This weekend we had my youngest daughter's first birthday party (*tear* where did my baby go?!) and I decided to try my hand at the ever-so-popular cake pops. They're relatively easy to make and decorate, depending on what character you're going with. Plus, they are the perfect amount of sweet without the guilt of just eating a massive amount of sugar and calories.
I may or may not have had 2. Yummy!
I was able to find a super cute Elmo cake pop recipe on
Bakerella and went for it. Honestly, it wasn't bad at all. I had anticipated it to be a lot more work. Take a looksy...
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| The hardest part was giving Elmo 'fur' which didn't really work so I opted to leave most of them smooth. |
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I also wasn't crazy about his mouth. The recipe in which I took this idea said to use 1/2 of a candy melt but it seemed way too big, don't ya think?
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| I made a few with just sprinkles too; they were just as delish! |
All in all, I think they turned out pretty well for my very first time making them. At first none of my party guests (other than the kids of course) wanted to try them. BUT, once they did, everyone raved about how great they were. So much so, there were only a few leftover!
Suffice it to say, I am not Bakerella...but I enjoyed making and decorating them and everyone else loved eating them=success in my book :)
