You might remember a couple weeks ago when I made THESE awesome cake pops.
My Little Cupcake was generous enough to send me a variety pack of their cake pop molds to test out!
The verdict? I’m in love…
I also thought it would be a great opportunity to host a giveaway…
An awesome giveaway that includes:
Isn’t he just so dang cute?! I love his facial expressions.
Do young kids even know who Pinocchio is? I sure hope so, otherwise this is going to be a total fail.
These would be adorable to have at a birthday party. In fact, I’m going to make sure my kids see every classic Disney movie. Have to keep them educated, you know (partially joking)?!
My poor kids. Speaking of kids, or lack thereof, I’ve updated my “about me” page. Check it out if you’re as nosy as I am.
My inspiration for these pops came from a pencil sharpener. Yes, a pencil sharpener. The pencil becomes Pinocchio’s nose while the sharpener is his head. Totally not as cute as these cake pops.
If you’ve never made cake balls/pops/truffles/etc…visit this recipe and tutorial.
Can I tell you the truth about my relationship with peanut butter!? I love peanut butter on apples. However, I’m not the biggest fan of peanut butter cookies (I know, I’m crazy). Plus, I’m totally picky about the brand of peanut butter I use - if it’s with apples, has to be Mara Natha. But please, if you make these, use Skippy. It’s just sooo peanut-buttery and has a strong enough punch of flavor for this cake, am I making sense?! Also, use jam or preserves (please), not jelly preferably.
I have had this vision of peanut butter cake bites filled with raspberry jam for quite some time. I finally fulfilled my vision and it exceeded my expectations, by far!
It is not only a great back to school treat for the kiddos, but I could scarf down more than my share of these.
I will forewarn you though: the aroma of this creamy, peanut buttery goodness seeping out of your kitchen will have you picking at this cake before it is in cake pop form. For your own sanity, you may as well cut a fresh piece to nibble on while transforming the rest into pops. The cake tastes similar to a peanut butter cookie, but 10x better in my opinion. It is a dense, smooth, moist and creamy cake that melts in your mouth.
This peanut butter recipe (originally for cupcakes) was a version created by Martha Stewart. I used the {slightly} adapted version by Brown Eyed Baker and then I ever so slightly adapted it, again. My secret ingredient? Greek yogurt. I was just being health conscious, substituting naughty stuff for good stuff.
You may remember back in March I had a huge cake ball project.
HUGE, as in 2000+ cake balls!
That’s roughly 55 regular sized cakes (9×13″ pans).
Or about 12 full sheet cakes! Plus a whole lotta frosting.
Not to mention approximately 66 POUNDS of CANDIQUIK! Holy moly.
These cake bites fed the guests that attended the 2012 Taste of the Timberwolves, a benefit dinner supporting the Timberwolves FastBreak Foundation.
A unique and great opportunity!
The pictures below will give you an inside peak at what “operation 2000 cake balls” looked like!
I made these last year for Valentine’s Day and decided they needed a post of their own. They are so dang cute and although I made them for Valentine’s – they are universal and customizable.
Here I had thought that I had came up with an awesome, original idea (if there is such a thing)!
Silly me.
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This tree has to be one of the most elegant and awe-some desserts I have made!
I won’t lead you on, it was a bit time consuming. I would highly suggest breaking it up into a 2-3 day project. Make your cake pop mixture on day 1. Coat and decorate your cake pops the following day and construct the tree on the 3rd day. And if you’ve never made cake pops - start here.
This tree was approximately 18″ tall. You could certainly downsize and make a mini tree.
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I didn’t mean to tease you all.
Who would’ve thought these little guys would be so popular!!?
Ok, ok, so as soon as I made them and looked at their googly little eyes, big beak and candy corn tail – I knew.
They just have so much personality!
Each one of them. Whether they have a cute face or stink face.
So I couldn’t help but share the photo with you on Facebook before I actually had the directions written up.
But here ya go -
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These were SO fun to make.
And even more fun to eat. Carrot cake + cream cheese frosting…definitely one of my favorite cake pop flavors.
Which character is your favorite?
These cats are pretty darn cute.
First things first – you will need some basic supplies and pinch of patience. Feel free to make all of the characters or just one.
The ghosts, by far, were the most simple.
The ingredients below are for ALL of the characters.
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Howdy!
Hello!
Hola!
It’s just about time to start posting fall inspired recipes and then umm, that season that follows fall.
Yikes.
Let’s not talk about that yet.
Let’s talk about cherry chips, coconut, chocolate and all the goodness they can produce.
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Things I learned this week that I should’ve already known after my twenty-something years of life:
Do not go running with someone that plays soccer, on a team. Or better yet, anyone that plays soccer regularly.
They can run, I…well, jog. Or you might even call it walking-incredibly-fast-where-you-kinda-have-to-jog, so you don’t trip.
Lastly, do not go running with someone who averages like 25 MPH (when you run jog 5.1 m.p.h.)…
Ohh, last tip (promise): wait longer than 5 minutes to go running after you eat these…
Thinking back on it -
I’m fairly certain it was these guys fault –>
Carrot Cake Balls
Warning, do not feed these to:
small children.
your dog.
or yourself… if you are wishing to sleep soon.
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These are cute as a bug’s ear!
Wait, do bugs even have ears? Hardly. When you think of a bug’s ear, do you think “cute”? Again, hardly. Not sure what was going on when someone dreamed up that expression – but I totally dig it. It’s “cute”…
Anywho,
I made these bugs, let me re-phrase – LADY Bugs (much classier) - a couple weeks ago and I’ve been super pumped to show you. I hope you like. I do.
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