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19 Feb

…not a Butcher, a Baker or Candlestick Maker.  

Today proved the Baker part. I was going to make cupcakes for my cupcake classes this weekend, I even bought cute little colored liners and even a thing to take out the center so you could fill it with yummy goodness.  But did I? Make cupcakes? No, I thought hey I wanna make cupcake pops instead. In fact I had picked up the dipping chocolates and the lollypop sticks earlier in the month.  I got a cake mix, the icing and sprinkly things the other day.  I thought how cute would these be?

Well it started out ok, I baked the cake with no problems, it smelled yummy.  I let it cool completely like it said to do.

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I used a food processer to crumble up the cake, I added the icing like it said, and I mixed it all up well.  Then I made them into balls, and put them on parchment paper and put them in the fridge for an hour to cool.

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They really look like cake poops instead of pops at this stage…ha! But when I was all done and cleaned out the bowl before I tossed it in the sink I tried it and oh yum! Very good!

So after an hour I melted the chocolate and took them out of the fridge, I put the lollypop stick in like it said, but they were so heavy they were falling off and into the chocolate, so then I thought well they must be too big, so I halved them and rolled them into smaller balls, then I dunked the stick into the chocolate and then into the ball and I thought I would stick them in the freezer so they really got stuck to the stick.

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So I let them go into the freezer for 10-15 minutes.  I reheated the chocolate and tried again and this worked way better.

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I had my toppings all ready to go after dunking.  

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Isn't it cute?  If you clicked on the link I am sure you saw that they were supossed to look like a mini cupcake. Well that was not working for me. I was using an old aspic shape thing and it was not working right, if I ever do them again, I think I need to use not as much icing (cause I think they were too soft) and I will need to get the little cookie cutter thingie Bakerella mentions, or I won't put them on the stick and just have them like individual truffle-y things. Cause they sure do taste good.

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Luckily I had some styrofoam left over from my Decor Element frame so I had something to stick the pops in while they dried.

As I was doing them I sent Ellie a picture so she could see what I was doing.  She said "wouldn't it have been easier to make cupcakes?" and I was like Yep, I could have made 6 dozen cupcakes in the time it took me to do these.

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I baggied them up and tied them with ribbon, they would look cuter if I had curly ribbon but I am sure they will taste just as yummy without it.  I hope the girls enjoy them and know that my intentions were sincere and I wish they had of turned out like I envisioned.

Have an awesome Saturday and thanks for stopping in!

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  1. chantal meziat says

    February 19, 2011 at 12:24 am

    miam!!!!!!!!!!!!
    tu me donnes une idée…
    merci de nous faire partagé ta réalisation
    bises
    chantal

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  2. Deb says

    February 19, 2011 at 2:05 am

    I'm sure they will love your effort……and I appreciate the heads up on frosting….I've been thinking about making something on that idea for a party,no sticks tho…..have a wonderful day!

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  3. Dee in N.H. says

    February 19, 2011 at 4:58 am

    Ha! Those are cute and you are a brave woman! I am so not a baker, all my baking comes from the market or friends who feel sorry for me at the holidays. LOL!!

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  4. Debbie Keane says

    February 19, 2011 at 5:05 am

    Well they still look cute and very yummy. You did make me tired though Di. Where do you get all your energy?

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  5. Rene says

    February 19, 2011 at 6:30 am

    Those pops are so cute! I know you had lots of fun making and tasting them…You have inspired me again!
    I wonder if I'll be able to wrap them before the teenagers eat them??

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  6. Doris D. says

    February 19, 2011 at 6:54 am

    UMMMM! They look so good. I know it was a lot of trouble but it will be worth it when you hear the Ooohs and Awwws. Great job.

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  7. Pat says

    February 19, 2011 at 7:38 am

    You have once again shown an amazing resiliance – and a new beatitude – "Blessed are the flexible, for they shall not get bent out of shape" !! And what a flair for making it work…now THAT'S imagination! Some of my best ideas have come from making boo-boos better! Gotta Love it!

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  8. kathy says

    February 19, 2011 at 7:47 am

    Ooooo, I'm glad I'm NOT there! I have enough trouble trying to keep weight off without having those yummy looking pops waiting for me. I'm sure everyone loved them!

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  9. memphisrobin says

    February 19, 2011 at 7:53 am

    Are you kidding me?! These are the cutest things ever, and I'm sure they taste as good as they look! Don't show them the picture of what you wanted them to look like and they'll never know!! If I got one of these, I would almost hate to bite into it, because I'd just want to keep it and look at it. Great job!

