Cake Pop Maker $1.99 at Kohls!!!

[Disfamily0405]

Mine shipped! should be here Friday or Saturday it was scanned in at the UPS center a few hours from my house

 

[Disfamily0405]

Mine arrived today I called the 1-800 number on the rebate to be sure how to send in the rebate. The nice lady at the rebate center said to just send in the shipping paper that is in the box in the place of the cash register reciept, in case anyone else was unsure what to send.

 

[Judique]

Mine arrived today I called the 1-800 number on the rebate to be sure how to send in the rebate. The nice lady at the rebate center said to just send in the shipping paper that is in the box in the place of the cash register reciept, in case anyone else was unsure what to send.

Mine has also arrived.

Thanks for the info about the shipping receipt!

 

[IDoDis]

I made my first batch of cake pops today -- what a disaster! Ha ha! When I dipped the cooked cake balls in chocolate, the cake balls kept falling off of the stick and into the chocolate!

So for the experts out there, do you freeze the cake balls before dipping? And when do you put the sticks in -- cool, hot, frozen? I cut the sticks in half to get more sticks. The 1/2 length was fine. I just need to fine tune the process.

 

[tnkrbell13]

Not an expert at all, but if you dip your sticks into the melted chocolate first then into the balls and let it harden a bit they will stay on the stick better.

 

[kkandaj]

I got both of mine Thursday and will be trying pancake/sausage pops for breakfast this morning. I'll report back how this goes.

 

[IBelieveInTheMagic]

Mine arrived today I called the 1-800 number on the rebate to be sure how to send in the rebate. The nice lady at the rebate center said to just send in the shipping paper that is in the box in the place of the cash register reciept, in case anyone else was unsure what to send.

Thanks for the info! I bought 3 total online and one was for my sister. I got "lucky" since they were in my cart earlier in the day, otherwise I would not have been able to order any that day. I know it's only two rebates per household but if I photocopy the invoice and send two with my address and then another separate one with my sisters address, do you think that would be acceptable? If not, no big deal but I'd hate to waste the $10!

I made my first batch of cake pops today -- what a disaster! Ha ha! When I dipped the cooked cake balls in chocolate, the cake balls kept falling off of the stick and into the chocolate!

So for the experts out there, do you freeze the cake balls before dipping? And when do you put the sticks in -- cool, hot, frozen? I cut the sticks in half to get more sticks. The 1/2 length was fine. I just need to fine tune the process.

We did not freeze ours before dipping. We let them completely cool and then did the dipping. We had the same issue as you however! In the end they came out awesome for a first batch and they were a huge hit! I can't wait to try more flavors and combinations!!

Not an expert at all, but if you dip your sticks into the melted chocolate first then into the balls and let it harden a bit they will stay on the stick better.

Yep! This is exactly that I read after we made our first batch and some of them fell off - yikes!

Heather

 

[IBelieveInTheMagic]

I got both of mine Thursday and will be trying pancake/sausage pops for breakfast this morning. I'll report back how this goes.

Oh please do!! This thread might need to turn into a recipes and ideas thread!!

Heather

 

[njsweetP]

For those of you who've made the pops, what recipe do you use? The ones that
come with it? Or do you have your own special recipe? Do tell...

 

[AllesonWonderland]

I got both of mine Thursday and will be trying pancake/sausage pops for breakfast this morning. I'll report back how this goes.

Ooh, hadn't thought of that! My kids love sausage pancakes on a stick, if I could make a mini version that would be great to freeze and have onhand for a quick breakfast! Keep us posted!

Mine came! Sent one to DH office gift exchange with a box of cake mix, brick of almond bark and a container of sprinkles. He said it got stolen a few times, so that made me happy! 1 left...I was thinking about keeping it around in case I needed a gift (or DD14 needed one--she thought it looked super cool) but I may have to keep it for myself and see what all I can make with it!

 

[Bonniec]

I haven't read through this whole thread, but I'm confused about this thread because normal cake pops are not made that way. At least not the ones like you get at Starbucks and so forth.


For anyone wanting to know how to make those cake pops, bake a cake, let it cool, and crumble it into a bowl. Mix in 1/3 to 1 can of frosting depending on your preference. 1/2 a can is the mosy common, I prefer 1/3. Stir the mixture together until you can make balls. It should be the consistency of play dough. Roll into balls and place in the freezer for about 20 minutes. Put a lollipop stick in and dip into melted candy coating of your choice. There are a ton of you tube demos on this too.

For those that have this machine, how do they come out? I'm very curious to see if it works since it's probably more of a cupcake type thing.

 

[IBelieveInTheMagic]

For those of you who've made the pops, what recipe do you use? The ones that
come with it? Or do you have your own special recipe? Do tell...

