Brownie cake pops made into monsters for Halloween!
Hi folks.
Apologies are in order.
Apologies for what you are about to see.
Apologies for what you've already seen!
I can explain. Really.
Here's my explanation..
I suck at making cake pops.
So there you have it.
This is my first go at them. I was so excited. I made them by hand, no fancy machine here. That's a story for another day.
I mixed them up and coated them with the first coat. Then put on the second coat. And then realized that it was appropriate that these are called monster bites cuz this is, for sure, a horror show. Â A cautionary tale for anyone wanting to make cake pops. I, my friends, am a cake pop catastrophe story. It's okay. No tears. I'll be okay. Luckily I have caramel apples (coming soon) and monster fudge to cushion the blow to my ego. Nothing like candy to soothe a fragile ego.
So tip #1 for those making cake pops. Take a class. Seriously people. You've been warned.
Tip #2 is don't make huge ones. Seriously, who wants to bite into a cake pop the size of their melon.
Tip #3 is melt your candy properly. No matter what the bag says I found trying to reheat them did not work. The bag is wrong. Or my microwave is defective.
Tip #4 is make sure you plan ahead to pop them in the fridge or freezer at various stages of making them. Cuz getting candy on the fridge ain't purty! Or easy to clean!
Tip #5 is go easy on the frosting to adhere stuff to the pops. Seriously mine look like a 2-year-old made them. Apparently finesse is not my strong suit.
Tip # 6 is let someone else make the dang things. Seriously people, you can order them online and just pretend you made them. I'm doing that next year!
Ingredients
- ½ batch of brownies cooked and crumbled
- ½ can of store bought icing
- White candy melts
- Edible eyeballs
- Confetti candies
- Black gel icing
- Red gel icing
Instructions
- Take your brownies and crumble them into bits.
- Take about ½ the amount of icing and start mashing it into the brownies with a spoon. Add more icing till you get the desired consistency to form a ball.
- Form a ball, a small one people.
- Stick a cake pop-y thing into it.
- Pop it in the freezer to set.
- Take it out.
- Melt about ¼ of your candy melts. Check every 30 seconds so you don't over do it.
- Dunk the pop about â…“ of the way into it.
- Pop back in fridge or freezer to set.
- Remove again.
- Melt the rest of your candy melts, checking every 30 seconds cuz they melt quick.
- Dunk the rest of the cake pop into it and swirl.
- Tap the excess gently.
- Pop in the fridge or freezer to set.
- Take out and decorate. Ugly like.
- Serve with a big old I made ugly monster bite cake pops smile.
If you're looking for a brownie recipe you should totally check out my Best Brownies in the World. They are amazing. <shameless plug
So for our Sunday Supper theme this week it's Trick or Treat Halloween Party. Our lovely host this week is Leslie Harris de Limon from La Cocina de Leslie. Huge thanks to Leslie for pulling off this spooktacular event. As always a huge thank you to our fearless Sunday Supper leader, Isabel Foodie of Family Foodie.
