Christmas Cake Pops pt. 2

 Still need more ideas on how to decorate cake pops for Christmas even after part 1? Here are a few more designs I came up with in my Christmas cake pop frenzy. And for a simple way to dress them up as a gift, just buy some red plastic cups, add a foam belt and glitter puff paint for the buckle. Insert a piece of Styrofoam into the cup, add tissue paper and arrange your pops by sticking them into the foam. I added a handmade gift tag to finish up the look. I love the way these turned out and I'm so excited to deliver them to a few of our family and friends!

 Penguins with little flower sprinkles for their happy feet were a must for me.

 How about some polar bears? You can even keep it simple and use black pearl sprinkles for the eyes and candy eyeballs for the snout and nose. Make it even more fun by adding lots of fur.

 Or any bears...okay I guess panda bears don't really have anything to do with Christmas...but I LOVE PANDAS! They are so cute and I had to make at least one.

If you have the same impulse with any other animal or cake pop character, make it anyways and then just add a Santa hat. Don't Santa hats make everything relate to Christmas?

 

For something a little more simple and extra delicious add some peppermint extract to your candy melt coating and then sprinkle with crushed candy canes. These were so tasty, that while doing a taste test I accidentally ate five!

 

 Of course just covering the whole thing in sprinkles works too. Or use paint a design with corn syrup before dipping it in the sprinkles.

I hope you can find some inspiration from these Christmas cake pops. And if anyone is a cake pop making expert I'd love any tips or advice as well.

Christmas Cake Pops pt.1

 With Christmas just around the corner and my new found love of cake pops I thought it would be fun to make a bunch to give as gifts to some of our family and friends. I've made a variety so I'll share them all in two separate posts. I want to make a variety pack of cake pops and cookies that will be just as cute as they are tasty.

Along with your viewing pleasure, please enjoy this little jingle written by yours truly to commemorate my new found cake pop making love...to the tune of The Christmas Song aka Chestnuts Roasting since we are in the holiday mood of course.

♪Cake pops sitting on my kitchen counter.
Melted chocolate on the stove.
Tiny dots, for their eyes and his nose,
will make these cake pops so divine♪

   

♪Everybody knows that I like making real cute food

But they've not seen these cake pops yet

With all this cuteness, how they'll react I don't know

But I hope these pops will fill them with delight♪

 ♪Oooh look here's Santa on his way

He has no beard or mouth but just look at that face!

And all my facebook friends are going to try

to convince me to make them a few cake pops for tonight.♪

 

♪And so, I'll find a way to get more supplies

to bake another fifty or ninety-two

I've got more pops to make, but there is time and many ways

I love making cake pops, Christmas cake pops, making cake pops for you! ♪

These cake pops are so fun to make!

Be sure to stay tuned for more Christmas cake pop ideas and a cute and simple packaging tutorial.

What other designs could I make for Christmas?

Cupcake Cake Pops

Cake pops, cake pops, cake pops. If I'm being completely honest, every time I'd think about all the cute cake pops I'd see pop up on the internet, the thought of trying to make them myself intimidated me. I have a cake-pop/doughnut hole maker so making the pops itself would be simple enough, but the whole dipping and decorating part completely scared me so I stayed away. 

But more and more I'd see such cute creations and I decided there must be a way to do it without having the cake balls fall off the sticks or getting the chocolate to coat and dry smoothly. Thankfully I came across a great post by Homemaker Chic and it had all the answers I was looking for. Check it out, her tips made all the difference for me.

A few days ago I got a text from a friend asking if I could help her out by making some cupcakes or cake pops for her sons birthday less then a week away. I took this as a sign that I should face my fears and attempt to make some cute cake pops worthy of any birthday boy. 

The only requirements were that they'd be blue and chocolate. Dots and swirls on a cake pop would be simple, but I really wanted to push myself. So, I thought why not include everything she asked for in one! So here they are, chocolate cake balls covered in chocolate, made to look like cupcakes with blue frosting and sprinkles.

To make these I used brown and blue chocolate melts, some sprinkles, and modeling chocolate for the cherries. Prep your cake balls and chocolate melts as suggested by Homemaker Chic and your ready to decorate as follows.

Step by step pictorial:

1) Dip in chocolate and allow to dry.

2) Dip the top third in candy melts in your choice of frosting color and allow to dry as well.

3) Re dip top third in frosting and SLOWLY swirl as you lift it out.

4) Quickly add some sprinkles before it can dry.

5) Top with a modeling chocolate ball or pearl for the cherry on the top before the chocolate dries as well.

6) Step back and admire your cute little cake pop cupcake!

 Me thinks I like to make cake pops now and will be looking for excuses to make many more! I foresee some Christmas cake pops to gift in my near future.