Cookie Monster and Elmo Treats for Evan

It was Mr. Evan Crisp's 2nd birthday last week and I was lucky enough to be in charge of his cakes for this birthday party last weekend. His mamma, my friend Amy, requested cake pops and cupcakes that looked like Elmo and Cookie Monster. I had never tried to make cake pops before so I had to do a few trial runs before I was comfortable committing. I can't say that I'm the next Bakerella (who inspired these cake pops) but they were recognizable to a 2 year old so I call that a win! Here are the goodies:






Cake Pop Supplies:
I used mercken candy melts and wilton candy dye (to make cookie bluer) for the coating. The face on cookie was a dark chocolate candy melt cut in slightly more than half, Nabisco Gripz cookies, and candy eyes. The face on elmo was a dark chocolate candy melt cut in half, tear drop candies for the nose, and candy eyes.

Cupcake supplies:
I used cream cheese icing with red gel food coloring pushed through a grass tip (#233). The face on elmo was a cut in half oreo cookie (only one side, no icing), grocery store jelly bean, and icing eyes with a mini chocolate chip iris. The icing on cookie was vanilla with blue gel food coloring pushed through a grass tip. The face on cookie was a cut in half chips ahoy cookie, and candy eyes.

Thanks to Amy and Evan for including me on this fun day!

Starbucks Cake Pops

Awhile back Starbucks premiered some new treats they call Starbucks Petites. They include mini cupcakes, whoopie pies, and other mini treats as well as cake pops! Bakerella really changed the bakery world with these babies, I tell ya! I recently stopped into a Starbucks and tried out a rocky road cake pop just to see how a commercialized company would do with a pretty labor intensive treat. I gotta say, it was really good! The marshmallows weren't the freshest but then I got my pop at 3pm, so I can't really expect perfection there. Here's a peek at my treat:


They also have birthday cake and tiramisu cake pops. Check em out!