Slinky

What I used:

- Peanut butter, dark cocoa and yellow candy melts
- White mini confetti sprinkles (eyes)
- Black mini rainbow chip (nose)
- Black edible ink pen

Directions:
- Shape cake in to a cone shape. Freeze for 15min and move to the fridge.
- Melt dark cocoa candy in a ziplock bag. Pipe ears on wax paper (two per pop) and let dry.
- Melt peanut butter candy. Dip lollipop stick and push in to the cake cone, toward the back of the cake. Let dry completely.
- Dip the mini white sprinkles in peanut butter candy to make eyelids. Dry on wax paper.
- Dip the cake pop in peanut butter candy. Let dry.
- Melt yellow candy. Dip the front of the cake pop (the point of the cone) in the candy. Add a black rainbow chip before it dries. Push in to cake so that only the flat part shows. Let dry.
- Dab peanut butter candy and position eyes. Dab peanut butter candy on the side and hold in place an ear. Blow or use air in a can to speed dry because the heat from your finger will most likely cause the candy to melt if you hold it too long. (I just blew for about 10sec). Do other ear. Let dry completely.
- Draw on pupils and smile.

Rex

What I used:

- Green candy melts
- White jumbo nonpareils (eyes)
- White jimmie sprinkles (teeth)

Directions:
- Shape cake in to an oval. Taper one side for his eyes (use a photo for reference). Use a lollipop stick to kind of make an indentation where his mouth would be. Freeze for 15min and move to the fridge.
- Melt green candy in a bowl. Dip a lollipop stick and push in to the cake ball. Using another lollipop stick, poke two nostrils in the front of the pop. Let dry completely.
- Dip cake pop in green candy. Shake off the excess. Before it dries, add two jumbo nonpareils for the eyes. Add white jimmies to the mouth. If it dries before you finish, dab candy to complete his smile. If the nostrils aren't visible, use a toothpick to remove some of the candy. Let dry.
- Draw pupils with black edible ink pen.

Mrs Potato Head

What I used:

- Peanut butter and pink candy melts
- White chocolate chips (nose)
- Pink jumbo confetti sprinkles (broken in half, for ears)
- White mini flower sprinkle (hat)
- Red plain M&Ms (shoes)
- Mini lips sprinkles
- White mini confetti sprinkles (eyes)
- Lollipop sticks (cut in to 1.5" pieces, for arms)
- White M&Ms (hat)
- Black and pink (or lavender) edible ink pen

Directions:
This is the same as Mr Potato Head except:
- I dipped a white chocolate chip in to pink candy for the nose. Poke a toothpick in to the bottom of the chip, dip and stick in Styrofoam to dry.
- Dab orange candy in the middle of the mini flower or use an orange edible ink pen. Attach to the front of the white M&M for the hat.
- Color eyeshadow on the white confetti.
- Draw eyelashes and pupils with black edible ink pen.
- I bent the arms outward since we all know Mrs Potato Head is extra fancy.

Mr Potato Head

What I used:

- Peanut butter and orange candy melts
- White chocolate chips (nose)
- Pink jumbo confetti sprinkles (broken in half, for ears)
- Black licorice (mustache)
- Blue plain M&Ms (shoes)
- Red jimmie sprinkles (mouth)
- White mini confetti sprinkles (eyes and teeth)
- Lollipop sticks (cut in to 1.5" pieces, for arms)
- Brown M&Ms (hat)

Directions:
I followed the directions on Bakerella's site for this one also. Some differences:
- I dipped a white chocolate chip in to orange candy for his nose (DTM at its finest). Poke a toothpick in to the bottom of the chip, dip and stick in Styrofoam to dry.
- I used a brown M&M instead of a Junior Mint because that's all I had. I would've preferred to use a Junior Mint as the size proportion is better looking.
- I didn't have black sunflower seeds so I cut a small piece of licorice into half, then in half again, to make four strips for his mustache.

Jessie

Jessie definitely looked better in my head...

