I have to be honest, I hate making cake pops! I make a huge mess...they fall off the stick into the chocolate, they fall apart when I am trying to scoop them out...just a mess! So much so, that last week after making hamburger cupcakes (great tutorial) with the kids, we made up some cake balls and after 'trying' a few pops, I just left the balls in the freezer. I was over it. (yes, it might be because I see all of the gorgeous Bakerella-type pops on the blogs and that is my goal that I am far under-achieving!)
A few days ago, as I was looking at pictures of a beautiful baby shower on Custom Candy Buffet's facebook page, I noticed a cake ball in a mini sugar cone...it was gorgeous and sweet for a dessert buffet. I immediately thought of the frozen cake balls and thought maybe I could handle a cone better than a stick!
I knew my chances of finding mini sugar cones around here was slim but thought I might be able to find some regular kid cones (bonus~they will stand on their own on a dessert buffet). I grabbed a bag of the Wilton candy chips, some sprinkles...and the frozen cake balls.....and look what I made!
I have a big baby shower coming up soon, I may have to experiment a bit with pink, white and green 'ice cream'.
There are so many possibilities ~ elegant like the ones I mentioned above, Bakerella's version (here) or just plain, simple and cute, like these!
I think they will be lots of fun on a dessert table!
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Super cute Vicki and I think you can get these cones in cool different colors too. Love them!! You go girl!!!! Might have to make these bad boys for Morgan's Party.
So cute! Love your blog!
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ooh I LOVE these! great idea! :) my kids are going to love these - they probably could even help. Thanks
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What a great idea! :) I'm planning an ice cream social for my little one's birthday in May... these will be a GREAT addition to our dessert bar! Thank you for sharing! :) Have a great week!
For Australian readers, I've found mini ice-cream cones at Thomas Dux stores in Sydney, and I also saw some in Coles. It's worth hunting around for them - so cute!
Oh my, how CUTE!! I'm going to do this for my daughter's class on her birthday. Thanks for the idea!
super cute!!! my son's birthday is next week, i may just have to make these for him to bring to school. thanks for sharing!!!
sharon
how do you make the cake balls?
yeah, you! they look great. I would add m&ms in the cone first that way they make a fun shake sound and offer a nice sweet surprise.
So where did you end up finding mini cones?
My mom made these for me to take to school for my birthday 30 years ago! We just baked the prepared cake mix right in the cones as if they were cupcake liners and frosted them. I think we propped them up in muffin tins to bake. I like your chocolate dip idea better than frosting though.
Molly, do you know I made the ones you are talking about a few years ago for my daughter's preschool class and they loved them! BUT can you believe, the whole time I had the cake balls in the freezer, after the unsuccessful attempt at putting them on sticks, that idea never entered my mind...til I saw the idea with the sugar cones. lol
Thanks so much for reminding me...that is a fun treat to make!
I found the cones at....Wal Mart! And as someone mentioned, they did have different colors.
Recipe ~ I use the basic recipe from Bakerella...crumbled baked cake and canned frosting!
Love the M&M idea, the kids would love that!
I can't make the cake pops either! Lol! So nice to see that another blogger has issues with them falling off the stick, etc, etc, etc! This is such a cute way around the hassle, I may actually try this! Thank you!
They are super cute! I love them. I have been avoiding cake pops for the same reasons you said earlier as well. But how did you make the cake balls? Do you have a tutorial or recipe for how you made them? Please post a link or a recipe. Thanks!
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