tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51999013372320093072024-03-20T01:35:17.731-07:00Cake Pops and more!!!A glimpse of each of my cake pop orders...including my struggles, tips and more! Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17471436837729396128noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5199901337232009307.post-4043692053901887112012-11-11T21:33:00.000-08:002012-11-11T21:33:19.195-08:00Candy Making<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">11/11/12</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Since my candy class a few weeks ago, I have been dying to try it out for myself. I finally bought some supplies to make some treats. I wanted to get a head start on perfecting the treats for Christmas. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here is a list treats that I made:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- candied popcorn</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- chocolate covered Oreos</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- peppermint bark</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- pretzel sticks wrapped with caramel dipped in chocolate</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- chocolate covered almonds</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I used light butter popcorn and drizzled chocolate & caramel on top. Sprinkled mini chocolate chips and heath bar pieces. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I used movie butter popcorn and drizzled chocolate & caramel over the popcorn. Sprinkled christmas colored mini m&m's and heath bar pieces. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I bought a red centered Oreo (for Christmas) and dipped them into white chocolate and milk chocolate. I used a cookie mold to get the perfectly shaped and smooth finish. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is quite simple. I used melted white chocolate and added peppermint crunch that I bought at my favorite candy supply store (<a href="http://www.cakewalkshop.org/" target="_blank">Cakewalk</a>). You mix in 1/4 lb of peppermint crunch with 1/2 lb white chocolate and then pour out the mixture on parchment paper. Let it harden (can refrigerate to make it harden faster).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">First, I use caramel that is at room temperature. That way you can mold it. I roll a piece into a ball and then make a log out of it. I start at one end and then slowly pulled and wrap it around the pretzel. You want to leave room at the bottom so you can dip it into chocolate. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here is how mine looked. I dipped mine in both white and milk chocolate. You can add sprinkles for decoration. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Homemade chocolate covered almonds. I must warn you...these are to die for and really simple. I used a peanut butter cup mold. You can use any mold or even make a bark with this. I used milk chocolate and added lightly salted almonds to the molds and covered with more chocolate and put in the freezer to set. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I wanted to make a peanut butter cup for my husband. He loves peanut butter cups and I wanted to try and make some for him. I actually made 2 different kinds. The first one I made, I used real peanut butter and covered with chocolate. This batch was too rich and dense. The 2nd batch, I melted some peanut butter melts to see how it would turn out but continued to be hard like chocolate. The flavor of the peanut butter was better but now I have to figure out how to make the peanut butter creamer and not hard. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17471436837729396128noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5199901337232009307.post-4616482241746260092012-11-06T22:59:00.002-08:002012-11-06T22:59:44.142-08:00Fall Cake Pops<br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">These cake pops are for my lovely sister. She wanted something that spoke "Fall". She suggested using fall colors such as red, brown and orange so I did. I decided to intermingle marshmallows with cake pops so that her coworkers had a variety to choose from at their team meeting tomorrow. The cake pops are made with chocolate cake. Both the cake pops and marshmallows were dipped in milk chocolate and white chocolate and sprinkled with fall colored sprinkles. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">These cake pops were simple but fun to do. I especially like how easy and beautiful the marshmallows look. I just might have to keep using them more often. :) </span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17471436837729396128noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5199901337232009307.post-64094917265744339562012-11-06T22:53:00.000-08:002012-11-06T22:53:22.735-08:00Hello Kitty <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">11/5/12</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I got asked to make Hello Kitty cake pops for a child's birthday. I have made these in the past but like every cake pop order that I get, I treat each and everyone as equally important. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The client wanted vanilla flavored cake pops so that all the kids could eat them. I used white chocolate chips to use as ears. I dipped the cake pops in white chocolate and decorated each one with a red bow made of tiny red heart sprinkles. I used black confetti sprinkles for the eyes and a yellow confetti sprinkle for the nose. The final touch...I drew the whiskers on each cake pop with an Ameri Color edible pen. </span><br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17471436837729396128noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5199901337232009307.post-47630708495133138532012-11-06T22:43:00.001-08:002012-11-06T22:43:23.590-08:00November...off to a good start<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">11/3/12</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Today I went to a cupcake decorating class at <a href="http://www.cakewalkshop.org/" target="_blank">Cake Walk</a> to learn how to decorate more holiday themed cupcakes. More specifically...CHRISTMAS!!! On top of that, I also went to their candy class as well to learn different tips and tricks. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">At this class, we learned to decorate cupcakes including the following: Santa stuck in the snow, reindeer, ornament, a christmas tree, spaghetti, and a sunflower. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The candy class was something I couldn't wait to for. I wanted to know everything I could about candy. Here are some of the things that were made. And they all tasted delicious. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Some of the things that I got to see made included: caramel apples, chocolate/caramel drizzled popcorn, cherry cheesecake bark, peppermint bark, chocolate dipped oreo's, caramel swirled pretzel sticks dipped in chocolate, and our own version of thin mints. </span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17471436837729396128noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5199901337232009307.post-63537282386978132042012-11-06T22:25:00.000-08:002012-11-06T22:25:27.225-08:00Halloween<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">10/31/12</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This Halloween, I had the wonderful task of doing 4 dozen cake pops for a co-worker. She left the characters up to me. I was inspired but <a href="http://www.bakerella.com/" target="_blank">Bakerella </a>and wanted to try mimicking her Halloween cake pops such as the spiders, eye balls, candy corn, and pumpkins by <a href="http://www.kcbakes.com/" target="_blank">KC Bakes</a>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Apart from my cake pop order, I dressed up as a Sailor for Halloween. My wonderful mother-in-law made my costume as she had done for the last couple of years. I look forward to her making my costume every year because I love that she can tailor it to fit me and what I want. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Today my sister and I went to a cupcake class at <a href="http://www.cakewalkshop.org/" target="_blank">CakeWalk</a> in Redlands. We were told to bring 6 cupcakes, buttercream, tips, and more. I was excited about the class because my sister was coming with me and bonding is always great. With the holidays around the corner, we made Halloween and holiday cupcakes. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The class was small which I liked because that meant "one on one" time with our instructor. The instructor is the CakeWalk shop owner's mom and she was so wonderfully sweet. She taught my sister and I different pipping skills, gave us tips on our cupcakes, and more. It was everything I wanted in a class. </span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17471436837729396128noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5199901337232009307.post-85259739863824082372012-10-20T15:14:00.000-07:002012-10-20T15:14:40.690-07:00Cupcakes Get-Together <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">10/19/12</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Today I made 2 batches of cupcakes (strawberry and yellow) for a get-together, class, and for home. I wanted a variety for the get-together so I thought I'd use up my leftover buttercream & chocolate buttercream frosting that I had. I figured the strawberry and yellow cake would work well with the frostings. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I piped the buttercream in a swirl motion with a star tip on all cupcakes, then decorated. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here is what I used to decorate the cupcakes: </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is what they looked like once I finished. (I chose 2 flavors because I need 12 for my cupcake class the next day (6 for me and 6 for my sister); I saved 24 for the get-together and whatever was left...for the house. Yum! </span><div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17471436837729396128noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5199901337232009307.post-48997696459538829062012-10-15T18:45:00.001-07:002012-10-15T18:45:06.338-07:00Chocolate Covered "Oreos"<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">10/15/12</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So I was at home doing nothing when I remembered that I had bought a cookie mold from <i><a href="http://www.cakewalkshop.org/" target="_blank">Cake Walk</a> (</i>my local cake supply store.) Why not try doing chocolate covered <i>Oreos</i>?? And since Halloween is right around the corner, why not do orange? :)<i> </i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">cookie mold</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Oreos or any chocolate creme sandwiches</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I began by melting the orange candy in the microwave. I added 1 tablespoon of the <i>paramount crystals</i> to help smooth it out more. If you overheat the candy, you'll burn it and you'll have to throw it away. