A child's imagination is truly a remarkable thing and it is so sad that it is something that [most] of us lose as we "grow up." I remember that picking my birthday theme was one of my FAVORITE things to do. Since I am a summer baby, I always had ice cream cakes - from DQ duh! - and a swimming pool was always involved.
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| Rainbow Carnival Themed Cake Pops |
Some of the kids birthday treat requests I have gotten are just to cute. From penguin and goldendoodle cookies to carnival/circus cake pops!
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| Funfetti Filled Cake Pops |
Now I am still working on perfecting the craft of making cake pops into other shapes like faces and that sort of thing. I kind of like the simplistic look with some cute washi tape on the top or "cupcake toppers."
For this little soon to be 9 year old, she was having a carnival and circus themed party so I made funfetti cake pop balls and dipped them into blue and white chocolate to create the shells. Kids love sprinkles! So I did my "signature" swirl design on them and topped them of with the "cupcake topper" that I found on Google.
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| white and blue swirled rainbow cake pops |
TIP: Not going to lie, getting them to stand up straight is the tricky part. Before you dip them I recommend setting them on a flat surface like your baking sheet and see what side it rolls on to. When it stops tap it down to create a little flat surface. From there, dip your cake pop stick in the chocolate and take it over to the cake ball on the baking tray and eyeball where the "perfect center" is so it will stand straight up after you are down dipping it. Also after dipping it when you set it carefully down on the tray, pick it back up a little bit so chocolate can seep under the cake pop and not exposing the cake ball underneath.
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| All boxed up and ready to go! |
Transporting them was going to be another question. Luckily I happened to have the PERFECT size box in my house. Weird that never happens right?! So I was able to get all these little cake pop guys over to the birthday girl in one piece!
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