What I used:
- Orange, white, red candy melts
- White mini confetti sprinkles (eyes)
- Mini rainbow chips (nose)
- Peach jumbo confetti sprinkles (broken in half for the ears, I'm cheap!)
- Sour gummies (flat and round - see NOTE)

Directions:
- Cake should be shaped in balls, semi flattened. Flatten the top of the cake where the hat would go. Freeze for 15min and move to the fridge.
- Melt red candy in a ziplock bag. Pipe red circles big enough to be a hat that sits on top of the cake ball.
- Dip the sour gummies in the red candy. Let dry on wax paper. (NOTE: I think if I were to do these again, I would reserve a little bit of cake and shape the top of the hat and dip. Using the sour gummies, the sour sugar on the outside didn't make for a very appealing texture. Oh well... what's done is done.) Let dry.
- Once circle and gummies are dry, dip the gummie in red candy and attach to top of the circle. Let dry.
- Melt orange and white candy to get peach. Try to match the peach of the jumbo confetti sprinkle. Dip lollipop stick and push in to cake. Dip mini rainbow chip and position nose. Let dry.
- Dip cake pop in peach candy. Before it dries, insert ears on each side. Position two eyes. Position hat. Let dry.
- Using a toothpick, dab red candy to make hair - bangs in front and cover the back completely. Let dry.
- Draw pupils, eyebrows, eyeliner and mouth with edible pen.

Hamm

I basically just followed the directions on Bakerella's site for these.

What I used:
- Pink candy melts
- Jumbo heart sprinkles (ears)
- Jumbo nonpareils (eyes)
- Pink jimmie sprinkles (mouth)
- Black and pink edible ink pens

Directions:
- See the Bakerella's site. I seriously just followed her instructions and they turned out fabulous. Only differences - I used purple jumbo nonpareils for the eyes because I didn't have black. You can hardly tell. Also, instead of using pink sprinkles for the ears, I just drew the detail with a pink edible pen.

Buzz Lightyear

What I used:
- White, orange, lavender candy melts
- Mini confetti sprinkles (ears)
- Mini rainbow chips (nose)
- Black edible ink pen

Directions:
- Start by breaking your cake balls in half. Shape one in to a ball and smash to make a flat disc. Shape the other in to a pear. Freeze for 15min and move to the fridge.
- Melt orange and white candy to get peach. Dip the mini confetti sprinkles (any color) and push in to the side of the pear shaped cake. Dip a mini rainbow chip and push in to position the nose. Let dry.
- Dip the pear shaped cake in to the peach candy. Let dry. Remove from the lollipop stick.
- Melt white candy in a bowl. Pre-poke a hole in the middle of each disc of cake. Throw in the white candy, cover with candy using a spoon. Use the lollipop stick to fish out, shake off excess quickly to avoid breaking. Before the candy dries, put the peach cover pear cake back on the stick so that it's touching the disc. Hold upside down for a few seconds so that the pieces dry together. Use the spoon to push the disc up if it slides down too much. Let dry completely.
- Melt lavender candy in a bowl. Use the back of a spoon to make the helmet. Dab over the ears and cover the back of the head completely. Let dry.
- Dab candy and position eyes. Let dry.
- Draw pupils, eyebrows, mouth and his chin swirl.

Bullseye

What I used:
- Dark cocoa, light cocoa, pink and white candy melts
- Jumbo star sprinkles
- Mini confetti sprinkles
- Black edible ink pen

Directions:
- Start by shaping your cake balls in to ovals. Freeze for 15min and move to the fridge.
- Melt dark cocoa candy melts in a bowl or cup. Dip the stars about 3/4 of the way and put on wax paper to dry (three per cake pop).
- Melt pink candy melts in a ziplock bag. Pipe ears on to wax paper and let dry.
- Melt white candy melts in a ziplock bag. Pipe eyes on to wax paper and let dry.
- Melt light cocoa candy melts in a cup deep enough to submerge the cake pop. Dip lollipop stick and push in to the cake oval a little from the middle. Dip two confetti sprinkles in candy and push in to the front of the cake (away from the lollipop stick) for the snout. Refrigerate to dry.
- Once dry, dip the cake pop in light cocoa candy. Shake off excess. Push in dipped stars at the back of the cake pop. Let it dry completely.
- Melt pink candy in a bowl and dip the front of the cake pop (with the nostrils) to create his mouth. Shake off excess. Let it dry completely.
- Once dry, attach the ears and eyes by dabbing candy and pushing the pieces on to dry.
- Draw on pupils and smile with edible ink pen.

