Sunday, November 13, 2011

Turkey Cakepops


Aren't these little turkeys cute?  I made these for last year's Thanksgiving, along with the Oreo Turkeys I posted earlier this week.

With so many kiddos at our Thanksgiving celebration (at last count there are 18 kiddos in our family celebration), I'm always trying to think of things that the kiddos will have fun eating.  I may have been overthinking this a little bit, but I ended up using a white cake mix with vanilla frosting for these cakepops, instead of my usual red velvet and cream cheese frosting.  I just wasn't sure the reaction I'd get if you bit into a turkey cakepop and it was red inside.....that seemed like it might be a little gross?

I sure do love the look of these guys....but I gotta say.....doing a project like this is time consuming!!  You definitely need to give yourself some time to put this together.....baking the cake, cooling the cake, crumbling the cake, mixing with frosting, rolling into balls, chilling the cakeballs, dipping into chocolate, then decorating and bagging.

To pack them up to take somewhere, I always use my trusty basket.  I put a couple of styrofoam blocks on the bottom, cover it with basket filler (that shredded paper stuff), and just start poking the turkeys in there.  Cakepops are definitely always a hit when you bring them somewhere, not to mention they are pretty cute decorations.

Check out Bakerella for all your cakepop tutorials......be creative....and Enjoy!!

This post is linked to:
Sweet Indulgences Sunday - Sharing Sundays - Monday, Mmmmm.....Dessert - Tea Party Tuesday - Tuesday Talent Show - Tasty Tuesday - Crazy Sweet Tuesday - Anything Goes Linky - These Chicks Cooked - Link It Up Wednesday - Full Plate Thursday - Sweet Treats Thursday - It's a Keeper Thursday - Pin'Inspiration Party - Thanksgiving Traditions - Show Off Your Stuff - Fusion Fridays - Friday Favorites - Sweet Tooth Friday - Friday Food - Fun Stuff Fridays - Sweets for a Saturday - Seasonal Inspiration - A Themed Baker's Sunday

22 comments:

  1. These are very cute! We have a lot of children at our Thanksgiving gathering, too. I need to make something like this. Thanks for the inspiration and for sharing on Sweet Indulgences Sunday.

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  2. So cute, I look at them and wanta make some, but! I tried dipped needhams this w/e and the start was great then the last few don't look very tasty.......oh well you did a great job. thanks, andi

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  3. How cute! I have a love/hate relationship with cake pops (http://www.renosparksmom.com/2011/07/cake-pops-are-devil.html) and we were going to attempt these after another failed attempt. So glad to see someone can make these happen!

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  4. A quick visit to say thx for linking at the Tea Party!

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  5. Oh my goodness how adorable!!! Amazing!! I would love for you to come link up at our link party...junkintheirtrunk.blogspot.com/2011/11/link-it-up-wednesday-3.html
    Heidi @ {Junk in their Trunk}

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  6. They are really cute, I'm sure they were a big hit:@)

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  7. These are adorable. I'd love if you would share them at my Pin'Inspiration Party. Hope to see your there.

    Happy new follower.

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  8. What a great idea! I hope you will link this post to my Thanksgiving Traditions link up!

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  9. These look so cute. Great idea with the basket and styrofoam. Pat

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  10. I love your Turkey Cake Pops in the basket, that is a great presentation. My very best wishes to you and your family for a blessed Thanksgiving. Thanks for sharing with Full Plate Thursday and hope to see you again real soon!
    Miz Helen

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  11. Too cute! I made my first cake pops a few weeks ago...Red{velvet} Eyeballs. They are on my blog if you are interested. www.happilymotherafter.blogspot.com They were fun to make and not as hard as I expected!

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  12. For cuteness sake! If I give you my mailing address would you mail me some ;) wink wink

    I'd love for you to share these with my readers too!

    http://www.toysinthedryer.com/2011/11/introducing-fun-stuff-fridays.html

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  13. So Adorable!! I would love to have you link up to my blog hop today!
    http://cookingwithkaryn.blogspot.com/2011/11/what-makes-you-say-mmmmm-2.html

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  14. Wow...I'm just constantly impressed how talented people are! These are amazing!!!

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  15. These are so cute!! Perfect for the season!
    I'm going to stumble this...thanks for sharing!
    Willa
    www.armstrongfamilyfare.com

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  16. Very cute! My daughter would love them. perfect for a class party. I agree - red velvet would've been a little creepy, lol. Thanks for sharing on Crazy Sweet Tuesday!

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  17. Adorable! I so want a cake pop maker for Christmas!!!

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  18. Hey! Great Thanksgiving treat!
    Come to A Themed Baker's Sunday where this week's theme is Thanksgiving treats. Be sure to vote on the side bar for next week's theme as well! Happy Holidays!

    Cupcake Apothecary

    http://cupcakeapothecary.blogspot.com/2011/11/themed-bakers-sunday-14.html

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  19. Very cute and the basket makes for a great presentation. It will be a treat! Thank you for linking at Joy of Desserts.

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  20. HOW cute!!!! You did such a great job!

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  21. Woo Hoo! You were featured on last week's A Themed Baker's Sunday at Cupcake Apothecary!
    Don't forget to come back for this next week's theme: Berries!
    Cupcake Apothecary
    http://cupcakeapothecary.blogspot.com/2011/11/themed-bakers-sunday-15.html

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