Halloween Cake Pops!

We are no stranger to Cake Pops in our house...

It's a fun activity for us, for treat making...

All you need to do is bake up a little cake...

Crumble it into pieces...

Add a little frosting to the mix...

And start rolling!

It helps when you have rolling help...and I get mine by way of these two hooligans.

Of course, ever since I made cake pops with Jess, I can't stop thinking about her Heavenly Cake Pop Roller, and how I must get myself one of those!!

For now, child labor will have to do!

We melt up a little Candy Melt...

And Voila!

Little Monsters!

Literally!

HA HA!

Cake Pops don't ALWAYS have to go on a stick...

Sometimes they are just as cute in a dish on the Party Table too!

See?

But if you do want to display your cake pops on sticks, and you don't roll your cake balls as large as we do, then check out my DIY Cake Pop Stand post!

Pretty simple and can add quite the POP to your table!

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Halloween Cake Pop Fun!

I'm no stranger to Cake Pops...

I think they are all kinds of amazing and adorable and FUN!

I even went so far as to create my own DIY Cake Pop Stand!

Who knew I was so crafty?

ANYHOO - 

My good friend Peg introduced me to her good friend Jess...

And it was love love love!

Jess invited us over for an afternoon of Cake Pop Making Fun!

What's fun about Cake Pop Making you ask?

I KNOW!

The second I walked into Jess's House...

Your balls are so perfectly round and symmetrical!! ~ 

And mine are much much bigger! I told Jess...

Ah yes, hand rolling the big balls, that doesn't work...she quickly told us!

So she introduced me to THIS contraption!

I MUST have one!!

So. Many. Things. I have been doing wrong all this time!

I learned a lot this day...

I'm currently debating about buying myself this Heavenly Cake Pops cake pop roller for a late birthday, early Christmas gift...

I think this would be a whole lot more fun if I had one, don't you?

Anyhoo - 

Jess had all the Cake Pop Balls rolled out and ready to go...

in a multitude of flavors, AH!

She spoiled us rotten with every color of Candy Melt you could imagine...

And we were set free to create!

I marveled at the fact that she had us all over, 

in her carpeted dining room, and didn't tarp the floor first! 

HA!

Thankfully, my messes were contained!

And the amazing, inspiring, kind-hearted, wealth-of-knowledge proprietor of Everyday O'Cakesions shared her vast knowledge with us.

And when I tried to recreate what she did, the cute little flower?

Well, I ended up with Patrick, from Spongebob Squarepants fame!

I got a little more comfortable, as the afternoon went on...

and my creations actually started looking, well, CUTE!

But not as cute as the Master Baker/Creator!

Lookit this!

When I took them home, I quickly dug out my DIY Cake Pop Stands, that have sadly sat empty for a year, because I couldn't bring myself to go through the pain of making more cake pops!

I always bite off more than I can chew...literally!

And isn't she so adorable!?!

Imagine, if you will, an organized, somewhat uniform army of Cake Pops in one of these homemade stands?

I've got a long ways to go, before my creations match Jess's - but her willingness to share her knowledge is going to get me there a heckuva lot faster!

(And so might that Heavenly Cake Pop Roller, if I can convince Santa to deliver it!)

Thanks again Jess, for being so willing to share your home, your tips, tricks, ideas...

And most of all, your friendship.

If anyone in the Twin Cities Metro Area needs someone to make them a spectacular creation, I cannot say enough about Everyday O'Cakesions!

Check her out!

*** I am not being compensated for this post, and I hope that's obvious. I actually paid to attend a work shop with Jess on this particular afternoon. I simply cannot say enough about the amazing things she creates for special occasions, and I'm grateful for her willingness to share! *** 

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DIY Cake Pop Stand

A long long time ago, like, no joke...

about a year ago...

I set out on a project...

You see, I'd had been trying to figure out how to neatly display my cake pops, on the rare occasions I had enough time, patience, and energy to make them.

Or, I made them and they didn't have to sit on a plate, like these beauties did!

So, after finding 'cake pop stands' ~ and thinking that was exactly what I needed...

I decided to set out and see if I could do them on my own.

I visited a local Home Goods Store, and picked up a couple of deals.

My husband wasn't home, so he didn't mind me borrowing the power tools, 

(because he didn't KNOW! HA HA!) and away I went!

We won't talk about the not so teeny tiny little drill hole that might or might not have found it's way onto the table top beneath the cutting board.

OOPS!

The kids were happy to help ~

And finally, thanks to a fun little workshop with the amazing Jess at 

Everyday O'Cake'sions - 

(more on THAT fun day soon!)

I finally, after months and months and months, 

had some fun cake pops, that actually fit in my stand, that didn't roll/slide/plop off the sticks!

See how cute this guy is tucked into his new home?

And see just how cute a very unorganized army can look on your own DIY Cake Pop Stand?

I can't wait to put these stands, and all of my new found cake pop knowledge, to good use!
I'm thinking I might put a nice fresh coat of paint on these cake pop stands, but time will tell.

For now, I sort of like them how they are!

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