If you re looking for more detailed decorations you can wait until the main layer of coating dries then use a little bit of candy coating with a toothpick to glue on eyes noses.
Candy coating for cake pops.
The closer in temperature the candy coating and the cake pops are the less likely the coating will crack or run.
This will help to prevent cracking.
Place finished cake pop in styrofoam stand to dry.
Sprinkle or dip your candy cookies over wet coating if you re just going for a candy apple kind of look.
Also known as candy melts these are typically found in the cake decorating aisle of most grocery stores or craft stores.
For dipping we suggest melting your candy in a candy melting pot with a little bit of ez thin dipping aid the melting pot will help keep your candy at the right temperature and the ez thin will make your candy the perfect consistency for dipping.
Take the cake pops out of the fridge at the same time and let them rest at room temperature as well.
On may 1st we celebrated my granddaughter addison s first birthday.
The thickness weighed down the cake pops resulting in a number of them falling off the sticks when i attempted to tap the excess coating off of the cake pops the thick coating clung to the cake pops.
How to dip cake pops using candy melts candy.
It was obvious before i even dipped my first cake pop that the coating was way too thick.
Chocolate candy wafers are the easiest and most accessible type of chocolate to use to cover the cake balls.
Chocolate 1 wilton candy melts the wilton candy melts took a total of 75 seconds to melt completely.
Step 5 melt the coating.