear Cake Pop Near You
1,378 Starbucks stores across the UK, with opening times for every day of the week.
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How much is a Cake Pop at Starbucks UK?
The Summer Bear Cake Pop starts at £3.65 and reaches £4.30 on some delivery platforms.
How many calories are in a Starbucks cake pop?
170 calories, which makes it by a wide margin the lightest item in the bakery case.
Is a cake pop a good option for a child?
Reasonable, yes. At 170 calories with no caffeine it is the smallest sweet thing in the case, and the stick makes it manageable for small hands.
What is a cake pop actually made of?
Baked sponge crumbled and bound with frosting, shaped into a ball and dipped in a coating. That is why the texture is fudgy rather than airy, and why the fat is high for the size.
Is the Summer Bear Cake Pop vegetarian?
Yes, it carries a vegetarian label. Declared allergens are soya, egg, wheat and milk.
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