Summer Cake Pops!

I love summer.  Warm weather, no school, water fun in the backyard, pool days, flowers.....so I thought I would put together a little post with all of the summer themed pops I have made so far.  I have more in the works too, so stay tuned!

These cute little sunshine pops just scream SUMMER!!!!

Sunshine pops

A SusAnna's Sweets original, "Starfish in the sand".

Starfish in the sand Pops

I have had a lot of interest in the beach ball pops lately.

Beach Ball Pops in Pastel

The very first time I made the beach balls, the only color sprinkles I had on hand were the pastels.  I decided to go ahead and try it with these colors even though I figured not many would like them as much as the primary colors.  

To my surprise, once summertime hit this year, I have had a ton of interest in them on my Etsy site.  

Here they are in the primary colors, which are pretty darn cute, if I do say so.  :)

Beach Ball Pops in Primary

Do keep in mind that these delicious sweets are temperature sensitive!  During the summer months, if left outside in temperatures of high 70s or hotter, they can melt!  It is best to keep them at room temperature or if you are having an outside event, kept in a cooler to keep them intact!

The flower pops are always a favorite.

If you are crazy about ice cream like I am, you know that EVERY season is the perfect season to enjoy it, but even I will admit there is something extra special about having some on a hot summer day.

These ice cream pops are great for an ice cream theme or summer time party.  They can be made with sticks..

...or without!

So if you are planning a summer party or event, think about SusAnna's Sweets to make it the sweetest summer party ever!

My summer is filling up so please contact me today to reserve your summer pops!

Happy Summer!

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Summer Party Cake Pops

Summery Party Pops

I am LOVING the summery pops of late!  These were created for a little girls' summer tea party.  How cute!

See how smooth and perfect this yellow one is?  Like I said in a previous post, I LOVE dipping in yellow!  It's such a great color.

I had some left over, so I put together this little welcome basket and the kids and I took it to our neighbor who just moved in a couple weeks ago.  Such a great gift!  She loved it!

Summer Beach Cake Pops

Beach/Summer Themed Pops

These pops are bound to make you smile!  

Summer Sunshine Pops

I love using the yellow melts.  The shade is awesome, so cheery and bright, and it dips perfectly without have to thin out the melts at all.  Simply divine.  I don't consider myself an artist by any means, but I am really happy with how these sunny faces turned out!

Beach Ball Pops

In keeping with the summer theme, these beach balls were also fun to create!  I did them in pastel colors because those were the colors I had on hand, but they could also be done in primary colors.

Starfish in the Sand Pops

I'm still not sure that these will make the cut for shipping due to the delicacy of the starfish, but they are cute!  I've always said that summer is not my favorite season, but this collection of beach pops just might change my mind yet!

Creating Ice Cream Sundae Pops

These ice cream sundae pops have been a huge hit!  A lot of people can't believe how much they look like an actual ice cream cone.  So here is a simple picture guide to the process:

Get some ice cream cones and saw the bottom off with a serrated knife.  These were about 2.5" or so.  You want the top to be the right width so that the cake ball will sit lightly on top, like a real ice cream cone.

Prepare your styrofoam block.  These cones won't fit into regular holes made by cake pop sticks.  Take a stick, put it in one of the holes (or make a new hole if you have new styrofoam), and move the stick around in a circle creating a bigger opening at the top of the hole.

Poke your cake ball with a stick (do not dip your stick in the candy melt first), then dip your cake ball into the melted candy.  Shake off most of the excess candy melts, but not all of it.  You want a little bit left on so that it will run down the cone a little.  Place the cake ball on the cone and gently slide the stick out of the cake ball.  If you have enough excess on it the hole will be covered up by the drips.  If you don't have enough you can use the stick to put more candy melts on it.  Don't worry about it being messy.  You can always cover it up with sprinkles or the dark melts in the next step.  Don't forget to put the sprinkles on before the candy hardens!

Next drop just a little bit of melted dark chocolate melts.  I usually use a toothpick to help along the drippage.  :)  Add a red peanut butter M&M (peanut M&Ms work too) for a cherry, and you're done!

Don't forget to take pictures!  I place my pops on a white poster board and set one up behind them too.  This with natural lighting makes great photos!  Of course, when editing this photo I added too much exposure and then couldn't undo it when I finally noticed.  I guess that's what happens when you're a mommy and trying to do 10 things all at once.  :)

Ice cream sundae pops are $30/dozen.  Contact us today for your next party or event!