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<\/a> <\/p>\nWell I have a solution for you \u2013 CAKE POPS! This is a clever creation that I Here is what you will need to begin:<\/u><\/p>\n \u00b7 Standard cake mix (choose your flavor, I chose Funfetti). I guess if you wanted to be adventurous you could make a cake from scratch, but I was on a time crunch!<\/p>\n \u00b7 Icing (I used a cream cheese icing I made \u2013 see recipe below)<\/p>\n \u00b7 Wax paper<\/p>\n \u00b7 Sucker sticks<\/p>\n \u00b7 Candy melts (I used both white and milk chocolate melts)<\/p>\n \u00b7 Sprinkles<\/p>\n Step 1<\/strong>: Prepare cake according to package (so I guess technically you will need oil, eggs and water). While cake is cooking\/cooling move on to Step 2.<\/p>\n Step 2<\/strong>: Prepare icing (if making from scratch). To make the cream cheese icing combine an 8 oz. package of softened cream cheese, 6 Tbsp of softened butter, 1 Tbsp of milk, and 3 cups of powdered sugar. Mix until lumps are gone and it resembles icing for a cake.<\/p>\n Step 3<\/strong>: Crumble cake (once cooled). I used my food processor to do this and worked marvelous.<\/p>\n Step 4:<\/strong> Add in icing one cup at a time until the cake\/icing combo can be formed into balls.<\/p>\n Step 5<\/strong>: Roll cake\/icing mixture into small balls and place on cookie sheet covered in wax paper. <\/p>\n Step 6<\/strong>: Melt a small portion of the candy melts in the microwave according to package (I melted in a coffee mug and this worked well). Once melted dip the tip of your sucker sticks in and place halfway in cake\/icing balls. Place in freezer until firm.<\/p>\n Step 7:<\/strong> Melt a few candy melts at a time (I melted 1\/4-1\/3 of the bag at one time) in microwave. Add food coloring or coloring gel<\/a> until desired color is formed. Obviously if you are using milk chocolate melts you won\u2019t be able to change the color, but using white chocolate you will be able to.<\/p>\n Step 8<\/strong>: Dip cake balls in chocolate until well coated. Immediately sprinkle on sprinkles if desired. <\/p>\n Step 9<\/strong>: Dry upright until hardened (a minute or two should do the trick). Styrofoam blocks would work best for this, but I didn\u2019t have any on hand and didn\u2019t feel like running to the store. My sweet husband helped me improvise by taking a 2 by 4 and drilling holes into it. It worked just as well I think!<\/p>\n Step 10<\/strong>: Figure out a way to present them in a fun way and enjoy! I took them to a New Year\u2019s Eve party and they were a hit! This recipe makes about 50 and they were all gone before the evening was over.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Have you ever been extremely excited about a cake and then this happens: Well I have a solution for you \u2013 CAKE POPS! This is a clever creation that I stole borrowed from Bakerella and adapted to meet my needs. MckMama also made some the other day and inspired me to do the same. She […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[9,44,21,14],"class_list":["post-587","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cooking","tag-ben","tag-cake-pops","tag-friends","tag-recipes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/kickert.info\/beth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/587","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/kickert.info\/beth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/kickert.info\/beth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kickert.info\/beth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kickert.info\/beth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=587"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/kickert.info\/beth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/587\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/kickert.info\/beth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=587"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kickert.info\/beth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=587"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kickert.info\/beth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=587"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}stole<\/strike> borrowed from Bakerella<\/a> and adapted to meet my needs. MckMama<\/a> also made some the other day and inspired me to do the same. She called hers Snow Pops, but whatever you call them, they are delicious!<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a> <\/a><\/p>\n<\/a> <\/a> <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n