How To Store Cake Pops After Making Them

If you’re reading this, it’s safe to assume you’re either curious about or obsessed with cake pops . Same here. With our list of do’s and don’ts when making cake pops, you’ll be able to tackle that masterpiece-on-a-stick in no time.

Do work with basic shapes , especially if you’re a beginner. Complex pops are totally cool, but less fun to make when you’re a newbie. And if making cake pops isn’t fun, what is?

Don’t keep the unformed dough exposed to air (again, it will dry out). Keep the portion you’re not working with wrapped in plastic.

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Do use candy coating . It’s made specifically for dipping, melts smoothly and hardens completely. Craft shops, grocery stores, and cake- and candy-supply stores sell brands like Wilton Candy Melts, Merckens Colors, Clasen Coatings, Ghirardelli Melting Wafers, Guittard A’Peels, Make & Mold and CandiQuik.

Don’t use chocolate bars, chocolate chip morsels, pure chocolate or baker’s chocolate blocks. These chocolates aren’t made for use as a coating, and come with a high risk of discoloring once they’re melted and cooled, or not hardening completely.

Do use Paramount Crystals — and only Paramount Crystals — to thin candy coating. They’re the only products that have the same combo of oils as the candy itself, so your coating will set correctly.

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Do use oil-based dyes for tinting candy coating . Just be aware that dyes will slightly change texture and taste. If possible, it’s better to buy the candy coating in the color you want instead of dyeing it later.

Don’t add any dyes that are not oil-based to candy coating. This can cause the coating to “seize, ” making it unusable. Read the label carefully. If it doesn’t say oil-based, then it usually isn’t.

Do use small silicone or microwave-safe plastic bowls and cups (one-cup capacity) to melt candy wafers . This is the best way to do this evenly.

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Don’t use ceramic or glass containers. Both retain heat too well, preventing the candy coating from heating or cooling at its own natural pace and increasing the risk of cracks.

Don’t use a double boiler or any other method that might expose the candy coating to water or steam. This will cause your coating to seize and become lumpy.

Do allow refrigerated cake balls to warm up and candy coating to cool down before dipping. The closer to room temperature both are, the better.

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Don’t use candies to decorate pops until you test them! First, place one in the fridge for a few minutes. Then take it out and see how it reacts as it comes to room temperature.

Do explore the many options out there for embellishing your cake pops! You can use simple techniques to turn them into bears, rocket ships and other fun shapes, or you could mix candy coating with corn syrup to make “candy clay” that’s perfect for molding ruffles or petals.

Do refrigerate cake pops in individual packages or in airtight containers (arrange them in flat layers separated by paper towels). When you take everything out of the fridge, condensation will collect on the outside of the package or container, not on the pops.When kids were too small I tried cake pops for the first time. Also after that I make cake pops for most of their birthday parties without fail. Its a perfect party bite even I never mind to have two or three 🙂 Recently I made Cake Pops for a party and clicked some step by step pictures while working on it in a midnight. So today’s post is going to discuss the tips and tricks to make Perfect Cake Pops with DIY Cake Pop Holder . You wonder how this post is different from my previous cake pops posts?

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I learnt cake pops has to be kept in freezer before coating with candy melts. Also used whipping cream to the crumbled cake to make cake balls now things have changed.

The cake is mixed with flavored buttercream to give smooth and perfect texture to the cake balls also it hardens fast , easy to work with and its always not necessary to chill it before inserting the sticks. For several years I stick with Candy melts and now started using chocolate wafers. I have to mention Ghirardelli Melting Wafers which is a perfect chocolate to coat or decorate your dessert. Ghirardelli is bit expensive when compared with other brands but its worth each penny.

If you are making shaped cake pops / customized cake pops like heart instead of regular round cake pops then the rolled cake pop needs to be firm (may be 5- 8 minutes in freezer before cutting out the shapes).

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I use 4 inch pop sticks for that each round cake balls should weigh between 20 – 22 grams each. Also for shaped cake pops do ensure the thickness of it is more than 1/3 inch.

The round cake pops just needs to chill in refrigerator for 15-20 minutes before inserting the pop sticks. Since the shaped cake pops were in freezer before making shapes just 10 more minutes in refrigerator works make sure they are firm enough to hold before inserting the sticks.

Either double broiler or defrost in microwave for first few seconds and then melt in microwave till they melt. Few tiny chunks are absolutely fine and they melt in that warm. Also once it turns smooth do chill it under regular water. If you are adding shortening do add once they are out from the microwave. They melt in that chocolate warmness. If you have narrow container do immerse directly in boiling water to melt the candy melts.

How To Store Cake Pops (before Or After Dipping)

Before dipping the lolli pops sticks or cake pops in melted chocolate make sure its in lukewarm temperature. If they are medium to high hot then there are lots of chances for the chocolate melts to give crack over the cake pops. If happened so do fix the crack using melted chocolate using toothpick. All those mess gets hidden when you decorate it with sprinkles.

It has to be very smooth and shiny without any grainy texture. If they look grainy do warm it to bring to the right consistency. Always microwave fraction of seconds not to over burn the melts.

Either Vegetable shortening or flavorless oil or mix of both works to thin the melted candies. Is it necessary to thin the coating, the candy wafer packet says once melted do dip it in strawberries so and so . But for cake pops especially when you add sprinkles do thin it otherwise the cake pop coated with undiluted melts sets very fast and you don’t get chance for further decoration.

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Candy melts thinned with oil has few more seconds compared to shortening. And overall its less than a minute for each dipped cake pops, so work accordingly.

Don’t get panic when melted chocolate hardens. When you dip and remove excess from cake pops if they are not falling and hardens quick then its time to warm the mixture for fraction of seconds. If needed add shortening or oil to thin.

You can use chocolate chips instead of candy melts but it needs extra time and care. Do melt wafers in small quantity and use a deep /narrow bowl. Just 2 minutes of time is enough for the candy melts to set on pop sticks anyways give priority to first stick inserted cake balls for dipping. .It’s birthday season around our house, and I can’t think of a better way to celebrate than by stuffing our faces with cake pops! I’ve enjoyed making these for years, but they haven’t always turned out the way I imagined (sometimes they’ve earned a spot over at Pintrosity :). I thought I would do a quick tutorial with tips and tricks I have learned over the years – so you don’t ever have to worry about ending up on Pintrosity too! Cake pops really are easy to make, I know everyone says that about their masterpieces, but they really are!

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Cake pops are a great addition to have in your food storage. You can always make your cake & icing from scratch, and use the chocolate you preserved!

Even if all the stores shut down, I have all the ingredients to make cake pops so we don’t miss out on a single party all year-long! So after you try making these, start stocking up on party food for your home!

Bake a cake just like you normally would. It can be from scratch – from a box – leftover birthday cake – it doesn’t really matter!

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Once your cake is cool, crumble it very fine! I like to cut the cake into sections and take one piece out at a time and crumble it into a bowl. Try and remove any chunks or crusty pieces (I usually eat them ;)!

This step is where a lot of people struggle. If you don’t want your cake pops to look like they have warts growing everywhere, you need to make sure you stay calm and crumble on.

Once you feel good about your crumble job, it’s time to add the frosting. For a 9×13 cake, add 3/4 of a 16 oz. container of frosting to the bowl and mix it all together.

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You shouldn’t need more frosting, but if it still