Cake Pops

 I began my journey in learning how to make cake pops when we decided that we wanted them around our daughter's wedding cake and then serve 80 to all the guests while they cut the cake. We tried several different methods and found the perfect one. Because these little cake miracles are the best tasting treat, I have had requests to show how to make them, I have finally put together these pictures.
Through practicing, this is what I have found works the best---

4-8 steps

1. Make a regular cake, white, yellow, or even red velvet.  I even make mine in the microwave in my Tupperware cake pan--done in 8 minutes. 2. Let the cake cool and then crumble it into little pieces in a bowl. 3. Add a half of can of chocolate icing or chewy brownies to the crumbled cake until it is easily mold-able.
4. With a small ice cream scoop, form a ball and roll together into a smooth ball. 5. Put cake balls in freezer for at least 30 mins. or over night.  6. Heat dipping chocolate, which ever color you want. You can buy this at any craft store or where wedding cake supplies are sold. Put dipping chocolate in small glass bowl and microwave for 30 sec. Twice. Stir. I leave it on low on my cook-top stove so it stays warm without overheating. 7. Get your pop sticks and dip it into the dipping chocolate and push  in cold cake pop about half way in. 8. Put all of the pops back into the freezer for at least an hour.

9. Take pops out of the freezer and dip in melted bowl until fully covered. Lightly tap cake pop so extra melting chocolate drips off.

Extra Wedding Pops

10. Quickly sprinkle or decorate pop before cooling. 11. Put pop upright to cool. Now this can be tricky. My husband drilled holes in a platform board so I could let them cool and he also made a round wooden platform for the cake base that had drilled holes around the edge to hold the cake pops. Or I found my cooling rack that sits about 4 inches off the counter worked to hold the cake pop while cooling.
I have made these pops for a Halloween party, 80 extra for kids at the wedding after the cake was cut, and for Christmas or birthdays. You can make these just for any occasion and are a yummy hit. These are so fun to make for any occasion.  ENJOY!

Halloween Pops on Forks

Halloween Pops

Christmas Pops

4th of July

Birthday Pops