Alien

What I used:
- Yellow, green and white candy melts
- Glico Pretz (antenna)
- Mini brown M&Ms (mouth)
- Black edible pen

Directions:
- Start by shaping your cake balls in to semi-flat ovals. Freeze for 15min and move to the fridge.
- Melt yellow candy melts and add a few green candy melts until you get the desired color.
- Break the Pretz into about 1.5" pieces and dip in to your melted candy, place on wax paper to dry. Put some yellow green candy in a ziplock bag. Pipe ears on wax paper (two per alien pop), freeze or refrigerate to dry.
- Melt white candy in a ziplock bag. Pipe eyes on wax paper (three eyes per alien pop), freeze or refrigerate to dry.
- Dip a lollipop stick and stick in to oval cake balls. Return to fridge to dry.
- Before you dip the cake pops, poke a hole at the top of the head where the antenna will be inserted (makes it easier and less likely to destroy the shape of your cake pop). Dip in the yellow green melted candy. Shake off excess.
- Before the candy dries, shove in the antenna. Add the three eyes, mini M&M and ears. If the candy melts before you can do all of this, dab some candy on the pop and hold in place to dry.
- Draw on pupils for each eye.

Toy Story

I've been wanting to make Toy Story cake pops ever since I saw the Mr Potato Head version Bakerella did on her site. I think this was the moment I became obsessed...

So to one-up, I did cake pops of ALL the Toy Story characters this weekend! Some of these have been done before, but these are my versions. And I've yet to see a Mrs. Potato Head yet, so hey, I'll take full credit if we start seeing these online, lol.

The Toy Story Gang - Cake Pop-erized

Here are the instructions on how to do each character! (I'm doing this from memory and if you have read any recent posts, it's not very good, so bear with me if there are slight errors or mistakes)

Bake and form your cake balls as you would with any other cake pop. Use a tablespoon measuring spoon and pre-scoop your balls - it makes it much easier.

Keroppi

I had already posted this but somehow it got deleted via the Blogger app on my phone. Delete, delete, delete! No longer do I have that app available for my fingers to accidentally swipe away my post that I worked so hard on (hardest 5min of my life! Kidding...)

So this will be short and sweet because I'm lazy. And I just took a Finance exam and my brain is frazzled.

iPad sketch

Supplies
- White and green candy melts
- White M&Ms (the flat kind, no filling)
- Pink confetti sprinkles (cheeks)
- Black edible pen
- Lollipop sticks
- Styrofoam block
- Clear treat bags
- Thin ribbon

Directions
- Make your basic cake pops, roll the balls to make them semi-flat ovals. Freeze for 15min and move to the fridge.
- Melt candy, dip the lollipop stick and push in to the bottom of the oval. Move to the fridge, use a Styrofoam block to hold upright.
- Dip the pops in melted green candy (use some white or yellow melts to get the green right - trial and error here). Before the candy sets, push two white M&Ms in to the top for the eyes - be sure to position the "m" on the back so you don't see it. Also put the pink confetti on the cheeks. If the candy dries before you can do this, use a toothpick to dab the confetti and attach.
- Return to the block to dry. Once dry, use the black edible pen to draw on the pupils and a "V" shaped mouth.
- Let it come down to room temperature, bag and tie with ribbon.

Cupcakes

These are also for Chi's birthday. I got this idea from Bakerella's site. Her's are perfect (of course). But I think mine came out ok!

Supplies (I used)
- White and pink candy melts
- White M&Ms
- Lavender sugar sprinkles
But you can really use whatever you want to decorate these!

I still haven't figured out the right amount of cake to each cake pop. These are two cake balls combined, of the size that I normally make. My regular cake balls just didn't have enough muffin top.

Turtle

I made these for Chi's upcoming birthday. I hope they survive the mail.

