Pirate Flag Cake Pops

Pirate Flag Cake Pop

These cake pops were an experiment that worked ok, but more difficult than your basic round cake pop.  Instead of rolling into balls before dipping in chocolate, I rolled out the cake dough mixture and cut out rectangular shapes.  I also used popsicle sticks instead of round lollipop sticks.  Fortunately, I still had some leftover skull and crossbone candy from Halloween to make the flag design.  If you do not have these candies, I am not sure what you would use for the flag.  I was trying to rack my brain to figure it out but I just could not come up with anything.  I also wanted the chocolate to be black and I added a lot of black gel food colouring but there was no changing it... you would have to use black candy melts if you want black because the chocolate was staying brown!  I had a lot of casualties as I was making these.  If I ever do 'flat' cake pops again I will make them thicker and smaller.  They just kept breaking off of the sticks and it was getting frustrating at times.  I was happy with the end result but it was an arduous process to get there. 

Another version

The Whole Lot of Them

Diane

Pirate Cake Pops

The original pirate cake pop with the added details of the earring and edible marker

I love an opportunity to try to make a new cake pop.  So many of the ideas are already out there in cyber space but I could not find an idea for a pirate cake pop.  I looked at a few cartoon pirates and decided to give 'er a go!  I think they turned out great.  I just did the basic ball shape for the head and I dipped it in white almond bark for the skin colour.  I figure white was a good colour for their skin, it makes them look a little 'ghostly.'  I promptly added a white Mike & Ike cut in half for the ear, the white end of a candy corn for the nose and a mini jawbreaker for the 'good' eye.  I let the almond bark dry and then dipped the top part of the head in red candy melts to make it look like a bandanna.  I had cut small bits of licorice string and added them to make it look like the tie on a bandanna and black circle cake confetti for the patch.  For my trial cake pop I also added a yellow bit of circular licorice to the ear for an earring and I used edible markers for the eye ball and mouth.  When I made 22 for the party treats I was starting to get frustrated and I did not add the extra details but... it still looks like a pirate!  All in all, it was a successful cake pop that was an original idea for me!

The party cake pop with a few less details

The whole crew of them ready for the party

Diane

Pirate Treasure Chest Treat

The final treasure chest for the party = Skittle gems in a Swiss Roll chest!

The trial "Swiss Roll" chest with rock candy

The trial "Zinger" chest with rock candy

My son's teacher asked me to make some treats for her son's birthday party - pirate theme.  This thrilled me, since I love to create fun food and snacks and I have never made pirate items.  I searched on-line for ideas but I was not finding anything that I really liked.  A friend of mine then sent me a picture of a treasure chest so I modified it and created my own.  As a tester chest, I used rock candy for jewels (sapphires and diamonds) and I used a Little Debbie Swiss Roll and a Zinger (by Hostess?????).  I decided I liked the Swiss Roll better because of the rounded top.  I just cut into the top, placed some rock candy in it and then I painted on golden coloured candy melts to add details so it looked more like a chest.  I was happy with the results but since I did not leave enough time to make my own rock candy and it was quite expensive I decided to just use Skittles for the party treats (rubies, canary diamonds, amethysts, emeralds and topaz).  I decided to accent the chest with a lighter yellow and instead of painting it on, I just used a ziploc, cut the corner and piped it on.  Piping the candy goes much quicker and it looks neater.  As you can tell, both ways that I made the chest are very convincing, cute and yummy:)  You could add more details to the chest if you wanted and you could use a variety of different candies to represent treasures.  WARNING: if you choose to try these, buy extra Swiss Rolls since a lot of mine were squished or the chocolate covering just came crumbling off.  I bought 3 dozen Rolls and only ended up with about 24 final chests (this made my children and hubby quite happy since they got to eat the leftovers).

The whole lot of them for the party. 

Diane