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I filled each mold about 1/2 way up so that when I pushed the <i>Oreo</i> into the candy, the candy would come up the sides. I used double stuffed <i>Oreo</i> for these but I think I am going to try using the regular Oreo's next time because the Oreo cookie was thick for the mold. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I pushed down a little bit. If you push all the way down, it'll show thru the bottom (which later will be the top). </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I spooned the candy over the mold to cover the cookie. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> I then tried pouring the candy over the cookie as well. :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Once the Oreo's are covered, I used my medal spatula to scrape the tops of the molds to give it a clean level finish. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I didn't scrape the chocolate off the mold very well. :) Before I put the mold in the refrigerator to harden, I made sure I got any air bubbles out by taping it on the table a few times. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Remember all the chocolate we spread when we were leveling the molds? When I took the mold out of the refrigerator, I moved it around like you would an ice try to break up the chocolate that was spread on the mold. I got the big pieces out of the way. I placed the cookie sheet on top of the mold and flipped over the mold onto the cookie sheet. The Oreo's came out real easy. I still had some stray chocolate along the Oreos so I took a small pairing knife and went around the bottom of the Oreo to give it a more clean finish. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I can't wait to try them out! Hope this was helpful. :)</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17471436837729396128noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5199901337232009307.post-39928092026044098652012-10-13T19:48:00.000-07:002012-10-13T19:48:19.021-07:00Unexpected Finds<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">10/13/12</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">While I was out shopping with my husband, we decided to go to Marshall's to look around. While I was there, I came across some unexpected finds. I found different types of sprinkles and this awesome<i> Bakerella</i> Cake Pop Kit! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(Above: White sugar sprinkles, Pink sugar sprinkles, White Jimmies, White edible pearls, pink and green chocolate covered sunflower seeds, black and blue chocolate covered seeds.) </span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">These sprinkles/Jimmies/Pearls were an awesome find because the bottle is fairly big and they were $4.99 each. The jimmies and pearls especially can cost well over $4.99 for the size of the container. The colored chocolate covered sunflower seeds can be used for things like a nose for character cake pops. :) I'm always looking at candy for ideas to use to decorate my cake pops. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The cake pop kit is really nice. It comes with bags, lollipop sticks, different color ribbon to tie your cake pops, a cardboard cake pop stand, different labels to put on your cake pops, and a mini <i>Bakerella</i> cake pop book. It's a great find for $12. </span><br />
<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17471436837729396128noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5199901337232009307.post-74293053597519582832012-10-13T00:14:00.002-07:002012-10-13T00:14:41.646-07:00Ruby Red Cake Pops<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">10/12/12</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I was asked to do cake pops for a "Wizard of OZ" themed birthday party. My friend's 3 year old daughter loves Dorothy so I decided to do Ruby Red Cake Pops to showcase the famous Ruby Red Slippers. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><u>Here is what I used for my cake pops:</u></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">8 inch lollipop sticks (you can use whatever size you like) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Paramount Crystals by CK (helps thin out candy)--if needed only</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1 lb bag of Red Merken candy melts</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Wilton's Red Colored Sugars (Sprinkles)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Red Sugar Sprinkles from Cake Walk </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Wilton's Pearlized Sugar-Ruby (Sprinkles)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Disco Dust-Ruby Red </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I microwaved the candy in a bowl until it was completely melted. I noticed that my candy was still thick after I melted it. I let it cool a little to see if it would thin as it cooled but it didn't thin out enough for what I wanted. At this point, I added 1 teaspoon of the Paramount Crystals while t</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">he candy was warm so that the crystals would melt into the candy. Once I did that, the consistency of the candy came out a lot smoother. If your candy is too think, it will show on your cake pop</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">. I also let it cool because the cake pops are </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">refrigerated</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> and the candy is warm. Sometimes the cake can crack once you insert the lollipop stick dipped in warm candy. I dip the sticks into the candy and then insert them into the cake pops before I start dipping all of them. