Monster Pops
Serves: 5
Jolie Turcotte
1 January 1970
Based on User reviews:
48
Spice
65
Sweetness
54
Sourness
43
mins
Prep time (avg)
5.3
Difficulty
Ingredients:
Directions:
1
To decorate Have the cake balls chilled and in the refrigerator
2
Melt the purple candy coating in a microwave-safe plastic bowl, following the instructions on the package
3
The coating should be about 3 inches deep for easier dipping
4
(I usually work with about 16 ounces of coating at a time
5
) When you are ready to dip, remove a few cake balls at a time from the refrigerator, keeping the rest chilled
6
One at a time, dip about 1/2 inch of the tip of a lollipop stick in the melted candy coating, and insert the stick straight into a cake ball, pushing it no more than halfway through
7
Dip the cake pop into the melted coating, and tap off any excess coating
8
Hold the pop over the bowl in one hand, and tap your wrist gently with your other hand
9
If you use the hand holding the cake pop to shake off excess coating, the force of the movement will be too strong and could cause the cake ball to loosen or fly off the lollipop stick
10
Tapping the wrist holding the cake pop absorbs some of the impact
11
The excess coating will fall off, but you will need to rotate the lollipop stick so the coating doesn't build up on one side, making it too heavy on that side
12
If too much coating starts to build up at the base of the stick, simply use your finger to wipe it off, spinning the lollipop stick at the same time
13
This can happen if the coating is too thin or too hot
14
It's not as hard as it sounds; it just takes a little practice
15
Let dry in a Styrofoam block
16
Pour the remaining purple coating into a large squeeze bottle, and pipe random, drizzled lines all around the monster head
17
Let dry completely in the Styrofoam block
18
On some of the pops, pipe two small white circles with a candy writer for the eyes, and insert 2 chocolate jimmies before the coating sets
19
On the remaining pops, pipe a single large, white circle
20
Let dry completely and draw a large blue circle inside the white circle, using a blue edible-ink pen
21
With a black edible-ink pen, outline the circle and draw a pupil to finish the eye
22
Let dry completely
23
Have the cake balls chilled and in the refrigerator
24
Melt the purple candy coating in a microwave-safe plastic bowl, following the instructions on the package
25
The coating should be about 3 inches deep for easier dipping
26
(I usually work with about 16 ounces of coating at a time
27
) When you are ready to dip, remove a few cake balls at a time from the refrigerator, keeping the rest chilled
28
One at a time, dip about 1/2 inch of the tip of a lollipop stick in the melted candy coating, and insert the stick straight into a cake ball, pushing it no more than halfway through
29
Dip the cake pop into the melted coating, and tap off any excess coating
30
Hold the pop over the bowl in one hand, and tap your wrist gently with your other hand
31
If you use the hand holding the cake pop to shake off excess coating, the force of the movement will be too strong and could cause the cake ball to loosen or fly off the lollipop stick
32
Tapping the wrist holding the cake pop absorbs some of the impact
33
The excess coating will fall off, but you will need to rotate the lollipop stick so the coating doesn't build up on one side, making it too heavy on that side
34
If too much coating starts to build up at the base of the stick, simply use your finger to wipe it off, spinning the lollipop stick at the same time
35
This can happen if the coating is too thin or too hot
36
It's not as hard as it sounds; it just takes a little practice
37
Let dry in a Styrofoam block
38
Pour the remaining purple coating into a large squeeze bottle, and pipe random, drizzled lines all around the monster head
39
Let dry completely in the Styrofoam block
40
On some of the pops, pipe two small white circles with a candy writer for the eyes, and insert 2 chocolate jimmies before the coating sets
41
On the remaining pops, pipe a single large, white circle
42
Let dry completely and draw a large blue circle inside the white circle, using a blue edible-ink pen
43
With a black edible-ink pen, outline the circle and draw a pupil to finish the eye
44
Let dry completely
45
Note: You can also use melted white candy coating for the eyes
46
You can also use melted white candy coating for the eyes