I just used regular cake mix. I believe the first one I tried was a Betty Crocker Devil's Food chocolate

Enjoy,
Heather

 

[dededisney]

I got my cake pop maker this week too and used it for the first time last night for a party. They were a huge hit. I used a yellow cake mix and I made so many and so quickly...the long part was the decorating as it took a while for each pop to dry enough so that I could add the sprinkles, etc. I used the candy melts and like someone else said, I dipped the stick into the candy melt first, then stuck it into the cake pop. I had a few that fell off while dipping, but I just stuffed it back on and continued with it. I made some reindeer and then just decorated the others with red, white and green candy melts. The party had no kids and adults were just loving them. I love the idea of the pigs in a blanket...will have to try that during the kids holiday break! I love the idea of people posting their recipies!

 

[Disfamily0405]

I haven't read through this whole thread, but I'm confused about this thread because normal cake pops are not made that way. At least not the ones like you get at Starbucks and so forth.


I haven't got to use mine yet because we have a family rule anything bought this time of the year that is not necessary has to be wrapped and put under the tree, but personally I bought it for myself because I assumed it makes things similar to donut holes which I LOVE, and I am not knocking on anyone who likes real cake pops but I can't bring myself to eat a cake someone has smooshed up to make it into ball form, but they are adorable and so with this I get the best of both worlds

 

[bumbershoot]

I haven't got to use mine yet because we have a family rule anything bought this time of the year that is not necessary has to be wrapped and put under the tree, but personally I bought it for myself because I assumed it makes things similar to donut holes which I LOVE, and I am not knocking on anyone who likes real cake pops but I can't bring myself to eat a cake someone has smooshed up to make it into ball form, but they are adorable and so with this I get the best of both worlds

That's how I feel about the supposed real cakepops. Just not going to eat something that's been squished and reformed...


Family rule...what if you wrap the BOX that it came in, and just use the thing at will? Might be a nice modification to the rule for things that could benefit the family before present-opening.

 

[kkandaj]

The pancake/sausage balls turned out great and were a huge hit with the kids! I cooked the ground sausage, then mixed it with the pancake batter. Used a gallon ziploc baggie to put the batter in and 4-5 minutes later, had pancake sausage balls.

DS has food allergies, so I didn't really purchase this for "cake" necessarily, but all the other types of foods we can't buy--donut holes, pancake and sausage on a stick (though I DID NOT waste my sticks on this, they just dipped the balls in syrup) and pizza rolls.

I knew when purchasing this that they weren't the "real" cake pops like at Starbucks, etc...which I think are WAY too sweet anyway. Then again, I don't like icing.

 

[IDoDis]

For those of you who've made the pops, what recipe do you use? The ones that
come with it? Or do you have your own special recipe? Do tell...

I used a regular white cake mix and dipped the balls in melted Wilton chocolate and then poured sprinkles on top. When they didn't stay on the stick, I started using my finger & thumb to dip 1/2 way, let harden and then dip the other half. I thought next time I'd melt some white chocolate and dip 1/2 in brown & 1/2 in white. Those would look cool.

The other night I made red velvet cake balls the old fashioned way with the frosting mixed into a crumbled cake. Those are a pain in the booty, and I think they are kind of gross. It was like eating food that was chewed up and then spit back out. I think I'll like these from the machine better once I get a handle on the dipping. I'll try dipping the stick in the chocolate first and see if that works.

BTW, I made these with my 1st and 2nd graders. They had a blast!

 

[ccgirl]

Before dipping in chocolate, I always refrigerate for a couple of hours. I do the oreo truffles, form, refrigerate for 2 hours (or longer) and they really hold their shape when dipping. For those, I am going to insert the stick and refrigerate so the stick is set in place. That should help them from not falling apart.

 

[maggiew]

When I make cake pops, I dip the stick in a little chocolate, put on the cake pop, then put in freezer. I dip them when frozen.

I purchased a piece of green florist styrofoam that I use for this purpose. I put wax paper over it. Then I stick the cake pops on a stick in the foam to hold them up. Then pop in the freezer. I'm lucky in that I have a "beer fridge" in the garage and the top freezer is empty, so I stick the whole foam with cake pops in there.

You can kind of see my florist foam in this picture:

Maggie

 

[Robmom]

When I make cake pops, I dip the stick in a little chocolate, put on the cake pop, then put in freezer. I dip them when frozen.

I purchased a piece of green florist styrofoam that I use for this purpose. I put wax paper over it. Then I stick the cake pops on a stick in the foam to hold them up. Then pop in the freezer. I'm lucky in that I have a "beer fridge" in the garage and the top freezer is empty, so I stick the whole foam with cake pops in there.

You can kind of see my florist foam in this picture:

Maggie

I love this idea. I'm going to pick up some of that foam and do the same.