Supplies
- White and green candy melts
- Royal icing eyes
- Lollipop sticks
- Styrofoam block
- Wax paper
- Clear treat bags
- Thin ribbon

Directions
- Follow the usual steps to make cake balls. Bake, cool, crumble, mix, freeze, etc. You should know the deal by now!
- To shape, I used my tablespoon measuring spoon. It was perfectly turtle-shell-shaped. For the heads, I just made little balls.
- Melt white candy and add green to make a light green dip (I used leftovers from Keroppi pop). I dipped the heads first, using a toothpick to prop the heads upright to dry. Be sure to add the eyes while the candy is still wet. Otherwise use a toothpick to dab and attach.
- These were weird shaped and kinda heavy for the shape so I made them upside down pops. Melt green candy and throw the shells in. Using a spoon, cover the shell and try to drip off as much candy as you can. Slide off the spoon on to wax paper. Shove a stick in to the top of the shell. Push a head in to the front of the shell. Move to the fridge to dry.
- Once dry, bag and tie! These were too big to fit in the bags I had, so I just used saran wrap.

Rebecca Rabbit

This is another character from Peppa Pig. I think she's the cutest of them all. She sort of reminds me of Gianna's favorite stuffed animal, Bunbun.

iPad sketch

I love when I show Gianna a sketch and she knows right off the bat who it is. I'm asking her from now on because whenever I ask Tony, he's always wrong and it makes me feel like I am not doing a good job, lol.

Supplies
- White and yellow candy melts
- Pink confetti sprinkles (cheek)
- Pink chip sprinkle (nose)
- Glico Pretz sticks (ears)
- Royal icing eyes
- Black edible pen (mouth)
- Lollipop sticks
- Styrofoam block
- Clear treat bags
- Thin ribbon (although I only had thick blue ribbon)

Directions
- Make standard cake balls. Shape like an oval with one pointed tip. Freeze for 15minutes and transfer to the fridge.
- Melt white candy in 30second intervals. Add yellow candy until you get the color desired (she's sort of a cream/ecru/mother-of-pearl color). Dip lollipop in melted candy, insert in cake ball. Return to fridge in block to set.
- Break Pretz in to 1.5-2" pieces. Dip in cream colored candy. Set upright to dry (I used free holes in my Styrofoam block).
- Remove pops from the fridge. Poke two holes on top for the ears. Dip heads in cream candy. Insert Pretz ears. Push on a pink chip for the nose. Push on two pink confetti sprinkles for the cheeks. Push on two eyes. If the candy sets before you do all this, use a toothpick to dab the decoration and attach. Return to fridge in block to set.
- Once dry, draw on the mouth with the black edible pen.
- Let the cake pops come to room temperature, bag and tie.

Jeremy Lin aka JLin

#linsanity has hit cake pops.

Quick background: Jeremy Lin played on the Golden State Warriors last year. Pretty much a bench warmer that they'd put in at the end of the game if the team was hella losing or hella winning. That's nice... giving him some action. They'd constantly send him to the D-League and then pick him back up. I felt bad for the guy. He is a Harvard grad. He deserves better than that! Maybe the Warriors were just jealous that he was smarter than the whole team combined. This season, he was dropped by the Warriors, pick up by the Rockets (or whoever is in Houston), dropped by Houston, then picked up by the New York Knicks where is he is have a Knick-ass season (harharhar). The media around him is seriously crazy right now. Thankfully, his last name is easily incorporated in to everyday common words to further the buzz around him (lincredible, linsanity, linning, etc.). And I must mention, that before his rise to fame, he's had a constant fan - Linh Hoang (@DrFoodie - seriously, check out her stalker-eque tweets, aka "twirting" to him, haha!). Her love for him has grown exponentially and it was she that requested these cake pops. She even came over to help!

The Inspiration

iPad sketch

Linh had a great idea - instead of just doing his head and making your average Asian-man cake pop, we should do basketballs and jerseys too! Thank god his name is three letters and the letters are all straight ones.

Supplies
- White and orange candy melts
- Black candy color (hair)
- Brown jimmie sprinkles (optional)
- Jumbo peach confetti sprinkles (Gianna helped me sort these out, I let her eat the broken ones!)
- Black edible pen
- Orange sugar sprinkles (optional)
- Lollipop sticks
- Styrofoam block
- Ziplock bags
- Clear treat bags
- Thin ribbon

