I've never seen happier faces than when people see cake pops! What is it about these little rounds balls of cake, frosting, and chocolate that do this to people? Seriously, these little suckers can really turn a frown upside down! Especially, my children! My 19 month old daughter is talking a lot these days, and I'm not sure that I love that she knows the word "Pop" as it refers to pure sugar! And if my 3 1/2 year old could eat these for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, she would. She's already putting in her request for her birthday in June! But how can I say "No" to them! I know just how devine they are!
In the last three months I've made four batches for different occasions.Two batches of Elmo heads for 2-year old birthday boy parties. These are the funniest of all! I learned how to make them from Bakerella, the queen of cake pops!
Here's a set she made of the Sesame Street crew for their anniversary.
Here are the basic instructions from Bakerella with a little tweaking from myself.
Supplies for the basic cake pop: 1 box cake mix (cook as directed on box for 13 X 9 cake)
1 can frosting (16 oz.) ( I use 3/4 of a can)
Wax paper Color candy melts (color is your choice) (1 lb. pkg.)
Lollipop sticks (or a thicker tan stick with a spear at the end - these work well when using styrofoam - my sister in-law turned me on to them) you can find these in Michaels.
Directions: After cake is cooked and cooled completely, crumble into large bowl.
Mix thoroughly with 1 can frosting. (I use the back of a large spoon, but it may be easier to use fingers to mix together. ( I mix with hands) But, be warned, it will get messy.
Also, you may not need the entire can of frosting, so start out by using almost the entire can and add more if you need to.) Roll mixture into quarter size balls and place on wax paper covered cookie sheet. (Should make 45-50) Melt chocolate in the microwave per directions on package. (30 sec intervals, stirring in between.)
Dip the tip of your lollipop stick in a little of the melted candy coating and insert into the cake balls. (Insert a little less than halfway.) Place them in the freezer for a little while to firm up.
Once firm, carefully insert the cake ball into the candy coating by holding the lollipop stick and rotating until covered.
Once covered remove and softly tap and rotate until the excess chocolate falls off. Don’t tap too hard or the cake ball will fall off, too.
Place in a styrofoam block to dry.
Here are my Elmo pops!
Look at these lovely little ladies! There's something really delicious about white chocolate too! I admit, I ate my fare amount of those white chocolate melts before they were melted! I brought these for favors to a Welcome Baby Brunch for my friend, Jamie, who just had a baby. They were a hit! Everyone asks that question, "How did you make them?" They arent' that hard, but they are very time consuming. Especially those Elmo heads. But it's really fun!
Before Decorating
I decided to melt some pink chocolate and drizzle it over the plain white pops. In order to do this, take a ziploc sandwich bag and place it inside of a glass and fold over the glass. Then put some melted chocolate inside.
Remove the bag from the glass, twist the top closed or put a rubber band around it. Then cut the tip of the bag, and begin drizzling the pops. There is no science to drizzling, just move your hand around.
Get creative and draw out the guest of honor's names on the pops too!
This is what you do with your leftover chocolate!
If you're using these as party favors, you'll want to wrap them in celephane and add a twist tie or a ribbon, or string. You can find the right size bags at Michaels. You can add "Thank You" party tags, like these.
Here are the printables that I made - use them for your pops!
Here are the printables that I made - use them for your pops!
Eat and enjoy!!!
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