{"id":5171,"date":"2014-05-03T15:55:40","date_gmt":"2014-05-03T15:55:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cookiescupcakesandcardio.com\/?p=5171"},"modified":"2015-12-09T02:34:41","modified_gmt":"2015-12-09T02:34:41","slug":"flower-pot-cake-pops-for-mothers-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cookiescupcakesandcardio.co\/?p=5171","title":{"rendered":"Flower Pot Cake Pops for Mother&#8217;s Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0In our final Mother&#8217;s Day idea for 2014, we are working on Flower Pot Cake Pops!!\u00a0 Yes, in the video introduction I accidentally say &#8220;cupcakes&#8221;, so don&#8217;t be confused!\u00a0 They&#8217;re cake pops!!\u00a0 All I can say is, &#8220;Oops.&#8221;\u00a0 Forgive me.<\/p>\n<p>What I like about these cake pops is that they are bright and cheery, which is perfect for any spring time celebration, and definitely perfect for a wonderful Mom! You can make the pots any colour that you want, and for mine, I chose to use the new Peanut Butter melting wafers from Merckens.\u00a0 I had previously seen them at Bulk Barn (where I get many of my supplies) and thought that they would be a good colour for these flower pots.\u00a0 The wafers melted perfectly, and they also tasted great!\u00a0 Just like peanut butter chips.<\/p>\n<p>I love being able to incorporate parts of previous projects in new ideas, such as using the mini royal icing daisies that I made a couple of weeks ago with cupcakes (link below in the ingredients), as a topper to these cake pops.\u00a0 I always seem to end up with extra flowers whenever I make them, which is a good thing in case of breakage, so when I was planning on what type of flowers to use for these cake pops, the daisies literally fell out of storage, saying &#8220;Pick us! Pick us!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>This is a pretty straight forward cake pop tutorial, but as always, if you have any questions, just let me know in the comments!\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/v07lsgy9_aw\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Flower Pot Cake Pops<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Ingredients<\/span>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>cake crumbs<\/li>\n<li>buttercream<\/li>\n<li>cake pop sticks<\/li>\n<li>tan\/peanut butter melting wafers (Merckens)<\/li>\n<li>pink fondant<\/li>\n<li>purple fondant<\/li>\n<li>green fondant<\/li>\n<li>white dragees<\/li>\n<li>Chocolate cookie crumbs<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/cookiescupcakesandcardio.co\/?p=5073\" target=\"_blank\">Royal Icing Daisies<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/cookiescupcakesandcardio.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/DSC_3601blog.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-5184\" title=\"Flower Pot Cake Pops\" src=\"http:\/\/cookiescupcakesandcardio.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/DSC_3601blog.jpg\" alt=\"Flower Pot Cake Pops\" width=\"602\" height=\"401\" srcset=\"http:\/\/cookiescupcakesandcardio.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/DSC_3601blog.jpg 800w, http:\/\/cookiescupcakesandcardio.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/DSC_3601blog-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 602px) 100vw, 602px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Procedure<\/span>:<\/div>\n<ol>\n<li>Combine one cup of cake crumbs with 2 tablespoons of buttercream and blend together using your hands until you get a playdough like consistency. If the mixture is too wet, add more crumbs, too dry, add more buttercream.<\/li>\n<li>Using a small cookie scoop, scoop out equal portions of dough and roll each into a small ball. Shape each ball into a cylinder shape and set on a baking tray lined with parchment paper.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Roll out cake pop dough to 1\/4&#8243; thickness, and using a small (1&#8243;-1.5&#8243;) circle cutter, cut out circles of dough.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Melt the chocolate in the microwave in a microwave safe bowl, by using 30-60 second intervals at 50% power and stirring after each interval of time. When melted, dip lollipop stick a 1\/4\u2033 depth into the melted chocolate and insert into the bottom of the pot.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Place a small amount of chocolate onto each round disc, and place pot on top of each disc. \u00a0Allow to hardened completely.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>While chocolate is hardening, roll out fondant and cut out small flowers(pink, purple) and leaves (green). \u00a0Place into a small flower former to shape the petals, and place a white dragee into the centre of each flower. \u00a0<\/li>\n<li>When pots are hardened, dip entire pot into the melted chocolate and place upright in a cake pop stand (or Styrofoam chunk) to hardened completely.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Dip top of pot into chocolate again, and then directly into cookie crumbs to look like dirt.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Using a small amount of chocolate for glue, attach the leaves and flowers to the top of the pot, on top of the dirt.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<div class=\"addtoany_share_save_container\"><div class=\"a2a_kit a2a_target addtoany_list\" id=\"wpa2a_1\"><a class=\"a2a_button_facebook_like addtoany_special_service\" data-href=\"http:\/\/cookiescupcakesandcardio.co\/?p=5171\"><\/a><a class=\"a2a_button_twitter_tweet addtoany_special_service\" data-count=\"none\" data-url=\"http:\/\/cookiescupcakesandcardio.co\/?p=5171\" data-text=\"Flower Pot Cake Pops for Mother&#8217;s Day\"><\/a><a class=\"a2a_button_google_plusone addtoany_special_service\" data-annotation=\"none\" data-href=\"http:\/\/cookiescupcakesandcardio.co\/?p=5171\"><\/a><a class=\"a2a_button_pinterest\" href=\"http:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/add_to\/pinterest?linkurl=http%3A%2F%2Fcookiescupcakesandcardio.co%2F%3Fp%3D5171&amp;linkname=Flower%20Pot%20Cake%20Pops%20for%20Mother%E2%80%99s%20Day\" title=\"Pinterest\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"http:\/\/cookiescupcakesandcardio.co\/wp-content\/plugins\/add-to-any\/icons\/pinterest.png\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Pinterest\"\/><\/a><a class=\"a2a_dd addtoany_share_save\" href=\"http:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share_save\"><img src=\"http:\/\/cookiescupcakesandcardio.co\/wp-content\/plugins\/add-to-any\/share_save_171_16.png\" width=\"171\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Share\"\/><\/a><\/div>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\nwpa2a.script_load();\n\/\/--><\/script>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0In our final Mother&#8217;s Day idea for 2014, we are working on Flower Pot Cake Pops!!\u00a0 Yes, in the video introduction I accidentally say &#8220;cupcakes&#8221;, so don&#8217;t be confused!\u00a0 They&#8217;re cake pops!!\u00a0 All I can say is, &#8220;Oops.&#8221;\u00a0 Forgive me. 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