White Chocolate CakeChocolate LegoChocolate PopsLego Cake PopsDessert PartyDessert IdeasParty SweetsLego CookiesCake TrufflesForwardLego White Chocolate Cake "Truffles" - how to! These turn out almost too good to be true!You’ll love making these quick and easy Marshmallow Lego Pops for birthdays and class treats. So simple that kids can help too! Video included for quick tutorial.After posting my simple Lego Cake I had promised to walk you through how to make the Marshmallow Lego Pops. Honestly, it’s not much more difficult than dipping a marshmallow in chocolate, but I’ve come to realize that after making these for a few years I have a few tips and tricks to share with you. As always, melt your chocolate slowly. Add in a teaspoon of shortening or coconut oil at a time to thin the chocolate to a good dipping consistency. You want the chocolate to flow freely from a spoon when you dip it in. I have scissors that I reserve especially for food. Just be sure to wash anything that touches your food!
Please watch a short video at the bottom of this post showing how I adhere the mini marshmallow to the top with a bit of chocolate. By using the same lollipop stick you will also have a better chance of your stick staying in place when you dip the whole pop. After this step let the chocolate firm up for 10-15 minutes. Tap the pops quickly on the side of the bowl and roll the pops around until the chocolate is smooth. Be sure that all of the excess chocolate drips off before you stick it upright to dry or else you’ll be left with droopy Lego Man pops. I use a piece of cardboard that I poke holes in on top of a bowl to hold my pops in place while drying. You can also use a piece of styrofoam. I hope you’ll make these and love them as much as we do! I’ve linked to all the supplies used at the bottom of this post. Items can also be found at most craft stores. Items used in this post: All Recipes, Cake, Candy, No Bake Desserts, Other SweetsCake balls, cake pops, cakesicles — have you tried them?
They swept the internet like a tidal wave over the last few years, thanks in part to the delightful and amazing creations of Bakerella and other creative cooks. We finally decided to try them, and while ours don't achieve the heights of more talented confectionery artists, they tasted pretty darn good! Cake pops are basically little smushed balls of cake and frosting (kind of like when you used to smash your birthday cake all in pieces, maybe with ice cream, and eat it as goop). You bake up a cake, let it cool, tear it into fine crumbs, stir in something to hold it all together, and roll it in balls. They're terribly cute, and they're also a great way to use up leftover cake. I had quite a bit of leftover cake and frosting from my recent foray into LEGO cake building, so cake balls seemed a natural way to use them all up. These are incredibly delicious, over the top little morsels. The chocolate shell gives way with a little snap to a moist and soft inside, like a brownie that melts in your mouth.
They're not as rich as chocolate truffles, but they are still quite sweet. Special occasion treats only, but oh how people love them! Here's how to do it yourself, and do it from scratch, too. Most recipes call for a boxed cake mix and canned frosting, but why not go with homemade, as long as you're going to all the trouble of making cute little balls already? 1 batch Dark Chocolate Cake 8 ounces cream cheese, softened 2 cups confectioner's sugar 1 tablespoon milk (or more, as necessary) Bake the cake and let it cool completely on a rack. This is a very moist cake, which is ideal for this recipe. It's best to let it cool overnight at least. When it is completely cool, break the cake into a large bowl. Crumble it with forks or your fingers until it is in fine crumbs. In a separate bowl, whip the cream cheese, butter, powdered sugar, and milk together until smooth. Pour into the cake crumbs and mix with a spoon. Then continue mixing with your fingers, kneading and mixing until fully incorporated into the cake.
Check to see if it will roll into a ball. It should: this makes a very malleable, easy-to-handle cake mixture. But if it needs a little extra moisture, add milk a spoonful at a time. When the mix is completely done, cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate until firm. You can leave the mix refrigerated for several days at this point. I left mine in the fridge for about three days before making the balls. You could probably also freeze this. Lollipop sticks (found at Michael's, JoAnn's, or other craft stores) 12 ounces chocolate chips 12 ounces white chocolate bark Colored sugars, candies, and other decorative sprinkles How to make the balls Prepare two large baking sheets by covering with wax paper or parchment. Take a bit of the cake mixture and roll it into a smooth ball. If you want to use the lollipop sticks, stick one into the end of each ball, pointing upward, as you put the ball back down on the sheet. [Note: I cut the long lollipop sticks in half; they seemed a little long for the size of the balls.]
Repeat until you've used up all the mixture. As each sheet fills up, put it in the freezer so that the balls harden. How to decorate the cake pops Melt chocolate or white chocolate in a double boiler on the stove. If you want to make the coating a little more resistant to melting, add a small square of wax to the pot and let it melt too. Dip each ball into the chocolate until covered. Dip in sugar, coconut, sprinkles, or anything else you'd like to decorate with. Put it back on the sheet to harden.it will cause the coating to weep or melt. They can be frozen, however. • The Pioneer Woman: Cake Balls Halloween Style • Cake Pops at Bakerella • Recipe Recommendation: Oreo Truffles • How To Make an Oreo Cake Article originally posted March 11, 2009.Leprechaun Pops These Leprechaun Pops are easy to make using color spray and Starburst instead of all of that messy dipping in candy melts! View This Tutorial Read More » Pizza Pops Cake pops made to look like pizza.
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