Red Hot Holidays
I’m excited to share some cute new snowman cake pops with you guys today. I made them for my friend Betty. As in Crocker. As in cra-zee!
I was asked to create a holiday-inspired cake pop project to be included in this year’s, The Betty 10: Red Hot Holiday Trends where Betty Crocker features ideas and recipes to inspire your holiday festivities. Hey, that rhymed. They were just announced earlier this week and the trends look fantastic.
Anyway… Eeeek! Of course I said yes. And I hope my Granny is smiling right now. She would be so proud to see me hanging out with Betty and probably pretty surprised that I bake … (And eat pecans, too).
You may recognize these little snowman heads. They were inspired by these snowmen gingerbread head cookies I made last year. I love ‘em and kinda wish I had made them earlier … like in time to include in the holiday book I have out now. That’s ok, there’s another cute snowman in there. Snowmen are fun because you can really change up their look so many ways with hats, scarves, bodies, heads, earmuffs, color and candy. Frosty, too!
To get started I used crumbled white cake. The finer the crumbs the smoother the cake ball base you will have when you dip. Also, using light color cakes with white candy coating will make it less likely that the cake color will show through the candy.
The coating in this picture is Mercken’s Super White. Super fluid by the way.
Right after you dip, insert an orange coated sunflower seed for a carrot nose and let dry.
Then dip the top in a second color and before it dries, sprinkle with white sanding sugar.
When that dries, dot on more coating around the perimeter of the hat color with a toothpick and sprinkle again with sanding sugar.
Before it all dries, use the toothpick to help define indentions for a sweet little cap.
Or you can use a toothpick to apply a big band of white coating.
And sprinkle with white sanding sugar for a two-tone cap.
When the pops dry, use more sprinkles or candy to decorate using candy coating as glue.
Black confetti sprinkles make great eyes made out of coal.
Pastel pink confetti sprinkles make sweet cheeks.
Jumbo snowflakes to top off the caps.
And I hear Tic Tacs make great ear muffs. I used these for the color but you can easily swap it out for M&M’s or another similar candy.
Dot or draw on sweet smiles with a black edible ink pen like Americolor.
Big smile! Say freeze.
Thanks for including me Betty!
Here’s the complete list of The Betty 10: Red Hot Holiday Trends
And here’s the Snowman Cake Pops Recipe.
Enjoy and hope your holidays are red hot.
Ahhh!!!! I love those so much! You must be the master of cuteness! :)
November 21, 2012 12:13 AMthey look so cute!!!
November 21, 2012 12:26 AMI’m melting over here.
November 21, 2012 12:41 AMAmazing, i’m in love with this cake pops!
November 21, 2012 12:41 AMSooooo cute!
November 21, 2012 12:43 AMAww – LOVE these, so cute! :-)
November 21, 2012 12:44 AMOMG they are super adorable. I would love to try these .:0)
Blessings
Catarina
November 21, 2012 12:50 AMthese are so so cute!
November 21, 2012 12:56 AMSo cute!!!! Do you just have random designs pop in your head when you look at something? Your imagination is endless, love it!
November 21, 2012 01:07 AMOK those are adorable. I love the two-tone hats.
November 21, 2012 01:37 AMOhmygoodness these are adorable! A tiny little consolation for the fact that winter is totally here!
November 21, 2012 01:42 AMCongratulations to you! How wonderful! :-) These are adorable. My favorite is the lady snowman with the cute hat! Thanks so much for sharing with us!
November 21, 2012 02:08 AMToo cute! And every tiny detail is so expertly done…amazing!
November 21, 2012 02:25 AMWilton makes a set of sprinkles that are cat and dog ears. The dog ears are blue and oval and make great earmuffs. The orange triangle cat ears work for noses if you can’t find the seeds too!
November 21, 2012 02:55 AMSo cute! I can never have the patience to make some of these but I live vicariously through you :-)
November 21, 2012 03:24 AMCute! My sister and I are planning to make cake pops as christmas gifts this year, maybe we will make these ones:)
November 21, 2012 03:33 AMThese are so precious! Love the two different hats you made and the muffs too! Have a great Thanksgiving!
November 21, 2012 04:57 AMI checked out the Betty Crocker site. Did you know that one of these lil dudes is about 80 calories? Who can go wrong with that?
November 21, 2012 05:17 AMVery cute! I just bought the cake pops holiday book and plan on making a few pops from the book as Christmas presents for family and friends.