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is what my cake pop looked liked when I tried to add sprinkles when I had too much candy on it. YIKES! It looks like a mushroom from the weight of the candy and sprinkle combination.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When you are putting sprinkles on your cake pop, you have to make sure that the candy isn't too wet or else the sprinkles will sort of dissolve into the candy. Another thing that could happen (and did happen to me) is, your candy can dry before you add sprinkles. This is what happened when I added sprinkles too late. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The best way to know is to test a few out. I always make more cake pops than I need in case I have any issues along the way (cracking, cake pop falls off stick, or it just didn't turn out the way you liked). One thing I didn't mention earlier, I combined all 3 types of sprinkles and some red disco dust to give the sprinkles texture, sparkle, and the red look I wanted with these cake pops. I wanted the cake pop to resemble the color and sparkle of the classic ruby red slippers. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Once I was finished, I bagged them and tied light blue ribbon in the shape of bows on each cake pop. I noticed that when I was tying the bows that I have to tie them upside down in order for them to be right side up on the cake pop. Weird, I know. I guess that's how I learned to tie my shoes.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The cake pops came out really cute and I am sure all the kids will love them at the birthday party. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Past cake pops. </span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17471436837729396128noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5199901337232009307.post-47367990873363943982012-10-08T22:35:00.000-07:002012-10-10T15:01:58.631-07:00House Warming Cake Pops<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">10/6/12</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Today I am making cake pops for my sister's house warming party. I offered to take care of the desserts for her party so I thought making cake pops, cupcakes, and cookies would be a good choice. My husband and I always tag team when it comes to baking. He helps me so that I don't feel overwhelmed in the kitchen and it helps me to stay focused on what I am doing. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We made vanilla cake pops dipped in white chocolate (blue) and chocolate candy; chocolate cupcakes with blue tinted buttercream and chocolate buttercream frosting; chocolate chip and walnut cookies, and chocolate chip m&m (blue) cookies. I added edible glitter to the tops of the cupcakes to give it that extra sparkle and it really made the cupcakes stand out. I got this idea to from my local cake supply store that sells cupcakes called "Cake Walk". The vanilla cake pops were actually an accident. I was originally planning on making vanilla and chocolate cupcakes but I accidentally made the vanilla cake for the cake pops. Since I already made the vanilla cake for the cake pops, I decided to just leave the cake pops vanilla flavored and have the cupcakes be chocolate. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Since my sister was using a color scheme of blue and brown, I decided to show that through the desserts. I bought blue m&m's at a candy store (which was expensive) but worth it. I tinted the buttercream blue with "SKY BLUE" by <i><b>AmeriColor</b></i> to give it a bright blue hue. For the cake pops, I bought "LIGHT BLUE" candy wafers in the <b><i>Merkens</i></b> brand. You can find this at your local cake supply place. I got mine from "The Cake Walk" in Redlands, CA. You can't find this brand at Michaels or Joann's because they only sell the Wilton brand. I highly recommend that you switch brands if you use Wilton because it tastes so much better and it melts a lot better. Wilton's candy melts tend to be waxy and they are inconsistent when it comes to the melting processes. The candy, frosting and m&m's helped tie in all the blue and brown. I used chocolate chips for the brown in the cookies; chocolate buttercream frosting on 1/2 the cupcakes and chocolate candy melts for the cake pops. I sprinkled the cupcakes with edible glitter called "Disco Dust-Clear Gold" by <i><b>The Sugar Art</b></i>. I got all these products at my local cake supply store. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here's a close up of the cupcakes with the edible glitter. I used the big star tip to pipe the frosting. You can use a piping bag, reusable piping bag, or even a Ziploc bag. I used a disposable pipping bag here. </span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here is what the cake pops look like up close. :) I decided to dip 1/2 of them in the "Light Blue" and the other half in chocolate. Once they were dry, I drizzled the opposite color over the cake pops. </span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here is what the desserts looked like after it was all put together at the party.(I went and bought some clear platters at the<b><i> Dollar Tree</i></b> to display all the desserts. An inexpensive way to make these look all dressed up.) </span></blockquote>
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