For more Halloween recipe ideas, be sure to check out the rest of the #SundaySupper line-up:
Bewitching Brews
- Shrunken Heads in Cider - Girlichef
- Candy Corn Martini - The Messy Baker Blog
- Trick-or-Treat Wine Pairings for Halloween - ENOFYLZ
Ghoulish Gruel:
- Steak Bites with Bloody Mary Dipping Sauce - I Run for Wine
- Eggs in Purgatory - My Catholic Kitchen
- Mini Jack-o'-Lantern Sloppy Joe Pies - Small Wallet Big Appetite
- Baked Mummy Cheese Dogs - In the Kitchen with KP
- Meat Head - Ruffles & Truffles
- Goblin Eggs - Bobbi's Kozy Kitchen
- Mummy Hot Dogs - Damn Delicious
- Spooky Kid Pizzas - Sustainable Dad
- Pumpkin Chili, Pumpkin Dip, & Wicken Witch's Brew - Daddy Knows Less
- Monster Mash - Cindy's Recipes & Writings
- Sloppy Worm Sandwiches - La Cocina de Leslie
- Gory Green Monster Eyeball Dip - Shockingly Delicious
- Marinated Mozzarella Eyeballs - Comfy Cuisine
- Eyeball Pinwheels - Home Cooking Memories
Spooky Sweets:
- Pumpkin Whoopie Pies with Biscoff Cream - The Girl in the Little Red Kitchen
- Spooky Ogre Eye Cookies - The Realistic Nutritionist
- Jack O' Lantern Cookies - Magnolia Days
- Spooky Good Popcorn Snack Mix - The Weekend Gourment
- White Chocolate & Coconut Dipped Strawberry Ghosts - Sue's Nutrition Buzz
- Vegan Halloween Sugar Cookies - Hezzi-D's Books & Cooks
- Monster Cookies - Dinners, Dishes, and Desserts
- Tunnel of Doom Cake - That Skinny Chick Can Bake
- Candy-Stuffed Rice Crispy Treat Pumpkins - Chocolate MooseyÂ
- Witch's Fingers - Noshing with The Nolands
- Sweet Intestines with Broken Glass - The Little Ferraro KitchenÂ
- Graveyard Brownies - The Wimpy VegetarianÂ
- Boo Candy Corn & Chocolate Chip Cookies - Hip Foodie Mom
- Bleeding Devil Cakes - Momma's Meals
- Pumpkin Halloween Munch - Big Bear's Wife
- Halloween Peanut Butter Cookie Dough Cake Pops - Juanita's Cocina
- Jack-O-Lantern Carrot Cake - Galactosemia in PDX
- Ghostly Chocolate Orange Tarts - Happy Baking Days
- Messy Monster Cookies - MarocMama
- Halloween Popcorn Cake - Pippis in the Kitchen Again
- Witches Morning Gruel - In the Kitchen with Audrey
- White Chocolate & Dulce de Leche Ghosts - Vintage Kitchen NotesÂ
- Peanut Butter Candy Bar Cookies - The Cookie A Day Challenge
- Monster Cookie Revel Bars - Baker StreetÂ
- Halloween Cereal Bars - Basic N Delicious
- Ossi di Morti (Bones of the Dead Cookies)Â -Â Webicurean
- Pumpkin Pie Pinwheels - Midlife Road Trip
Thanks so much for stopping in. Heed my warnings people, cake pops are for pros like Bakerella. Now that is how you do cake pops folks. None of this ugly stuff I got going on over here. I shall attempt them again. Once my ego recovers.
Toodles and smoochies! xx
suzanne Perazzini
These are hilarious - so ugly they are beautiful. You have a great imagination and perfectly round ones wouldn't have worked so well. Geat job!
Kim Bee
Thank you so much Suzanne. I do think the jagged edges work for the monsters. Had these of been princesses this would have gone badly!
Ramona
These a fantastic! You have a steady hand my friend... I would never have been able to get those monster faces done right!! Well done. 🙂
Kim Bee
Thanks Ramona. It was so much fun to do. I think I'll invest in a cake pop maker for next time. They sure are fun to make.
Katherine Martinelli
I love these! And don't know what you're talking about - they look amazing! Hope you'll link them up at my Halloween blog hop I've got going on right now 🙂
Kim Bee
Hey gorgeous. Thanks so much. I am very critical of myself when it comes to baking. I've decided to take a class, starts this week. It's the Wilton decorating series. Hopefully it helps, lol. I am just running out to see a flick but I will hop over tonight and link up.
Hope you are well my dear. We need to catch up. xx
Choc Chip Uru
The only scary thing I see in these cake pops are their freaky design 😀
You are much too hard on yourself!
Cheers
Choc Chip Uru
Kim Bee
Thanks Uru. I wanted perfection but I'll settle for these. It definitely works for monsters. xx
anne
Kim , what a cute little monsters ! I love it ! 😀
Kim Bee
Thanks so much Anne. xx
Renee
These are so not ugly - they are adorable!!! I love that they are fun and not perfect. They would be the hit of any Halloween party.
