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Long shot... my cake pop recipe?
last year around this time I posted a direction for the cake pops I made - they were Andes Mint flavored.. anyway, I need to make them again, and I cant rememer how the hell I made them! Nobody saved that post, did they (lol)? 
I need my exact recipe because I had that damn thing perfected.
I need my exact recipe because I had that damn thing perfected.
Re: Long shot... my cake pop recipe?
Sweet baby jesus that sounds amazing, I dont have the recipe but I would be happy to tast test them for you!
That you want to suckle them? That should come as no surprise to anyone.
Make me a dozen:
So I used Chocolate Devils Food cake mix, and then let it cool for like 4 hours on the counter.
Then I mixed it all up with like 3/4 can of the creamy chocolate frosting, and rolled it into balls.
I let the ballls set in the freezer overnight.
For the coating I used 3/4 package of Tollhouse Dark Chocolate & Mint Chips, and a full package of the crushed Andes Mints. (I could only find both of these at Walmart). I also put like a teaspoon of Crisco into the mix.
Then take your sticks and dip them in the coating, and then stick them into the balls. Then dip the balls in the coating, and kind of tap the stick on the side to get the excess off.
I used those green floral arrangement thingies to stick my cake pops in so they could dry upright, and kept them in the fridge until they were ready to eat.
You will love them, promise.
Okay, these sound delish. I want to try.
But (and I'm sure this is a dumb question) - tell me about the baking part? Do you bake the cake in a pan, let it cool, then bust it up and mix in the frosting and roll into balls? Sounds extremely messy. also, for the coating, did you melt over the stove? I guess what I am saying, is that I need more of a recipe, with step-by-step instructions. I'm a rule follower, you know.
photos by jennied photography
Alissa Jean
9.10.2004
Yes, bake it in a pan and let it cool there, THEN bust it up in a bowl and mix in the frosting. The frosting part is slightly messy, but not too bad.
I melted the coating over the stove, but I'm sure that's not what the professionals do. Ashley, Tiff?
1. Make the cake per the instructions.
2. Let the cake cool in the pan, on the counter, for 4ish hours.
3. Crumble the cake in a bowl, add 3/4 can of frosting. Mix it up well.
4. Form balls out of the mix. Put them on a plate and freeze them overnight.
5. Remove balls from freezer the next day.
6. Melt the chocolate over the stove, and when it's melted stir in about a teaspoon of Crisco (this part is important!).
7. Dip your sticks just barely into the chocolate. Stick the sticks into your balls.
8. Dip the balls in the chocolate mixture, tap on side of bowl to remove excess.
9. Put your sticks in those foamy green things to cool.
VOILA. Better?
Picture courtesy of Heidi Keene Photography
If anyone makes these, I want them referred to from here on out as "Amy's Ballz" - since it is my recipe, and all.
Dude, I love you. Also, this is my favorite line. I shall print and put in my recipe journal, as is. Entitled "Amy's Minty Ballz".
All this talk of sticks, balls, and dipping them in things really has me grossed out.
I'd still totally eat them though.