Friday, July 3, 2009

Cake Pops Without The Sticks? Incredible!!!

I thought these little treats would be fun to take to my party on the 4th of July. They may not look real pretty, but BOY ARE THEY DELICIOUS! And easy to make, too. Chocolate cake with a hard chocolate mint shell....mmmmm.

Start by making your favorite kind of cake (in this case, I just used a boxed chocolate cake mix). Just follow the directions on the box and bake it. After it cools, crumble it up into a bowl. Stir in some frosting so that the cake crumbs will form into balls. One cake made about 55 (quarter-sized) balls.

Now here's the fun part. After I had all the balls rolled and onto a cookie sheet, I started to melt my candy melts. I bought my chocolate mint candy melts at Hobby Lobby. You can also buy them at Michael's or Gygi's or anywhere else that sells candy making supplies.

To melt the candy melts, just put them in a dish in the microwave. Stir them every 30 seconds until they are melted and smooth. Then send the little cake balls for a swim. I dipped them and put them on waxed paper until they hardened. Oh, and I added a few stars for fun.

For detailed instructions on how to make Cake Pops with the sucker sticks, check out www.bakerella.com . She has some really cute 4th of July cake pops on there.

Have a great 4th of July everyone!!!

9 comments:

Emmy said...

Ohh how cute! They look so yummy. I am definitely going to have to try those sometime

Anonymous said...

Love the pops! They look so yummy :o) I went to bakerella and saw her 4th of July post and wished I could send some of those cute pops to my New Cadet!

chow and chatter said...

so cute happy 4th of july

Cat J B said...

Yum yum yum! I've seen these on bakerella too, and I love your explanation on how to do it. Now, I just need to find an excuse to make some....

Tina Butler said...

Very cute and very festive. I hope you have a happy and safe 4th.

Mi Thoughts said...

I have to try these. They sound fasntastic. I doubt I'll share.

Ashley Brooke said...

These are soo yummy. I have to give them away when I make them or I would be 500 lbs haha!

I made some 4th of July cake pops too :) Well actually "cupcake" pops!

Hope you had a good 4th!

The May Family said...

Those cake pops were so delicious! Thank you for finally letting me taste one of your creations!

Anthony Sepe said...

These are so cool; thanks for sharing.
Anthony