snow pops

Before the lovely snow melts away for the year I had better share the recipe for snow pops.

It is a fairly easy project, although it is a little time consuming... just be prepared to have a mess in your kitchen before the snow pops are complete.

First, buy a chocolate cake mix (I used devil's food)...Might I recommend using another flavor of cake mix as well (strawberry or vanilla). I haven't tried this before, but it would probably taste just as good. Maybe not for you chocaholics out there...

Back to baking... so buy a chocolate cake mix, prepare it like it says on the back of the box and bake it.

After the cake is done, (you know the usual toothpick test) cut it into small sections and put it in a food processor until it is in small crumbs. To be honest, I don't have a food processor...is a blender the same thing? Well, I tried using my blender and it didn't work very well. So, unless you are wanting to make an even bigger mess by trying to use a blender instead of a food processor, don't bother. I just chopped it up with a couple of forks and it worked just fine.

While the cake is baking you can whip up a batch of cream cheese frosting:

Frosting recipe:

8 oz pkg cream cheese, softened

6 T. butter, softened

1 tsp. vanilla

1 T cream (milk)

3 c powdered sugar

Mix the frosting into the crumby cake. and mix it until it looks like dough.

Continue this yummy process by forming the cake dough into small balls and placing them on a cookie sheet. After all of the dough is used put them in the refrigerator to chill... or if you would like just put the cookie sheet outside...I mean with the temperature the way it has been it is probably colder outside than in your frig anyway.

*side note- make sure they are really chilled it makes it easier to dip them in the melted chocolate later...they tend to fall of the dowels if they aren't chilled enough.

once they are COMPLETELY chilled put wooden dowels rods through the center of each snow pop... i used sucker sticks. They seemed to work just as well... they just aren't as tall as wooden dowels are, but they were alot more for alot less money.

after each one has a stick in it dip them into melted white chocolate...

I melted white chocolate chips, but I know that you can use dove white chocolate with meltaway centers..either way ...yum.

what makes the difference is the food color. Before dipping the snow pops be sure to put food color in the white chocolate to give them a pretty color. You can choose what color you want based on the celebration...christmas (red, green) 4th of july (red, white, blue) easter (pastels)...you get the idea.

After they are dipped put sprinkles on them before the white chocolate hardens. Place them back on the cookie sheet and back into the frig (or outside) to chill.

and...voila!!!

snow pops...