Dipstick's attempt at dip with stick

Day Two Part B: Not so much

So clearly I didn't post immediately after I triumphed over the cake pops. Instead I crumpled onto the couch to rest. It took longer then I thought, but not unmanageable.  This project had some unplanned bumps and lumps. Su-prise, su-prise.

So this is how it went.

The balls were the right size this time. Maybe too big. I will get to that.

So I rolled them all in to turds and put them into the little flower mould. I did find it was easy enough. I pushed the bottom into the sides of the mould to even it out. I tried to form the top into a cupcake mound. Seemed easy enough but I had problems with the top of the cupcake getting smushed down the side of the mould. Not quite perfect muffin tops. But it didn't seem to matter too much.

Next on to the dipping. I decided to try to microwave the wafers. Double- boiler method seemed too time consuming. Microwave was very easy. I was worried about the chocolate burning, but the chocolate melted perfectly. I put about 30 wafers of the milk chocolate in and nuked it for 30 seconds. I took them out stirred (they were still hard) and put them back in for another 30 seconds. I stirred them again until they melted completely.

Dipping the bottom was fine. Although I should have melted more at a time to cover more of the base easily. The chocolate started to harden quickly, so you have to stick the sticks in right away. I do recommend dipping the sticks in to the chocolate. As I will explain later, I think it makes a big difference.

Dipping the top half was more challenging. First off, white chocolate takes twice as long to melt and it wasn't as smooth- a little too thick. They looked really nice when dipped in a lot of chocolate. It gave it a really nice smooth appearance. But then the tops were so heavy, they started to break and fall off! It also pulled about a dozen of the sticks off. I think these were the ones I didn't dip in chocolate first. Hence my recommendation to dip stick. So they became just bite- no pop.

I tried to figure other ways of dipping.  I dipped and then spun the pop in a spoon to see if it would even it out. I got mixed results. Some were ok. Some it wiped off too much chocolate. I tried spooning chocolate on top, that didn't work at all. I tried using a spoon, at an angle, in the bottom of the bowl to ensure even spreading, sort of like a grader. This was the best. But not all the pops got even coverage. Some you could see the cake between the bottom and top dip.  I guess it's ok, but not perfection like the Bakerella photos. I topped them with Smarties and sprinkles we had kicking around.

Next was tasting. Oh boy Oh Boy OH BOY!

Yeah not so much...

The flavour was just not one I was keen on. Can't explain it. And I have a huge sweet tooth, so it wasn't that. They just didn't taste...good. I think if I were to try them again, I would maybe use chocolate icing or vanilla. I am not sure if anyone else tried that. I don't know why Bakerella choose cream cheese to begin with.

However my guests liked them. They even took some home with them (Thank god). My son liked them. My daughter did not. I enjoyed licking the dipping bowls.

So all and all, I am glad I tried it. But I won't be rushing to make them again. And I probably would just do balls instead of wasting time on the cute cupcake shape or just do bites instead of pops.

Oh and sorry for the bad photos. The camera died and all I had was my iPhone. Can't let dead batteries get in the way of progress!