Barbie™ Cake Pops

 A modern twist on an old favorite!

I am a huge fan of Barbie™.  I had a Barbie™ cake when I was a little girl (waaaaaaaaay back when), my daughter had a Barbie™ cake when she turned 5 and I still find myself being pulled down the Barbie™ isle at toy stores.....  so it was a natural progression for me to think Barbie™ Cake ~ Barbie™ Cake Pops!

Of course with Cake Pops you'll need small dolls.  These Barbies™ are from the McDonald's Happy Meals.  I didn't have a supply on hand when I wanted to make these pops so I ordered them off of Ebay.  They actually weren't that expensive and I was able to buy a lot of 10.  You could also use Polly Pocket™ as well!

Just a side note, these dolls are not made for food so they are not FDA food grade so if that is a concern for you please be aware of that.  

I think these pops would be sooooo cute for a little girl's party!  My girls never ate that much cake when they were little and I can just see the look on all the little girls faces when they see all the miniature dolls and edible dresses!

If you don't want all that hair hanging down on the pop you can use small itty bitty clips to pull it back.  I did that here.  This dolls hair is not touching the actual cake part.  It has a pinch clip in the back of her head.  I also like the look of her right on the plate.  I made her on the stick and then gently took the stick out when she was all done and placed her on the cake platter!

The first thing I did was to cut the dolls in half at the waist.  I actually had my husband do it so I can't take credit for this.  A small saw will work well as they aren't very thick.  I had him make the cut at the waist but as you can see on this doll below he cut a little too much!  It worked out o.k. but at the waist is better.

Next I cleaned the dolls and then dipped them, wiping off the excess candy melts under the arms.  Let them dry and set aside.

I used the Cupcake Shaped Mold to make the skirts.  

I made the cupcakes and prepared them on the sticks.  Then I started dipping the cupcakes and added the doll at the top of the cupcake.

I wanted to make sure I got good definition on the skirt so I used very thin candy melts.  Next time though I would go a little thicker though.

 

After the doll was dry I sprayed her dress and bodice with Wilton's Color Mist and then attached the bow.  I will say it was a little messy so I would possibly not recommend this if you want to keep things easy and clean.  Instead I would say use deep pink candy melts.

As for the glimmery shine that all the dolls have I used Wilton's Pearl Dust as the finishing touch.  This powder is so easy to work with and it adds that magical quality to the dolls dress.

I did think about adding a fondant skirt at the bottom of the cupcake to make the skirt flair but for ease I decided against it.  Although for those that work with fondant often and wanted to try it that could be an option?!

I thought this one could be really cute for a bridal shower with her bridesmaids in the back!

On some of the Barbies™ you will notice they have a high neck line for the clothes as on this one below. In this case I colored her the color of her top and just left the top uncoated.  The base was sprayed with Wilton's Color Mist in Purple and then the shimmery dust on top.

Now for the fun part.  

Enter to win a Holiday Barbie™2012 in Blond

and the My Little Complete Set of Cake  Pop Molds to get you started on your Barbie™ Cake Pops!

This contest is now closed.  Our lucky winner was #39.  #'s are counted in the order of eligible entries not by number assigned by post.  We had a total of 70 eligible entries in this contest.

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Sock Monkey Cake Pop Party!

My daughter recently turned 10.  Her request was a monkey party.   After looking at invitations online and in local stores most of the invitations we found were more for younger kids or infants than for a tween.  So we came up with the idea to make a "Sock Monkey" party.

Immediately I knew I had to make Sock Monkey Pops!  I have to admit I was a little stumped as to what I was going to do.  I did a quick search on the internet to get inspiration and I found this seller on Etsy "Mom's Killer Cakes" and fell in love with her Sock Monkey Pops.  I made these ones but if you don't want to make your own (instructions below) guess what?  You can order directly from her!  I made my monkeys happy with a red smile instead of the big red lips but either way I think they look super cute!

I wanted to do Sock Monkey invitations as well  I couldn't find what I was looking for and didn't have the time to make a custom order.  So I went to Michaels Craft Store and bought plain cards, some monkey stickers and printed up my own monkey invitations. 

Front of Invitation 

I found this very fun font "Janda Silly Monkey" for free from Fontspace.com

Inside of invitation:

We ordered Sock Monkeys and the red and white straws from Discount Party Supplies.com

I decorated the table with the Monkeys and then the girls got to take them home.

Another idea which I had but we did not end up doing was to make Sock Monkeys.  So in lieu of ordering Sock Monkeys a fun project might be to make them at the party.  You can get free instructions here.

