So I am a bit emotional. My little darling baby is growing up and fast. Last week her school (I refuse to call it a daycare) moved her into the young toddler room. Young toddler! I thought toddlers were kids who walk. My little baby may be super advanced, but she sure isn't walking... yet.
Okay, she crawls really fast. She surfs (that means she holds on to things and can walk... not that she stands on a board and can balance upright on a wave). She can stand... for about 30 seconds before flopping on her bum. Okay okay... I admit. She will probably be walking very soon. And today she turns ten months old. Holy crap, I only have two months to plan her first birthday. Oh my God she is going to be one.
Can we make time stop?
Anyhow, so back to my post. She just moved classrooms. Her infant room teacher (they called her old class the monkey room... how cute is that?) was wonderful in alleviating me and my hubby's misgivings about sending Scrunches to
Its a small way to say thank you for an exceptional job done. She took great care of our most valuable thing.
These cake pops are a way to give an apple to the teacher. A great idea for an end of year gift for teachers of older kids or for teacher appreciation day. These are pretty simple to make as far as cake pops go (even easier than last week's lamb cake pops) and a great project for beginners. You can even get the kids involved in this one!
You can be imaginative with the decor too. I used green apple flavored licorice for the leaves, but you can use sprinkles or other candy. You can even put little wiggly "worms" in the apples if you want! Make green apples instead of red. Coat them with red and tan candy to make them look like caramel apples. Draw fun happy faces on the apples... the possibilities are endless!
I decided to wrap my cake pops individually with treat bags, tie them with red ribbon and display them in a terra cotta pot from the craft store. A small pot was about $0.75 and really made it look professional and cute!
Apple for the Teacher Cake Pops
Ingredients:
- 1 box cake mix, prepared (any flavor you like. I used chocolate)
- 1 container frosting (any flavor that you would like with the cake. Again, I used chocolate)
- 1 package red candy melts
- 1 teaspoon vegetable shortening
- pretzel sticks
- green apple licorice or leaf shapes sprinkles
- lollipop sticks
- foam block
Directions:
Prepare cake in a 13x9 pan, according to box directions. Allow to cool. Crumble cake into crumbs and mix in 3/4 can of frosting. Once mixture has come together into a ball, use a small cookie scoop to scoop two balls. Roll them together, tapering slightly on the bottom. Make an indentation at the top, and a less defined indent at the bottom.
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But rolled cake balls in the fridge to chill for 15 minutes.
Melt candy melts in microwave at 50% power in 30 second increments. After each 30 second increment, mix melts to see if they have melted thoroughly. DO NOT overheat the melts. Once the candy has melted, stir in vegetable shortening. This will ensure that the candy melts cover the cake balls well, without clumping or drying too quickly.
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Insert lollipop sticks into foam block to create holes for the cake pops to stand in to dry. Set aside.
Dip a lollipop stick into the melted candy and then insert into a cake ball. Dip cake ball into the candy melts, tapping your wrist holding the cake pop in order to shake off excess candy, turning the pop while doing so. You can help the candy coat the cake pop on small spots where you may have bubbles or bare spots with a toothpick. Immediately insert a half of a pretzel stick into the top of the cake pop and whatever item you are using for the leaf. Place in the foam block to dry.
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Enjoy!
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