Golden Snitch Cake Pops

Monday, July 11, 2011

If you know me in real life, you know I’m a HUGE fan of Harry Potter. Some might call it obsessed, but I don’t think I take it that far… I do get very excited when the new movies come out in the theatre or on DVD. Earlier in the year, when Deathly Hallows Part I came out on DVD, I think we watched it three times that first weekend.

Btw, did anyone else watch the Harry Potter weekend on ABC Family this weekend? They showed a couple scenes from the new movie! Hubby claims that he’s just along for the ride, but I think he enjoys HP almost as much as I do. If only I could convince him that we need to go to the Wizarding World of Harry Potter… Maybe next year.

Now that you all fully appreciate my love of all things Harry Potter, let’s get on to the treats. I am usually able to wrangle a few of my friends to tag along to the midnight showing of the movies when they come out. I bribe them with the promise of treats and it usually works. I decided to use up some frozen cupcake pieces from my freezer (I save the cones from cupcakes when I use the cone method) and make some cake pops.

I used some leftover chocolate cream cheese frosting that I had in the fridge to bind the balls together. Then I used yellow Wilton candy melts to dip them and make the wings for my snitches. I followed the instructions listed here for making the wings then used some melted yellow candy melts to attach them to the cake pop. Be sure to check back tomorrow for another Harry Potter treat.

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Dessert, Other

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10 Responses to “Cookie Dough Chocolate Ice Cream Cupcakes”

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Janna — June 2, 2008 at 2:43 pm

These look awesome!
Did it take a long time to get the ice cream to freeze?
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Jen — June 2, 2008 at 8:03 pm

Janna,

I let it set in the ice cream about 30 minutes between each step. I wasn’t in a big hurry and 30 minutes was perfect.
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Lisa — June 5, 2008 at 4:03 pm

I love the last photo, the way the ice cream has so perfectly filled the liner and the way the frosting swirls on top. And that frosting sounds fabulous! I am going to try it on my Chile Variado Cupcakes for an extra spicy combination.
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Ivy — June 5, 2008 at 6:34 pm

This was a REAALLY good idea!
I love cookie-dough anything. 🙂
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Katie — June 7, 2008 at 5:28 pm

I totally do the mush thing too! In fact, for all my birthdays as I kid I would ask for cake mush, which meant my mom would take my slice of cake and ice cream and mash it up for me with a fork. The amazing thing is that while I would be full after a slice of cake and a scoop of ice cream, I can eat double that when in mush form. Yum!
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Jen — June 12, 2008 at 3:40 pm

That’s awesome Katie – glad I’m not the only cake mush eater out there!
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Teanna DiMicco — April 21, 2009 at 2:38 pm

This is insane! And by insane, I mean TOTALLY AWESOME! COME ON!!!! I am SO making these!
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Hillary — April 21, 2009 at 4:32 pm

What an awesome idea! How do you store them – does the cake part get too cold if you freeze them?

Hillary
Chew on That
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Cathy - wheresmydamnanswer — April 21, 2009 at 4:47 pm

These are so incredible – Love them!!!
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Jen — April 21, 2009 at 5:01 pm

Hillary – I kept them in the freezer. It did make the cake part cold, but I’m personally a fan of cold/frozen cake anyways.