I did a pretty good job with them, but it was a little rough. I've only done cake balls before, and those don't need to be a certain size unless you're looking to make a ton. The skeleton pops on the other hand, needed to be a lot smaller than I first tried making them. On top of that, I had used white cake rather than darker cake and when you use lighter colors, you have to kind of get rid of the top and bottom of the cake unless you want some brown spots in there. It certainly took a while to get the whole thing white again without taking too much cake out. I ended up using two boxes instead of just one since I had to take quite a bit off the top. My advice to others would be, use a darker cake if this is your first time and if the pop moves out of the stick when you dip it in the candy coating, make the others smaller until you can find the perfect size.
Another thing is: edible markers are a little hard to work with (or at least mine were) so be careful when you use them. I used black and red for my skeletons, but the red worked much better than the black. I tried using them at different times, like when the candy coating was still a little warm and after it had hardened. The perfect time is right in between that and it's kind of hard to get down. I bought my markers from Wal-Mart (that's the other thing) so I would say get some really good quality markers for this. It might cost a little more, but it's definitely worth it.
When I made the cake pops, rather than using styrofoam, I used a cardboard display from Wal-Mart. It worked well and I can use it again the next time I make them. I'm still experimenting with candy coatings, but I don't particularly like Wilton's. The next ones I get will probably be from Hobby Lobby (they have more of a variety than Wal-Mart anyway) and I think I'll dabble in the edible paint instead of using the markers. There will be a blog about how that goes too.
Thanks for reading, Brittany
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