My end result were cake pops with a slightly lumpy look.
Cake pop coating too thick.
Additionally huge cake balls heavy cake balls.
You don t want to freeze anything for too long or you can experience some cracking when your chocolate dries and the cake pop expands slightly.
Common issues problems with cake pops.
Luckily thinning out your melted chocolate is easy so you ll be able to get perfectly dipped cake pops a glossy chocolate drizzle or a delicious topping for your.
Have you ever had trouble using wilton candy melts for cake pops.
Tips on dipping the cake pops.
If your candy coating is too thick after melting add some kind of shortening such as crisco or coconut oil to thin it out.
Too thick and your cake pop will look awful too thin and you can see all the lumps and you will need to redip or the candy coating will dry super fast.
But the truth is the candy melts are sooo convenient.
Melted chocolate is great to use for all kinds of desserts but it can sometimes end up being a little too thick making it hard to get the smooth coating you were hoping for.
This can happen for a couple different reasons.
Why are they falling off the stick.
Preheat oven to 350 f 177 c.
Stir in vegetable shortening just a few teaspoons at a time to get a thinner consistency that will make the cake pops easier to dip.
Using a handheld or stand mixer fitted with a paddle or whisk attachment beat the butter and sugar together in a large bowl until creamed about 2 minutes.
The resulting coating was not as thick as wilton s but was still too thick for cake pop perfection.
I know i have.
Well you can not imagine how excited i was to see.
Again we are avoiding any extreme temperature differences letting the coating cool for a few minutes before dipping brings it closer to the temperature of the cake pop.
Smooth coating is one of the most if not the most important parts of successful cake pops.
It s often too thick and clumpy and i get sooooo frustrated when this happens.
One other bit of advice i find helpful is to chill my cake pops peeps marshmallows whatever i m using prior to dipping it in the chocolate.
However i did have to tap them rather aggressively to get the excess coating off.
An improvement none of the cake pops i dipped in the make n mold coating fell off the sticks.
Getting chocolate to the right consistency is another crucial step to having great looking cake pops.
They re already colored in a whole rainbow of colors and they re very easy to find online or in craft stores or walmart.
Whisk the flour baking powder baking soda and salt together in a medium bowl.
Instead bring it straight down dip and slowly bring it back up so it doesn t break apart.
I think the most common is thick coating and it is dragging your cake pop down.
This helps the chocolate set up a bit quicker.