November 21, 2012 05:27 AMYou wow me with your ideas everytime! Supah-cute!
November 21, 2012 07:03 AMThe snowman cake pops are crazy adorable! And I love that you can customize them with whatever sprinkles you have on hand.
November 21, 2012 07:06 AMCongrats and these are super adorable.
November 21, 2012 07:33 AMso cute!
November 21, 2012 07:46 AMSuper duper cute!!! Love ‘em! Big congrats to you too! xo
November 21, 2012 08:44 AMAdorable! Love the colors too :)
November 21, 2012 09:24 AMso cute, I made snow men last week but my candy melts are evil, I must try the super white ones.
November 21, 2012 09:41 AMthis weekend I am making cake pops for the very first time for my nieces birthday. She wants Hello Kitty cake pops. Is that too agressive a cake pop for my first time? Any suggestions?!?! I need suggestions terribly..I fear a hot mess is on the horizon.
November 21, 2012 09:54 AMLast year I made the Santa Hats for my neighbors.
November 21, 2012 10:18 AMYou’ve done it again!!! These are so, so cute and adorable.
November 21, 2012 10:24 AMMine never turn out as cute as yours. You’re an artist, I’m a wanna be. ;)
November 21, 2012 10:46 AMI love these! So cute! There are so many cake pops I want to make for Christmas this year. I’m going to have to narrow it down to just a few. ;-)
November 21, 2012 11:16 AMHow fun! I had no idea Tic Tacs made such cute ear muffs. Love these.
November 21, 2012 12:00 PMIs it pathetic that I was super excited to see you blogging in-between Mondays? These snowmen are super cute–I’ll have to try them when I do my holiday baking!
November 21, 2012 12:22 PMYou are my inspiration!
Waiting for my “Cake Pops Holiday” book to be delivered any day now!
You rock!
Your biggest fan in Hampton, NH!
November 21, 2012 12:23 PMOh my these are just too sweet. I will be making them very soon!
November 21, 2012 02:18 PMVisiting your website – especially during holidays – always brings the biggest smile to my face! These are so sweet :)
November 21, 2012 03:15 PMNot yet Bakerella, but you inspire me maybe sometime soon! :D
November 21, 2012 04:00 PMThose are so cute and cheery-the perfect thing for the winter blues :D
November 21, 2012 04:35 PMSo cute! I made some snow man cake balls at the start of the month, I made them little top hats out of black candy coating-colored marshmallows and Oreo bottoms. Candy corn was still in stock (YES! Boo-ya. I love candy corn!), so I used that for the noses.
November 21, 2012 04:37 PMI love these. They are so cute, it would be almost criminal to eat them… You are so amazing at decorating! I always come here when I need some baking inspiration! Since december is just around the corner I feel a a sudden urge to try my hand at making some christmas themed cake pops! ^_^
November 21, 2012 05:41 PMJust the cutest little jolly snowmen ever! <3 Thank you for sharing :D
November 21, 2012 06:45 PMThese are adorable! Sometimes I wish I could decorate these as well as you, but alas, I can’t. :)
November 21, 2012 06:46 PMThanks guys! These were really fun to make.
November 21, 2012 08:31 PMI recognized these little cuties right away as cousins to the adorable cookies you made last year! If possible, these are even cuter! Really..I’m smiling just like the pops! I have made your Frosty pops for my sisters birthday..but none lately. Today I made “Turkey in the Straw” cupcakes for my blog! So cool you’re in Betty’s top 10! Happy Thanksgiving to you and your Mom. :)
November 21, 2012 09:25 PMHow adorable! Love your cake pops a lot!
November 22, 2012 03:44 AMhttp://craftanddecorate.blogspot.com/
Those are so cute love the snowman pops
November 22, 2012 09:53 AMThese are so cute! What an amazing accomplishment. Congrats!
November 22, 2012 04:44 PMSo cute! I keep seeing your books in local bookstores, just want to say you rock!
November 22, 2012 06:37 PMI love the hat it looks just like glittery wool. Adorable for Christmas. Thank you.
November 22, 2012 09:37 PMHey Bakerella!
November 23, 2012 08:47 AMI have a small problem with my cake pops. Everytime I try to make cake pops, a) my candy coating sets WAY too fast for me to put anything on it. b) I get swirls on the pops instead of it being smooth. and c) If I do try to tap off the excess, the pop falls apart.
Can you please help me? Thanks!
-Taylor
These are the cutest little things!! I love all the different versions :) Congrats on the Betty 10!