Directions
- Make your standard cake balls. For the head, shape it in an oval. For the jersey, shape in to an oval, flatten and taper with your fingers. Freeze for 15minutes and transfer to the fridge.
For the head
- Melt white candy in 30second intervals. Add orange candy until you get the color to match the jumbo confetti.
- Dip lollipop stick in candy, insert in pop. Dip jumbo confetti and push in to the sides for the ears. Return to fridge in block to set.
- Once dry, dip in peach colored candy. If you decide to use brown jimmies for the hair, dip the pop now before the candy sets. Return to fridge in block to dry.
- Melt white candy in a ziplock bag. Snip a tiny piece of the corner and pipe on his million dollar smile. You can also do this ahead of time on wax paper - but remember to attach after you dip his head in the peach candy.
- Draw on his eyes and nose with the black edible pen. I was thinking about cutting a peanut butter chip in half and attaching for the nose, prior to dipping, but I forgot. Oh well.
- Let the pops come down in room temperature, bag and tie.

The one with jimmies kind of looks like Flynn Rider from "Tangled"

For the basketballs
- Melt orange candy. Dip lollipop stick and insert in cake balls. Return to fridge in block to set.
- Once dry, using the black edible pen, draw lines. Use a basketball for reference as describing is a lot of confusing work. You know you have a basketball lying around. Or google it. Haha
- For the DTM (doing too much) touch, write on "NBA"
- Let the pops come down in room temperature, bag and tie.

For the jerseys
- Melt white candy. Dip the lollipop stick and insert in the jersey shaped cake. Return to fridge in block to set.
- Once set, dip the jersey in white candy. Be careful as the shape of the jersey makes the cake unstable. I had my husband hold them upright for me for a few seconds and kind of jiggle them in upright position if they started to bend. Return to fridge in block to set.
- Melt some candy in a ziplock bag or use leftover candy. Snip a tiny piece of the corner and pipe on the details of the jersey. "NY 17" on the front (couldn't fit NEW YORK). If you want that extra bling, sprinkle the orange sugar sprinkles on the 17. Return to fridge in block to set.
- On the back of the jersey, pipe 17 again.
- Once all the piping has dried, draw on the details of the jersey - the arm holes, the neck hole, and "LIN" on the back above the piped 17.
- Let the pops come down in room temperature, bag and tie.

I must say, these turned out a lot better than I had originally imagined. They are definitely the most work but I think it was worth it. And Linh loved them (she had a hard time eating them - how could you bite the face of the man you love?!).

Would I do it again? Probably not. So enjoy everyone! Or should I say #linjoy haha

Peppa Pig

Pehhhhp-pa Pig! OINK!

Yet another find of Gianna's on YouTube. She loves Peppa Pig and this is currently her go-to show to watch. In fact, she watches it so much that's she's sort of picking up a British accent! Hilarious.

These were hard to make because Peppa Pig is a 2D cartoon. She barely turns and I don't think I've ever seen a frontal view of her face. Her two eyeballs are always on one side which makes making 3D cake pops pretty difficult. She's pretty cute. And annoying. And thanks to my sister, I kinda see something that is totally inappropriate now.

iPad Sketch (I draw pretty cute!)

Supplies (different than what's noted in my sketch)
- White and pink candy melts
- Pink confetti sprinkles (I used the large ones but now after the fact, I think the small ones would have been better)
- Royal icing eyes
- Tic Tacs (ears)
- Black edible pen (I would've used pink but I only have black)
- Lollipop sticks
- Styrofoam block
- Clear treat bags
- Thin ribbon

Directions
- Make standard cake balls. Shape a snout by pulling some of the cake outwards and then rolling the cake back in to a ball. Freeze for 15minutes and transfer to the refrigerator.
- Melt white candy in 30second intervals. Add a pink candy until you get the desired color. I don't remember what ratio I used (I suck).
- Remove cake balls from the refrigerator. Dip lollipop stick in melted candy and insert in cake balls. Dip two Tic Tacs in candy and insert on top for the ears. Return to refrigerator on a Styrofoam block to dry.
- Once all cake balls are stick-ed (?), remove some pops and dip in pink candy. Before the candy dries, put on two eyes and the cheeks. If it dries before you get a chance to do this, dab candy on to the decoration with a toothpick and put on. Return to the refrigerator to dry.
- Remove the cake pops from the refrigerator and draw on the mouth with the black (or pink, if you have it) edible pen. Draw two dots on the snout for the nose. Wait for the cake pops to come to room temperature (not cold to the touch), bag and tie with ribbon.