Kim Bee
Awe thanks Renee. You are always so sweet. I had fun with them even though they are a tad frustrating to make. They taste amazing. I mean brownies and icing covered in candy, how can you go wrong right.
Kayle (The Cooking Actress)
Awww I like your lil monster cake pops! It totally all works since they're monsters 😛
But making them sounds terrifying. I don't need to make cake pops, nahhh
Kim Bee
Lol, thanks Kayle. I recommend buying the machine. I think I'm going to. But there is something seriously fun about making them with your hands and getting all dirty. I can't believe it took me this long to make cake pops. They aren't popular where I live. Never see them anywhere.
Jen @ Juanita's Cocina
Dear Sister from another Mister,
I made cookie dough pops without faces and I cannot live up to your prowess.
Love, Jen
P.S.~ These. are. AWESOME.
Kim Bee
Hey Sistah:
I saw the sneaky peek of yours and they were way nicer than mine. They're all perfect like. And you even took the time to style. I need to up my game to keep up with your cake pop skillz.
Love, Moi
ps you are awesomer!
Tara Noland
I think these are adorable, because they are not perfect makes them even better. Pass one over please I would love to have a bite!!
Kim Bee
Awe thanks Tara. You are too sweet. So sweet you can have as many as you like.
Chung-Ah | Damn Delicious
Awwww, this is too cute! And thanks for all the tips - they'll come in handy when I try to make these!
Kim Bee
Thanks so much. I think investing in a cake pop maker would be good. I think they're like $20 and my hunch is they work way better.
Wendy (The Weekend Gourmet)
These are monsters...not super models...so I think you did a great job decorating! Plus, I'm betting that they tasted fabulous!
Kim Bee
Omg Wendy your comment had me in stitches. I can't stop laughing. Thank you. xx
kitchenriffs
I dunno - I think they look kinda cute! And very Halloween appropriate! These look like fun, and really I do rather like the way they look. I've never made these, and trust me, you don't want to see what I'd come up with. I don't have the decorating gene. Fun post - thanks.
Kim Bee
You are too funny. I do not have the decorating gene. I want to have the decorating gene. But it just doesn't exist in this dojo. I am taking the plunge this week and taking some classes through Wilton. I am going to a conference where we get to meet and decorate with Duff so I need to up my game so I don't look like a total spaz. It's bad enough I act like a total spaz!
Thank you!
sunithi
OMG ! These are a creation ! So clever and beautifully crafted ! Want one now 🙂
Kim Bee
Thanks so much. I had tons of fun doing this.
Angie @ Big Bear's Wife
I think they are perfect for "monster" cake pops!
Kim Bee
Thanks so much Angie.
Megan @ I Run For Wine
LOVE cakepops and these are absolutely adorable and scary. Perfection!
Kim Bee
Thank you Megan. You are too sweet.
Bea
Absolute and definitive fun for Halloween!!!
Kim Bee
Thanks Bea.
Colleen, The Smart Cookie Cook
I don't know what you're talking about these are adorable (and creepy)! Congrats for a successful first go at cake pops.
Kim Bee
Thanks so much Colleen. I just bought the cake pop maker so you'll be seeing more cake pops soon.
Valerie @ From Valerie's Kitchen
Call the ugly if you want but I think they are cute 🙂
Kim Bee
Thanks so much Valerie. xx
Bobbi's Kozy Kitchen
OK these aren't ugly at all, they are perfect for a Halloween Cake Pop!! Although I can picture you and I in a kitchen making a huge mess trying to do this hehehe
Kim Bee
We totally have to do that. Would be fun to cook together. Thanks so much.
Katy
I think they are absolutely charming! Perfect Halloween cake pops - be kinder to yourself!
Kim Bee
You are so sweet Katy. Thank you so much.