Icing for cake pops?? FOLLOW UP from spring break weekend!!

If a 7 year old is making them, I'd just use icing from the can. A few seconds in the microwave will loosen it up enough to work with cake pops.

Keep it easy and simple, as it will be a process and quite a bit of clean up!

They’re usually dipped in melted candy melts. If it gets too thick and clumpy you can thin it with a small amount of vegetable oil or Crisco. You can use real chocolate too but it has to be tempered and that can be tricky.

Melted merkens wafers or Wilton candy melts….but add some shortening to it to thin it out….

Wait, cake pops can go out of style? No. I won’t believe that. Cake anything is never out of style.

I put the cake on the sticks and froze them for a bit. Then dipped them in melted chocolate wafers. Just microwave the wafers, no needed for a special melter.

Sprinkles! Don't forget the sprinkles!

Use canned frosting to make the cake pop itself. Use something you like and tastes good to you...I like Pillsbury Cream Cheese flavor (not any other brand for me though).

I use a small portion scoop to make uniform size balls. Roll them around a bit to keep round. I dip my stick into some of the melted chocolate before sticking it in the cookie ball. I refrigerate the balls before dipping.

I gently melt the 'chocolate' wafers in the microwave in a thick glass, like a pyrex measuring glass. It seems to hold the heat better. Don't over heat!!!! That is important. Start with 30 seconds and stir. If they are almost all melted, stop. Let the residual heat keep melting them. If you over heat - it can sieze, and then you are done. Don't let any water get it in either.

If you have a coffee cup warmer, you can place your melted cup of chocolate on that to keep it warmer! Or put them on a warm electric griddle or mini skillet, if you have a smaller one.

Have a sheet of parchment paper to set the cake pops on. I like mine with the stick up. If you want stick down, you'll need something that can hold the sticks.

Some people can make them look SO cute. Mine are 'homemade' ... lol!

The best tasting melts are the Ghirardelli! Easy to find also. I love the white chocolate ones. They have milk and dark too. You can color the white with OIL based food color, but do not use the water based drops!

Sounds like fun was had by all. Good job, I'm sure they'll never forget it. Although you might be the Cake Pop Grandma from now on... lol.

Creative endeavors at that age always seem like WAY more work to set up and clean it up than the actual time spent creating... worth it in the end though. ^.^

It sounds like you all had a great time!

This sounds like a great summer-on-the-back-porch project.  At least the mess can just be hosed off the porch!