Tag: Candy Coating

Ghost and Mummy Snack Pack Pudding Cups

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Halloween is right around the corner so it’s time to start planning all the yummy Halloween treats you want to serve! If you’re having a party, a get-together before Trick-or-Treating, or are just looking for an easy to make dessert with a Halloween theme, I have a super simple idea that also looks great set out for a party. Snack Pack pudding cups make it so easy to make a creative dessert with little effort, like these Ghost and Mummy Snack Pack Pudding Cups. Just use the pudding cup as the base and mix in some other treats for a fun and tasty #SnackPackMixins!

 

I really love pudding cups, they are my go-to for an afternoon snack to get my yummy chocolate fix for the day with just 120 calories a cup. Plus, they have the same amount of calcium as an 8 oz glass of milk!

 

 

To give the Snack Packs a Halloween spin, I decided to make ghosts and mummies rising from the dead.  I used the Snack Pack pudding cups as the “dirt” sprinkled with a bit of crushed Oreos on top and made “ghosts” and “mummies” out of candy-coated Nutter Butters. Aren’t these Ghost and Mummy Snack Pack Pudding Cups cute?

I found the Snack Pack pudding cups, Oreos, and Nutter Butters in the cookies/snacks aisle at Walmart. Keep an eye out for displays in select Walmarts that include vanilla and chocolate pudding cups, Oreos, and Nutter Butters to make shopping for this recipe really easy!

 

The mummies and ghosts should be made ahead of time so that they have time to dry. They can be made a few days ahead of time. If making the day of, just give yourself about 30 minutes to prepare them and to let them dry before adding to the Snack Packs.

 

Ingredients:

  • 12 (3.25 oz) Chocolate Snack Pack Pudding Cups
  • 12 Oreo cookies, filling removed and crushed
  • 12 Nutter Butter cookies
  • 12 oz. vanilla-flavored candy coating
  • 24 mini chocolate chips (or candy eyes)
  • small tube of black decorating icing (optional)
  • wax paper

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It’s My Birthday & I’ll Make Cake Pops If I Want To

This year has flown by. I can’t believe we are about two weeks away from Christmas already! Which means I have a weekend of celebrations upon me, it’s my birthday!
I have been intrigued by cake pops for a while now. I have no idea how a little ball of cake could keep my interest, but I have been looking for an excuse to try these out. I wanted to focus on making the actual cake pop so I used the best from-the-box cake mix there is: Funfetti of course!
Ingredients:
Cake Mix
Eggs
Water
Vegetable oil
12 oz frosting
Assorted candy coatings
Wax paper
Lollipop sticks
Styrofoam, or a pop stand
Assorted sprinkles

Bake the cake according to box directions. Allow to cool. While its cooling, prepare to make the cake pops. Set out two cookie sheets lined with wax paper. Gather the lollipop sticks and place near the cookie sheets. Set out a large mixing bowl.
Finely crumble the cake in a large mixing bowl.
Add the frosting to the crumbled cake and mix to combine (This gets realllly messy, which is why I don’t have a photo). Roll the cake into balls and place on the wax paper. I got I think 28 cake balls from one box of candy, but I think I made them a bit big. Oops.
Pop in the refrigerator overnight, or for a few hours. To decorate, melt the candy coating according to directions in the microwave. (This was surprisingly more difficult than I expected. I managed to burn one of the batches!) Be sure to use somewhat deep bowls. You want enough melted candies so that you can completely submerge each cake pop in it.
When the candies are smooth, take out a few cake pops. Dip the tip of a lollipop stick into the candy coating.
This will work as a glue to keep the cake pop in place. Stick the lollipop stick into a cake ball Repeat with remaining cake balls. Allow to set (I left mine overnight, but if you return it to the fridge for maybe 30 minutes I think that would be just fine).
Take a cake pop and submerge in the melted candy coating. Do not swirl the cake pop, or they might fall off!
boooooo
Be sure to coat the entire cake ball. Remove from the candy coating by pulling straight up.
To remove excess candy coating, hold the cake pop over the bowl and tap the wrist holding the cake pop gently until some of the coating falls off. Place the completed cake pop into a cake pop stand or into some Styrofoam to set.
You now have a cake pop! If you want, you can add sprinkles or other decorations.
Soo… mine turned out so lumpy; and drippy. They are more like cake lumps, not cake balls. Who cares? They were delicious!
Here’s some of my “birthday-themed” cake pops:
and here’s some of my Christmas-y cake pops.
These cake pops take quite a bit of time, but I was pretty giddy with the results!

I made these over three days because I was making them during the week, so you can most certainly make these ahead of time. Just place the dried and finished cake pops in an air tight container or back in the fridge.

I hope all my friends like them!

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