Pumpkin Spice Cake Pops

I love to make cake pops. I have made them for birthday parties, pig roasts, Halloween parties, and Christmas celebrations. I have even sold some.

The ones that I'm going to talk about at the moment, I made today for the Fall Fun Night at my daughters' school. They are cute little pumpkins.

Step One:

First I made the cake balls. I have a fancy little machine made by Baby Cakes. It's like a waffle maker except it makes a dozen little doughnut hole size balls of cake.

If you don't have a Baby Cakes cake ball maker, you can still make them. Just make a 13x9 cake and let it cool completely. Once cool, crumble all of the cake and mix it with frosting. After you mix it, you can form them into any shape you would like.

Once all of the cake balls are made, put them in a ziploc bag and let cool in the refrigerator for about an hour.

Step Two:

After the cake balls have been in the fridge for about an hour, it is time to put them on the sticks. Grab a bag of candy coating (I prefer Wilton's Candy Melts) and melt them in the microwave according to the directions on the bag. Now take a stick and dip it in the melted candy coating. Push it into the bottom of the cake ball to "glue" the cake to the stick. Place it on wax paper and continue "gluing" the rest of the balls to sticks.

Step Three:

Place the cake balls on sticks on a cookie sheet and put them back in the fridge for about 10 minutes.

In the meantime, mix some Crisco in with the candy coating and remelt in the microwave. (I don't measure out the Crisco so I can't give you an exact amount. Just mix and melt until it is a very smooth but not thick consistency.)

Step Four:

Dip and roll the cake balls in the candy coating and lightly tap the stick on the edge of the bowl while turning to get rid of any excess coating. That way the cake pops will coat smoothly. After you coat one ball, attach a green Tic-Tac to the top of the cake pop, holding it for a few seconds until it sets. The candy coating only takes about a minute to set so, you kind of have to be quick with any decorations that you want to add. Otherwise, you can add it later by dipping it in candy coating and holding it in place on the dry cake pop until set. Push the stick into a chunk of flower foam to keep it upright while it dries.

Step Five:

Because these cake pops were for an event and I wasn't sending all of them to the school, I decided to gift wrap them. I found these cute little bins at Dollar Tree and added some flower foam to stand the cake pops up in each bin.

Step Six:

Next, I pushed six of the cake pops into the flower foam some what evenly spaced. :)

Step Seven:

Then I took some raffia and cut it into 2-3 inch pieces. I spread the raffia around the inside of the bin to give the look of straw.

Step Eight:

Finally, I put each bin in one of those gift basket bags that you can find at the dollar store and tied some ribbon at the top to secure them.

That's it. Cake pops aren't hard to make. They are actually very fun. I will be posting soon with pictures of some of the other cake pops that I have done in the past. If you guys try them, let me know. It is a great project to do with kids too. :)