Faux baking- cake pops

Cake pops- they're all the rage! But did I really want to bake a cake and do all the messy work? No! When I see other people create things, I think, how can I do that but in a more simpler/cheaper way. So while thinking of something to bring to my brothers engagement party, I thought of cake pops. But not having the time or energy, I needed to find a way to get them without baking or spending a lot of money.

So that's where Entenmann's Popems *popped* into my head. My trusty assistant Brandon and I got 2 boxes of Popems from the grocery store, and then headed to Michaels for cake decorating supplies- lolly pop sticks, sprinkles, and candy melts (chocolate chips that can be melted and remelted). We got white color, but they come in a whole range of colors.

*side note- we had purple but due to some trial and error, the purple had to be discarded. Lesson learned, do not ass water to melted chocolate to thin out, it will just get hard and clumpy.

So to start of poke a hole in the popem (make sure not to go all the way through). Then dab a little chocolate and stick in the hole. This will act as a glue to hold the popem on the stick. To speed up the dry time of the chocolate, we put the pops in the freezer for a few min.

While the pops are in the freezer, melt the chocolate (follow directions on the package). Once the pops are ready, roll and spread the chocolate on the pops. Chocolate might harden fast so decorating after dipping is ideal. After decorating, put in the fridge to harden and secure the decorations. Let sit overnight and they will be ready the next day. To display, we got a styrofoam disc.

Time: about an hour (took a little longer since it was our first time!)
Cost: less than $20