Cake Pops Attempt #2

Yum!  These turned out alot better than expected – thanks to the help of my boyfriend :)

Here are some pics of the process along with some things I did differently from last time.
Click here for the recipe/first attempt

 

Butter Pecan cake mix… yummm

 

Cake baked, mixed with cream cheese frosting and then rolled into balls.  Oh, also cookie cutter-ed some of them.  We actually ended up shaping them all into balls – even the ones I cut into random shapes.  It’s much much easier to coat (I was tight on time).

 

This time I kept the chocolate heated (over simmering water).  The chocolate cooled off too fast when I microwaved it last time.

We thought of a more efficient way to coat the pops – by using a spoon to scoop up some chocolate over the bowl and twirling the uncoated pop around the spoon.  It’s easier to get a thinner layer of chocolate this way and looks cleaner.

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Finished product!  Used some sprinkles right after the pop was coated and then placed an M&M-mini on top. So cute!

For presentation I put three pops together, bought zip lock bags and cut the “zip” part off, covered the pops with the bag and tied a ribbon around it.  Someone asked me where I bought them from =)

 

Making finishing touches at work… it was hard to get a good picture of one finished, wrapped pop.  Sorry!