So, I have a couple of baking sites that I LOVE to read/stalk. I love to bake. Anything. And, I really enjoy it (not to get confused with "I am a really good baker"). I saw these "cake pops" on a website called "Bakerella", and fell in love with them.
She makes the round ones, bunnies, chicks, little lambs, smiley faces, and she has also made the cutest ones in the shape of a cupcake (fear not, I have already ordered the cupcake cookie cutters online, as there is not a single store around here with them in stock!), she has made eggs for easter...you get the idea.
Anyway, I decided these would be so cute for the upcoming baby shower that we are having for my cute SIL Jessi, and their cute baby (no name yet...hint, hint), but I wanted to try them out before hand and make sure I knew what they entailed. I read the instructions, gathered all of the ingredients, and was ready to BAKE! I decided to make them for my inlaws birthday party, as well as give them to my visiting teachers, and Halle's primary teacher (it was her birthday).
They weren't hard at all to make, just time consuming, but I think they turned out soooooo cute! Mine aren't nearly as cute as hers, duh. That is why she makes the big bucks, and I just copy! Here are the instructions on how to make them. I am going to try the cupcakes as soon as I get the cookie cutter in the mail! 1 batch of these babies produces around 50 cake pops (depending on the size), they are like rabbits, they just keep comin'! So, here are some pictures of the lovelies.
I realized that I have no camera skills. NOT A ONE! So, sorry for the awful pictures!
OH, and also the cutest way that I displayed them was I got a couple of those terra cotta pots from Roberts, some floral styrofoam, and cute ribbon. I cut the styrofoam to fit the top of the pot, jammed it in, stuck in around 8-10 of the pops, and then tied a cute ribbon around the edge of the pot. It was so stinking cute, it looked like a pot of flowers.
Also, I bought the littles sucker bags that I could find (again at roberst), and tied them around each pop (of course not a picture of that either). I also made them with skewers because I didn't have any sucker sticks, but I have some now, so the next batch I make will have cute white sucker sticks! Enjoy!
Chocolate with chocolate sprinkles(unique I know!)
White chocolate with sprinkles (I had a 6 year old helper with the sprinkles, that is why some of them there is a plethera of sprinkles, and some not so much!)
You have to let them dry in styrofoam, so here they are drying. I also dipped some in pink chocolate, they were the cutest, but unfortunately no picture...I see a pattern here!
Oh, yeah, here is my lovely assistant! Isn't she cute, fresh from the tub with wet hair and all! They were a huge success, everyone loved them...can't you tell by her smile? :) She was the one who assisted in the sprinkling of the sprinkles!