November 23, 2012 09:36 AMI made some snowman cake pops from your Cake Pops book!
November 23, 2012 02:03 PMWow such talent!
November 23, 2012 08:11 PMCongratulations on the honor of making Betty Crocker’s top ten! Your grandma must be proud that you too are turning into an American icon!
November 24, 2012 03:24 AMNon ho parole!!sono MERAVIGLIOSI!!!
November 24, 2012 07:04 AMOooh! How cute, I HAVE TO make these … no questions asked :)
November 25, 2012 12:08 AMadorable! must share with my crafty daughter:)
November 25, 2012 12:10 AMDeliciously adorable
November 25, 2012 11:25 AMHi Bakerella! I was wondering, is candy coating the same as chocolate melts in Australia? They look the same. Would they works the same?
November 25, 2012 11:44 PM????Super, they are all so cute i dont know which one can be my favourite.Anyways i also Betty Crocker i was so excited when i read you did it for betty crocker.i have have looking for cake pops in Betty Crocker for so long long i was sad when i couldn’t find them but now i can Yay!!! i wish you could put this recipe in the book????
November 26, 2012 03:55 AMI loved making these! My kids loved eating them too!!! I only had a hard time coating the sunflower seeds with orange chocolate and inserting them… they would sort of also melt on my fingers… any tips? yours look so shiny… do you dip yours or do you buy them already coated? that part was challenging for me… ;)
November 26, 2012 10:15 AMSo beautiful! I loved the cookie version of these guys and now these are so perfect as well! I wish I was as talented as you are with cake pops! You are amazing Angie :)
November 26, 2012 06:41 PMSuper cute! I’ll give this a try sometime. Thank you!
November 26, 2012 10:15 PMThanks for sharing this idea! ;)
November 27, 2012 05:11 AMthey are so adorable! thank you for all your creative ideas!! i tried my hand at snowman cake pops last year for a holiday party — http://www.cupcakeandwhiskey.com/2011/12/getting-into-holiday-spirit.html
November 27, 2012 11:07 AMYour ideas always amaze me! These snowmen are adorable and are the perfect holiday treat :)
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November 28, 2012 12:17 PMIt put a smile to ma face, so cute!
November 28, 2012 09:10 PMquestion for anyone who can help:
when you make cake balls how do you get it so that crumbs dont mix into the chocolate and get it lumpy? i made some recently and toward the end the chocolate was so thick because of the crumbs that i could barely coat it.
November 28, 2012 10:09 PMbeautiful!!!!!!!!!!
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November 29, 2012 04:53 PMAwww, they’re so cute!!! Hopefully i can make those after i make my smily ones :D
November 29, 2012 06:36 PMPrecious snowman cake pops Angie!! I would like to pass them out on the chairlift. Could you imagine how many friends I would make??!!
November 29, 2012 09:40 PMone of the cutest things i’ve seen in a long time!
November 30, 2012 07:28 PMbrilliant idea!
xx
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Those are definitely adorable! Love them!
December 2, 2012 09:01 AMI love the hats and earmuffs!!! Too cute! I would love to try these, but my family’s allergies limit us to allergen free chocolate for coating.
December 6, 2012 10:47 AMBut, I do plan to make more of the allergen free chocolate peppermint candy cane cake pops pictured in my collage (http://nomyumfree.com/allergy-free-christmas-chocolate-peppermint-bark-guest-host-cupcakes/)
Happy Holidays!!!
oh these are sooooo adorable..thanks for sharing
xoxo Wengie
December 7, 2012 07:22 AMhttp://www.wengie.com
These are so cute! I’ve been following your blog for a while but have only just tried making cake pops as I thought they’d be too difficult. Anyway they turned out ok and were surprisingly easy so I will definitely be trying them again – maybe a more adventurous design! :-) (My attempt is here if you fancy a peek – http://www.uppercutcakes.com/2012/12/wasabi-cake-pops.html)
December 14, 2012 03:09 PMwow they are sooooooooo amazing and cute
December 15, 2012 05:40 PMHaha these Frosties are amazing and funny!
December 18, 2012 03:27 PMThese Frosties are amazing and funny!
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December 19, 2012 02:02 PMu are the coolest your so creative i just admire you!!!!!!!
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December 21, 2012 03:19 PMpooooooooooo
January 21, 2013 06:04 AMdidn’t mean that cus they’re so adorable but couldn’t u make some simple recipes instead of just showing off?
January 21, 2013 06:06 AMOMG!!! Thank you! :)
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