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A homemade cake pop bouquet of flowers is a perfect gift for many occasions. This cute M&M’sflower cake pops bouquet is fun to make and will brighten anyone’s day. These flower cake pops would be great for an office party or an edible gift for someone who needs a pick me up. Find more baking ideas with M&M’s. Chocolate makes everyone feel better. Don’t you agree?
M&M’s Flower Cake Pops
Ingredients M&M Flower Cake Pops:
1 Bag of Plain M&M’s 1 Bag of Peanut M&M’s 1 Tub of Frosting 1/2 cup Milk Chocolate Chips 1/2 cup Dark Chocolate Chips 1 Package of green paper straws 1 Box Chocolate Cake Mix (Cake pop recipe) (For the cake mix I use 1 less egg and used milk instead of water for the perfect moist cake pops)
How to Make M&M Cake Pop Flowers:
1. First bake your cake pops according to your cake pop maker directions. Mine requested bake for 5 min, but I baked mine for 4 1/2 minutes. The cake pops turned out more moist. Once they are done, place them in the fridge or freezer to cool before decorating.
2. Now the fun part decorating those pops. Take one of the paper straws dip it in chocolate or frosting and then place the cake pop on the straw.
How to MakeSunflower Cake Pop:
1. Melt the chocolate in a small jelly jar in the microwave at first 30 sec then stir. Place back in microwave for 11 sec and stir until fully melted. Tip: placing the chocolate chips in a small jelly jar makes it so easy to dip and cover the cake pops. Tip: Put the M&M’s in the freezer while baking the cake pops. This will help them set faster.
2. Cover the cake pop in chocolate. Start with the center and place six brown plain M&M’s flat with one in the middle and make a circle around.
3. The peanut M&M’s are a little heavier, so dip them in the chocolate and then attach them to around the outside of the cake pop. This is when the frozen M&M’s will set faster.
How to MakeRose Cake Pop:
1. Cover the cake pop in frosting. I used green frosting, but you could use red. I chose red M&M’s for red roses.
2. Start with the top of the cake pop and place plain M&M’s sideways, so they are sticking out a little.
3. Now create two circles of plain red M&M’s sticking them in sideways.
4. Place large red peanut M&M’s on the outside edge to create a rose.
How to Make Daisy Cake Pop:
1. Cover the cake pop in frosting. With the same technique as the roses.
2. Start with the top of the cake pop and place plain M&M’s sideways, so they are sticking out a little.
3. Place plain M&M’s on the outside for the petals. Choose colors of the bouquet flowers for the person whom you are giving the gift.
Assembling Flower Cake Pops Bouquet
Now let’s put it all together in a cute little flower pot to give as a gift. I cut a large styrofoam ball to fit inside a plant pot. First I covered the ball in green frosting. Then I dyed some coconut green and sprinkled it on top to look like grass. I placed some brown plain M&M’s around the base to look like dirt. I dressed up the pot a little with some washi tape. Then push the straws with the flower cake pops into the styrofoam to make an arrangement of flower cake pops.
I highly recommend you make these flower cake pops as soon at you buy the M&M’s. I bought mine a few days before and the peanut M&M’s were gone before I started working on these cake pop flowers. I had to go back and get another bag. I now know M&M’s do not last long here. I found my bags of M&Ms on the end of the candy aisle at Walmart. There are so many varieties to choose from to make these flower cake pops. Pin for a chance to win one of three $250 Walmart gift cards! It’s as easy as submitting your email and pinning an image. Simply complete the following steps: 1. Enter your email in the form below and click “Enter” (M&M Mars will be collecting this information) 2. Pin the contest image to any of your own Pinterest boards 3. Visit the Baking with M Pinterest board and Re-Pin your favorites to enter http://www.pinterest.com/cbsocially/baking-with-mms/
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White candy melts are used for the cake pop dip. Substitute it with white chocolate chips if not available. Lollipop sticks are for holding the cake pops into place.
Don't make your cake balls too big or they may fall apart when you dip them. Do scoop and form only a few portions at a time. It'll help prevent your dough from drying out. Don't keep the unformed dough exposed to air (again, it will dry out).
Your cake mix should be moist enough to shape into a large mound and keep its shape. Roll your cake mix into 1 inch balls using the palms of your hands. You should be able to get 35-40 cake balls from a single batch of cake mix. Pour one entire package of white chocolate candy melts into a microwave safe bowl.
The most common way to display cake pops is to use styrofoam blocks / cake dummies. But to make it look neat, you can cover those with pretty paper and ribbons to match it your personal theme and style. Just use a round styrofoam block for example and wrap pretty paper around and secure it with tiny needles.
Can I use chocolate chips instead of candy melts for cake pops? Absolutely! Chocolate chips will be too thick when melted, so you'll need to thin out the chocolate before dipping. To do this, add a little bit of oil to the melted chocolate and stir.
While this gives them a glossy look without the need to temper, it results in a less rich and nuanced taste when compared to real chocolate. For a more grown-up and luxurious form of cake pop, you can use melted chocolate instead of candy melts.
Still, thanks to the cool protective coating that's got their backs, dipped cake pops are more of the endurance champs at room temperature. Homemade dipped ones stay fresh for 3-4 days, while store-bought versions are marathoners that can last a sweet 1-2 weeks.
Make sure you pick a mix that calls for 3 eggs. Substitute the oil and water in the directions with 1 cup (250 ml) of milk and 1 stick (½ cup or 125 ml) of butter, melted. The use of oil in the cake will cause your cake pops to heavily ooze oil in certain instances and the sticks will yellow severely.
If the cake is too cold and the icing is too warm when it is coated, the shell will crack from the difference in temperature. We know hot objects typically expand while cold objects shrink in size, so it makes sense that the spherical treat could split once it's settled and cooled down.
If you have guests or you are making cake pops to send guests home with, it's important to give them fresh cake pops, because you can't be sure when they will eat it. You can make such one or two days in advance, but not longer than that. However, cake pops can be stored up to seven days if refrigerated.
You can dip the cake balls into pure white chocolate, which is what I prefer for best taste, but that stuff is pretty expensive. And you need a good amount for all 40 cake pops! You can use candy melts/candy coating instead.
The next best substitute is compound chocolate, baking chocolate or regular chocolate bars (plain type). Non-chocolate type of candy melts replacement include melted marshmallows, soybean sugar dip, almond bark or caramels, which can be effectively used for dipping fruits, chocolate truffles or other sweet treats.
You can get a similar consistency by melting together chocolate chips (or white chocolate chips if you don't want a chocolate flavor) and shortening. 6 ounces of chocolate chips (or 5 ounces of white chocolate chips) and 1 tablespoon of shortening should be about right. Melt them gently, as you would the Wilton discs.
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