Don't mind the one in the back. She got the leftover melted candy and I didn't want to melt more, haha.

I don't really like the way these turned out. My cousin said she looks drunk. I think she kinda looks like the creepy pig from the Saw movies. I'll definitely have to redo these when I get a chance.

Pankunchi

I put out a message on Twitter and Facebook for cake pop requests and not many people replied to me. I haven't built up my cake pop street cred yet, haha. A friend did request Pankunchi cake pops. I originally thought he had spelled Pikachu (you know, from Pokemon) wrong, but it's actually a Sanrio character that is really cute. He steals bread. C'mon - how adorable is that?

iPad Sketch

Supplies
- White candy melts
- Brown plain M&Ms (halved, for ears)
- Black edible pen (eyes, nose and mouth)
- Lollipop sticks
- Styrofoam block
- Clear treat bags
- Thin ribbon

Directions
- Make standard cake pops, semi-flatten to an oval. Put in freezer for 15minutes to firm up. Transfer to refrigerator.
- Melt white candy. Remove some cake ovals. Dip lollipop stick, insert in cake. Return to refrigerator in a Styrofoam block.
- Once they're all set, remove cake pops and dip in white candy to cover. Before the candy sets, push in two ears. Return to block to dry.
- When all the cake pops are dry, use a black edible pen to draw on the eyes and mouth.
- When the cake pops are no longer cold to the touch, bag and tie with ribbon.

I actually had to use saran wrap for these guys because their heads were too wide and the black pen kept smearing (so annoying). I really like the way saran wrap looks. What the hell am I going to do with all my treat bags now? LOL

Gummibär Cake Pops

Gianna is the YouTube queen and a while back she had discovered a super annoying but super infectious video of a singing green gummy bear. Watch it here, if you dare.

My coworker's son loves this thing and his birthday party is this weekend, so I decided to try making cake pops. I started by thinking up a design on paper. Upon showing Gianna, she knew exactly what I was trying to go for. Tony, on the other hand, guessed a bunch of different things - including a clown, lol. I can kinda see that...

Here's what Gummibar really looks like

Here are the things I used (if you can't see in the sketch):

• White and green (although I think this neon green would've work better) candy melts
• Smarties (ears)
• Black chips (nose)
• Black edible ink pen (brows and mouth)
• Blue confetti sprinkles (pupils)

Other things you'll need:

• Styrofoam block
• Ziplock bags
• Picture of Gummibar (for reference)
• Lollipop sticks
• Clear treat bags
• Thin ribbon

Pretty standard cake pop. Roll the balls, freeze to firm up. Transfer to refrigerator. Melt white candy melts and add a couple of green melts until you get the color you are happy with (I forget the ratio I used). Remove some cake balls from the refrigerator and poke holes at the top, dip the Smarties in the candy and insert in each hole. Dip a lollipop stick and poke at the bottom of the cake pop, return to refrigerator (use a Styrofoam block to keep the cake pops standing).

Once the stick and ears have set, remove the pops from the refrigerator to take the chill off of them, about 10min or so. Remelt the candy if needed. Dip each cake pop and cover with candy. Return to the Styrofoam block to dry.

After all cake pops have been dipped, transfer the rest of the melted green candy to the corner of a Ziplock bag. You can use a piping bag here, but I'm cheap and didn't want to waste mine. Using a Ziplock bag worked - squeeze everything in to the corner, twist the bag to hold it there and use some tape to secure it.

To make the eyes, put some white candy melts in a Ziplock bag. Use the same method as above to set it up. Pipe the eyes, using the picture reference. Before the white piping dries, add the blue confetti pupils to each eye. If the candy dries before you get a chance to do this, use a toothpick to dab the cake pop and add the details.

Back to the green candy in a Ziplock bag - snip a small piece of the corner off and start at the top of the eyes, draw a line down the middle to divide the eyes and then down to pipe the beard area of the Gummibar. Keep a picture nearby for reference. Ddd the black chip for the nose. Return to Styrofoam block to dry.

Once everything has dried, draw the eyebrows above the eyes. Draw the mouth in the beard area. Draw details on the ears.

Bag, tie, and VOILA! You've got some cute Gummibar pops! Thank god they can't sing ;)