BBQ Party ... Flip Flop Cake Pops

This past Saturday we had a End of the Year BBQ at my parents lake front.  WELL it was scheduled for last Saturday, but when I kept checking the weather and it called for 80% chance of RAIN, I called it.  Thank God since Noah may have picked us up for the party too, if you remember Caden's bday party did the same thing.  I think it's a new theme for my parties. 

I of course wanted to make theme things!  I found these Flip Flop Cake pops on Living Locurto.  If you have not been to this site you MUST from free printable's to awesome ideas for food!

NOW her's are so professional an amazing looking.  I didn't do the cake pops on a lollipop stick.  They were't all uniformed but I loved how they came out!

 What You’ll Need:

• Blue Candy Melts
• Lolliop Sticks (I skipped this part)
• Baked Cake & Icing. Flavor of your choice.
• Flower Sprinkles
• Candy Straws

Directions

Mix the cake and icing together in a bowl. Shape into a cake ball. Squeeze the middle to form an hour-glass shape.

Once you have your hour-glassy looking shape, you’re going to want to then shape it into your “flip flop” form.  Just smooth the edges and form it to make it look like a flip flop.

Dip in melted candy before it dries place the strap onto the flip-flop.

Next, put a small dot of chocolate on the strap and attach your flower, or decoration.

They turned out pretty darn cute if I say so myself!

Thanks for stopping by

Don't forget to see the parties I link up to HERE. 

Happy 4th of July! Goodies done, Lake here I come!

Well I'm heading up to my parents lake front to enjoy the sun and of course the fireworks!  It's going to be fun this year, the last few years it has been very low key.  This year will be too but we have some great friends coming to hang out too!  I'm so excited to enjoy the day with friends.


I whipped up a few items to share!  First off was some simple jello shots in a star shape, I used the recipe from my post here.

Next was to make firecracker cookies I saw on Pinterest (click on the title for the recipe, sorry it wouldn't let me copy and paste for her site).

And last was some red velvet cake pops.  I made Paula Deens red velvet cake mix from the food network.  I then put the mix in my cake pop pan and bam it was ready to go!  I melted some almond bark dipped the cake pops in and sprinkled with blue sprinkles.  Next time I'll use Wilton Melts they just work better and are smoother finish.

Happy 4th of July everyone hope you have a wonderful day with family and friends and lots of laughter!

Do They Like My Creation?

Sorry I’m a little MIA it’s been crazy with work and now with both boys home it’s a little nutty around here.

Ok so I have to confess when I post something on Pinterest I secretly keep checking to see how many people like it or pin it.  You post something you make and it’s like waiting to see if your picked for the cheerleading squad.  Most times I will at least get a few of each, so when I posted my Graduation Cake Pops I thought I’d be the hit of the town.  But sadly it was like trying out for the cheerleaders in High School I was left tired warn out and full of the fake smiles as they walked by me putting the black ball in the bowl.  YUP not one like or repin, so I thought I repin it a few days later to see what I would get.  Yup it was like what I felt like when I came home to say I didn’t make the cheerleading squad.  LOL

Ok I can’t be alone, right?  Ok come on fellow pinners you have to feel this right?  Oh man I feel like I hit the bad side of the lunch table again … hehe!

Sorry little guy you didn’t get the reviews I thought I would.

Graduation Cap Cake Pops Made

I like to make something for the class as they move to the next grade.  I found several things on Pinterest for Graduation but I’ve been dying to try out this cake pop pan my mother in law bought me.  So I came up with an idea to make a cake pop and then add a graduation cap on top to make it look like a little graduation head.  Cole’s school colors are red and black.  Here is what I came up with.  What do you think?

 

First off I made a Vanilla Cake Pop from the Baby Cakes Shops.  It was a simple recipe and I did like they said and put it in a piping bag (aka poor person ziplock bag).

Ingredients:
• 1½ cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• ¼ teaspoon salt
• ½ cup butter, softened
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 eggs
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• ½ cup milk
Directions:
1. Combine flour, baking powder and salt.  Set aside.
2. In a separate bowl, beat together butter and sugar until light and creamy.  Beat in eggs and vanilla.
3. Alternately blend in flour mixture and milk into butter mixture, beginning and ending with the flour mixture.
4. Fill each cooking reservoir with about 1/2 full. 
5. Bake 350 for 20 minutes.
6. Allow to cool and glaze or coat, as desired.

You Will need:

• Wilton Candy Melts (In your School Colors)
• Cake Pop Sticks
• Graham Crackers
• Peel Twizzlers
• Frosting (Something you can use like glue to stick the hat on top)

I made the cake pops stuck them in the freezer while I melted some red Wilton candy melts and dipped them in it.  I then put them in the fridge so they would firm up.   I then took graham cracker rectangle and broke in half to be like a square for the cap.  I dipped that in black candy melts and let them sit on some wax paper before they hardened I took some peel twizzlers  to look like tassels hanging off the hat.

Check out the step by step here, plus you see my helpers .  I only had one cake pop stand (I even sent Rick to Walmart and couldn’t find another one).  So we did some extra and did them with out a stick in a cupcake holders.

So Friday we wrap up the 2nd grade.  I hope our goodies are loved.