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  10. Dorrie says

    February 19, 2011 at 8:58 am

    They look wonderful Di and turned out way better than mine did when I attempted to make them. I also had an issue with them being too soft. I think I needed to leave them longer to harden. Wish I was there to try one.

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  11. Debbie Reaves says

    February 19, 2011 at 9:51 am

    Wow…I wish I had one of those to eat right now.
    Diana, you inspire me beyond measure and make me laugh everyday.
    I love your blog and just wish I could be half the SU! demonstrator you are. Heck.. I'd settle for one tenth.
    I'm passing along the "Stylish Blogger Award" to you today. CONGRATS!

    Have a great day!

    Debbie Reaves

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  12. Ramona Simpson says

    February 19, 2011 at 9:53 am

    Sooooo cute. They look really yummy.

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  13. Carey Rogers says

    February 19, 2011 at 11:29 am

    Mmmmmm. Roscoe and I will be right over to taste them for you. Since Roscoe is a dog and not supposed to eat chocolate he will only have one. Yes, I do give him a taste every once in a while. Since he is such a BIG dog I think a little one doesn't hurt him. (Let the razzing of me begin.) This is going to be a fun group and they will love it.

    Hugs to everyone in (and outside of) the Gibbs house
    Carey and Roscoe

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  14. Carol says

    February 19, 2011 at 1:58 pm

    Looks like an awesome treat. Nobody knows what it was supposed to look like, right? I would love to get something like that! : P

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  15. Marjori Miller says

    February 19, 2011 at 4:03 pm

    Oh girlfriend…I wish I would have known you were gonna make these. I made them for my class around Halloween & it took SOOOOO long! I gave up after the first 10 & just drizzled chocolate over the rest of the cake balls on a plate! LOL!!

    I used Lemon cake with lemon frosting & they were way too sweet! I think the chocolate would be much better, but I don't see me making these anytime soon! ;o)

    Oh, by the way…yours turned out MUCH cuter than mine!

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  16. Vicki B. says

    February 19, 2011 at 4:12 pm

    We shall not discuss my first attempt at making the cake pops … yours are beautiful!

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  17. Barbara says

    February 19, 2011 at 5:39 pm

    I just never know what wonderful surprises I will find when I open your e-mails. It could be a great card to make,wonderful pictures of sweet Toby OR a mouthwatering recipe like today. I've already tried the cheese dippy thing and now I can't wait to try this darling cake-on-a-stick. Thanks.
    Barbara

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  18. Ellie says

    February 19, 2011 at 7:22 pm

    Hey Diana!! I took mine home and had it later since I knew we were having lunch at the Deli!! 🙂 I did eat it later and it WAS yummy!!! The class was super fun and we LOVED all the projects!! We are SO lucky to have you as our very own fantastic and amazing demonstrator!!! Mega cyber hugs~
    ellie and all my kidnapped friends:)

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  19. Julia Sager says

    February 19, 2011 at 9:17 pm

    This is such a fantastic idea . . . I'm doing a class at the end of March using the cupcake punch and stamp set – so I'll give it a trial run before then. You are awesome! Hope I can do half as well. Thanks so much for posting your successes and not such successes (is that a word?). You inspire me every day.

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  20. Anne Granger says

    February 20, 2011 at 8:06 pm

    Oh my gosh, we made cake pops this week and they are amazing!! They are a little bit of heaven inside that yummy morsel!! I had never tried them before till I was at Heather Summer's house. My girls and I love them! I took them into work and the staff went crazy for them!!

    Thanks for the cool link…I will be checking out those yummies goodies!!

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  21. Debbie says

    February 21, 2011 at 7:39 pm

    Lookin' good to me and taste is what it's all about. Yummy! you said. That's all you need ;- ) signed, a recovering perfectionist

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  22. Paulette S. in MO says

    February 21, 2011 at 8:43 pm

    Oh they are so CUTE!!! C.U.T.E and it's fun to try new things. You did a great job. =D Sprinkles and all.

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  23. Sandy Schrand says

    February 25, 2011 at 7:41 am

    My favorite post from the last three years, Even though I have a million favorites, has to be when you posted about me on August 15, 2009 about how to unmount and store your Stampin Up wood stamps. It was fun to see and have you say hi to me on here 🙂 Congrats Di you are amazing!!

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