Beauty Pops

We had a lot of fun last week over on our Facebook page!

I posted this picture:

And then I announced that the first person to guess correctly what cake pop I was making would win 6 free cake pops!

We had some pretty awesome guesses!  From snowmen to thread spools, bunnies, train, wedding cake and so much more!  We actually got some pretty good ideas from the guesses for things we want to try on future pops!

It didn't take long and only a few hints before someone guessed correctly that they were nail polish pops!

Anna Danals from Georgia was our lucky winner and she received 6 cake pops - completely free!  

We love doing fun contests and giveaways!  If you haven't already, go to our Facebook page and "like" us so that you can join in on the fun!

Once we did the polish pops, they seemed a little lonely.

So it was only fitting to make a mascara brush and eye shadow to go with them, right?  We thought so.  ;)

Cake Pop Fail Friday: Droopy Footballs

Today's pop fail comes from none other than TADA! SusAnna's Sweets!  Yes, we are finally sharing one of our own pop fails.  And what a fail it is.

Meet

The Droopy Footballs.

Now these footballs aren't horrid.  It's kind of one of those things where when you ask someone if they like it and they go, "Weeeeellllll, it's not the worst football I've ever seen!"  And they say it like it's the best compliment in the world which really only makes you want to gather up all the little brown turds and chuck it at their head as quickly and forcefully as possible.

But don't worry.  This post is about to get better.  And if you read our blog regularly, this should still be fresh in your mind:

This was on our Helpful Tips Tuesday post and I don't know about you, but an image like that is not easily erased from my mind.  

A football helmet.  That was the vision.  Not so easily executed.

So it's been a droopy kind of week, but we won't give up!  We are determined to master this football nonsense!  And when we do, you'll be the first to hear about it!

Helpful Tips Tuesday: Droopy Helmets

There are so many things wrong with this cake pop!  I debated putting it on the pop fail Friday post, but decided there's some good tips I could let you know about so this DOESN'T happen!

This was attempting to be a football helmet.  Yeah.  However, the problem did not lie in the shape of the cake, I think it would have turned out pretty cute...had I followed all of my own rules when dipping cake pops.

All the "how tos" out there tell you that you should keep your rolled up cake balls in the fridge until you are ready to dip.  Then only pull out 4-6 balls at a time as you are dipping, keeping the other ones in the fridge to keep them chilled.

I do keep the cake balls in the fridge, however I actually pull out 12-18 at a time to dip them, depending on how many I am doing for a particular order.  The balls do need to be chilled, however if they are too chilled, you will run into problems like cracking, oil running, etc.  The reason for this is because the cake contracts when it gets cold...then expands again when it gets warm.  So if you cover it with the candy coating too soon, it will crack the coating as it expands.  Once the cake balls have come back to room temperature and my candy melts are ready for dipping, the dipping part actually goes pretty fast, so I can easily do one to one and a half dozen at a time.

Now, why did my little football helmet turn out so ugly?  The mixture was already a little too moist from adding too much icing to the crumbled cake.  I can usually get away with it if it's just a little too moist, but since I had also left them out of the fridge for too long, the combination of that resulted in the picture you see at the top of this post.  As soon as I dipped it, it started falling off the stick, and no amount of turning, tapping, or gymnastics twirling was going to bring it back.  I didn't even try more than one.  I knew it was a lost cause.

So the tip is, let the cake come back to room temperature before you dip it, but don't wait TOO long!  Or you will have droopy, ugly football helmets that look more like - well, let's just call it as we see it - poop on a stick.

Cake Pop Fail Friday: 'A' for Effort!

Today's fail is from Meredith at The Mom of the Year, and she definitely gets the 'A' for Effort award!  When you are in the middle of a baking fail, all you want to do is throw in the towel, go to bed (if you do most of your baking at night like I do!) and just hope to God the cleaning fairy will find your kitchen before morning.  But the true heroes blaze on through the sweat and tears and see the thing through!  I think her end result actually ended up pretty cute, don't you?  Read it HERE.

Cake Pop Fail Friday: It's Not My Fault!

Today's fail post comes from Rachel at Grasping for Objectivity.  I think I giggled the whole way through this post.  She is a good story-teller and has a great sense of humor.  Read about her cake pop experience HERE!

Movie Popcorn Cake Pops

I love it when I get to do something that is out of the ordinary, different from just the usual round party pops.  Those are fun too, but getting to do something different is special!

These pops were made for a little girl's birthday party she was having at the movie theater.  The movie they were seeing was Smurfs 2, so to go along with that theme, we also did some blue party pops to mix in.

I'm told they were a big hit!  

Wedding Pops and Facebook Sale!

Cake pops have really grown in popularity for weddings!  Centerpieces, add a tag and they can be place card settings, wedding favors for guests, or go all in and have a cake created out of cake pops!  The possibilities are endless!

Have you heard about The 200 Hour Sale going on over on our Facebook page?  Order by Tuesday, August 13th at 8 pm, and get $10 off your order of $50 or more!  This sale is exclusive to our Facebook fans so if you aren't one yet, let's change that!  C'mon over and be a part of something SWEET!  :)

Helpful Tips Tuesday: Less is Best

I've found a lot of blog posts out there that talk about how they tried to make cake pops, and when they rolled the cake pop in the sprinkles it was such a mess.  Here's today's tip: Don't roll your pop in the sprinkles!!  Take a pinch of sprinkles between your fingers, and sprinkle it on the cake pop as you twist it around, getting a light and even layer all over.  Rolling your cake pop in the sprinkles will only result in a huge mess, not to mention that bowl of sprinkles will be useless when you're done.  I always save my leftovers and pour them back into the bottle which would be impossible if you roll your pop in them.  Now, go forth and sprinkle!

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!