One of them once told me that she wanted a cake ball the size of a baseball. I've been thinking about it ever since! I made her a cake pop that is a little smaller than a tennis ball, but I think she'll like it.
I made it the same way I make regular sized cake pops, except I used a heaping 1/4 cup of the cake ball mix and I used a 6-inch "cookie stick" instead of a sucker stick. I also needed a larger container for my melted chocolate.
I packaged it with a large treat bag and a wide ribbon. I think it makes a fun gift!
My other colleague loves the color pink. I saw an idea online for pink ombre cake pops. I melted white chocolate and tinted it with pink oil-based food color. After each cake pop, I added more food color. The result is cake pops in five shades of pink.
I packaged them in a bucket from the One Spot at Target, with pink shred of course (I stocked up on multiple colors of shred when it was on clearance after Easter).
While I was at it, I made some Minnie Mouse cake pops. I used slightly more than 1 tablespoon of mix for the cake ball. I used Ghiradelli chocolate melts for the ears (I trimmed them a bit so they would stick better), and the bow is a Wilton icing decoration I found at the grocery store. I attached the ears and the bow before the chocolate coating hardened.
My son saw an idea online for chocolate chip cake pops so I used a yellow cake mix, cream cheese frosting, and semi-sweet chocolate chips. I love the look of the chocolate chips, but I found that mini chips worked better -- the regular size chips make it hard to roll the cake balls and difficult to insert the stick. These are made from cake but taste like cookie dough!
