Can you believe these are my very first cake pops I ever made??? I can't either!!! They were super easy, but very time consuming. I scoured Google & Pinterest for thanksgiving cake pop ideas, and came across something similar to these, So I set off to gather supplies on a budget. The original idea called for oreos, but oreos are pricey, so I went with some off brand chocolate striped cookies from the dollar store, and more came in the pack...score!!!
- Wilton's chocolate candy melts
- Chocolate striped cookies
- Chocolate cake
- Chocolate frosting
- Candy corn
- Candy fruit slices
- Lollipop sticks
I followed the typical cake pop recipe I seemed to run across on the web. Baked a chocolate cake, let it cool, then crumbled it up and added half a can of frosting. I rolled the cake into balls, I seemed to get 20 balls from one cake...and they were nice sized balls...maybe a little too big/heavy, especially after the chocolate & candy because one fell off the stick. Then I placed all the balls in the freezer for 30 minutes to firm up.
While the balls were in the freezer, I assembled the tails. I took the chocolate striped cookie and placed it chocolate side up. Poured a few drops of melted chocolate along the top half of the cookie, then placed 7 candy corns on the melted chocolate. I let those set until dried.
Then I moved onto the faces. I took un-melted candy melt and added a drop of chocolate and placed a candy corn on it for a beak. At first I placed the candy corn with the beak sticking out but it took too long to set & I had to hold it there for a few minutes. So eventually I just placed them flat. I cut the triangular ends of the candy corn for eyes and cut red fruit slices in a thin triangular shape for the wattle. By the time I finished the tails and faces, the cake balls were firm. I took the balls from the freezer and melted more chocolate. I dipped the end of the lollipop stick into my melted chocolate and then into the cake ball. After all cake pops were set, I dipped each one into melted chocolate and placed directly onto the cookie/candy corn turkey tails. Once those were dry, I dabbed a little melted chocolate on the front and added the face. As I mentioned before it got pretty heavy and one fell apart, while others fell over...but they were so hard it didn't break! lol. I decided to place them into my cake pop holder and display them with the rest of the Thanksgiving desserts.
I also placed a few that I were giving away into the plastic container that the candy corns came in. I added a cute autumn themed ribbon, which is not shown for an added touch!
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