These vintage inspired paper straws add a fun festiveness to these pops.  

I just love these!  They would also be great for Christmas Pops.

The hats are red Sixlet candies.

The first thing I did was to make my shapes using My Little Cupcake's Ball Shaped Cake Pop Mold.  Then I inserted the straws.

After they were all done I chilled the pops before I dipped in the next step.

I used large confetti dots for the ears.

Insert on each side of the head.

I put a small line of candy melts along the ears to give them a raised effect on the outside, so it would look more like a real ear.

Now dip entire head into your brown chocolate melts.  I didn't want to make the monkeys too dark so I added some white and yellow melts to the chocolate wafers to lighten up the color.

I used black powder food color to make the eyes, eyebrows, nose and mouth.  However, you can use candy melts as well.

Good luck and have fun!

Frosty the Snowman!

I suppose I am on a snowman kick but truth be told I do love snowman!  And who doesn't love Frosty the Snowman.... and these cake pops remind me of one of my favorite Christmas Classics.

Supplies:

You can use any color for the snowman nose... not just orange.  

These candies are called Baby Tear Drops.  You can find them online by CK Products.

Top Hats

You will need to pre-make the hats ahead of time... so they are ready to place on top of snowman after you dip them.

I LOVE these non pareil chocolate rings from Trader Joes.  

Not only are they delicious. . .  the colors are perfect for the Top Hats!

Just warning you, you may want to buy 2 packages just in case you run out. . . before you even start to make the hats!

Fill Rollo with white candy melts.

 Place cookie on top of Rollo.

Cut up Airhead Xtremes for the ribbon on the Top Hat!

Wrap around base of hat.

Dab a small drop of white candy melts and attach Snowflake.

Fun Christmas Cake Pop Recipe:

You may have seen my post on making this with 

Candy Canes but if you want a little more of a 

Peppermint Bark taste you can use Starlight Candies.  

Oreo Mint Cookies

Starlight Candies about 1/2 cup.

Crushed up Starlight Candies

Happy Holidays!

Snowman Cake Pops w. our new Snowman Mold!

I'm so excited to introduce our new Snowman Cake Pop Mold!  This is one of our most useful shapes.  The two tiered body is perfect for bears, bunnies, turn it on it's side and it can make winged bugs, bumble bees, spiders and side by side pumpkins.   The possibilities are endless and I can't wait to experiment some more with him!

I used the below recipe to make these snowman.  It tastes great and is easy to make. 

The perfect holiday treat!

Candy Cane Winter Mint Cake Pop Dough:

● 1 (15.25 oz, 432.33 grams) package Cool Mint Creme Oreo Cookies

● 7 oz (198.44 grams) cream cheese

● 25 Small Candy Canes (add to taste)

● 20 lollipop sticks

Place Oreo Cookies in food processor and grind to fine crumbs, place candy canes in food processor and continue to grind until candy canes are crushed. Hand mix with cream cheese.  Roll dough into 20 balls and chill 2 hours in refrigerator.

Coat mold and balls with powder sugar to prevent sticking with mold. 

Place dough into mold, squeeze, wipe excess dough off mold and 

remove snowman. Chill an additional 1/2 hour until firm.

Snowman Decorations:

● White candy wafers (for body, hat and buttons) 

● 4 Black candy wafers (for eyes and mouth) 

● Chow Mein Noodles (for arms)

● 20 Wilton Rainbow Chip Crunch in Orange 

(for nose)

● White candy melt dots for buttons 

● Air Head Sour Belts for scarves 

(cut into strips by color)

The hats are very simple and fun to make. The white you see is just candy melts that glues the hat to the cookie!  Finish with a little flower for bit of fun!

● 20 Reese’s Peanut Butter “Mini” Cups 

● 20 Keebler Mini Fudge Stripes

● Wilton Daisy Margarita Sprinkles 

● 5 white candy wafers to glue items together.

Other Helpful Supplies:

● Toothpicks to apply eyes, mouth and buttons 

● Powder sugar (coat mold to prevent sticking)

● Styrofoam to hold pops

So now for the funnest part of all............  It's a "Giveaway"

I've done a little shopping and bought all the fixins you need to make your own!

Of course, I had to include the Candy Melter!

And the best part of all!  

The Snowman Mold!  Who could live without him.... 

he's so cute!

Just comment below telling me what you would make with the snowman mold... that is NOT a snowman;-)

Edited Contest Now Over.

 Nov. 23rd (Black Friday) Winner will be picked at Random by Random.Org  and will be announced Nov. 26th Cyber Monday!   

Winner