Mermaid cake popsicles

🧂 Ingredients

• 2 cups crumbled cake

  Yellow cake [https://arinaphotography.com/recommends/yellow-cake-mix/]
• ½ cup Vanilla buttercream frosting

  room temperature
• ⅛ cup milk
• 2 cups Wilton Turquoise Candy Melts

  Wilton Candy Melts Blue [https://arinaphotography.com/recommends/wilton-candy-melts-blue/]
• 2 tsp coconut oil
• ¼ cup Bright white Wilton Candy Melts
• ⅛ tsp coconut oil
• Glitter Dust
• ½ cup Wilton Turquoise Candy Melts

  Wilton Candy Melts Blue [https://arinaphotography.com/recommends/wilton-candy-melts-blue/]
• ⅛ tsp oil
• ½ cup Wilton Green Candy Melts
• ⅛ tsp oil
• ½ cup Wilton Lavender Candy Melts
• ⅛ tsp oil
• Glitter Dust
• ¼ cup Wilton Candy Melts Green
• ⅛ tsp coconut oil
• Tutu sweet sprinkles

Instructions

• 1 First, measure out all of the cakesicle ingredients.
• 2 Then, combine the crumbled yellow cake and the room temp buttercream frosting in
  a large mixing bowl. Mix them together with a spatula until the mixture reaches
  a playdough consistency.
• 3 When the cake mixture is ready, grab some disposable gloves, the wooden popsicle
  sticks, and the oval popsicle mold.
• 4 Next, scoop the cake mixture into the popsicle molds until each one is ½ way
  full, making sure to pack it down so the cake is compact.
• 5 Then, insert a wooden popsicle stick into each cake pop.
• 6 Finish filling the popsicle mold with cake to the top, making sure the cake is
  compact. Pack the cake in and scrape away any excess so that the cakesicles are
  flat with the mold.
• 7 Then, transfer the cakesicles to the freezer and freeze completely flat for 3
  hours. These cake pops have to be solid frozen for the next part of this
  process.
• 8 When the cakesicles are completely frozen solid, start on the candy coating by
  first combining the Turquoise Candy Melts and 2 tsp coconut oil in the candy
  melt pot. Continuously stir with a silicone spatula until candies are completely
  melted.
• 9 Once the candy is melted, immediately transfer it to a tall dipping container
  and let the chocolate cool down to 100°F.
• 10 Remove the cakesicles from the freezer and the mold right before dipping them
  into the chocolate.
• 11 Then, dip each cakesicle into the turquoise chocolate and let the excess
  chocolate drip off. Transfer the coated cakesicles to a parchment paper-lined
  small baking sheet.
• 12 Finally, refrigerate the candy-coated cakesicles completely flat for 15 minutes.
• 13 First, combine the bright white candy melts and the coconut oil in the candy
  melt pot. Melt them together on high, while stirring continuously with a
  heat-resistant spatula.
• 14 Then, spoon the melted chocolate into the seashell silicone mold set on small
  baking sheets. Scrape the excess chocolate off with a cake spatula and tap the
  trays gently against the counter to remove any air bubbles.
• 15 Next, transfer the trays to the fridge or freezer, making sure to lay the molds
  completely flat.  Let the chocolates sit in the fridge for 15 minutes or in the
  freezer for 5 minutes.
• 16 After the chocolate has hardened, carefully remove the chocolates from the
  silicone molds and use a small knife to cut away any extra chocolate from the
  edges.
  
  Try not to handle the homemade candies too much as the body heat from your hands
  can make the chocolate melt.
• 17 Lastly, use a food brush to brush the homemade chocolates with the Glitter Dust.
• 18 First, gather up all the necessary equipment and measure out all of your mermaid
  tail ingredients.
• 19 Next, get the candy melt pots ready, making sure to line one of the melting pots
  with a two-compartment silicone liner. Drop the colored candies into the
  separated sections and add in the coconut oil to each one.
• 20 While the candies and oil are melting together, make sure to stir each section
  frequently with a heat-resistant spatula until the candies have melted
  completely.
• 21 Then, set the mermaid tail silicone mold on a baking sheet to keep it flat. Use
  a saucier drizzle spoon to carefully transfer the melted candy into the mermaid
  tail molds. Tap the molds gently to remove any air bubbles.
  
  I like to mix the colors in the mermaid tails to give them a much more whimsical
  look.
• 22 Next, scrape off the excess melted candy using a cake spatula and then transfer
  the whole baking sheet either to the fridge or the freezer and sit the tray
  completely flat. Let the mermaid tails sit in the freezer for 5 minutes or for
  15 minutes in the fridge.
• 23 When the chocolates have hardened completely, carefully pull the edges of the
  silicone mold to gently separate from the mermaid tail candies, then carefully
  pop the candies out from the molds.
  
  Remember, try not to handle the chocolate tails too much, your body heat can
  make the chocolates start to melt.
• 24 Then, carefully cut away any excess candy from the edges and move the candies to
  a cookie sheet or flat silicone mat
• 25 Finally, use the food brushes to apply the glitter dust to each of the mermaid
  tails.
• 26 Store candies in an airtight and rigid container.
  
  Read below to find out how long you can store these homemade candies.
• 27 First, combine the green candy melts and the coconut oil in the candy melt pot.
  Melt them together while stirring continuously with a heat-resistant spatula.
  Once completely melted, transfer the green chocolate to a pastry piping bag and
  tie it off with a bag tie.
• 28 Then, transfer some of the buttercream frosting to the candy melt pot, after
  it’s been rinsed and dried, and heat to a drizzling consistency while stirring.
  Then, transfer the glaze to another piping bag and tie it off with a bag tie.
• 29 Next, I like to separate my sprinkles into separate bowls by size: small,
  medium, and large.
  
  This makes it easier to apply them and customize the undersea aesthetic I’m
  trying to portray.
• 30 After removing the candy-coated cakesicles from the fridge, drizzle them with
  the green chocolate and the glaze, and immediately decorate with the sprinkles
  before the candy has a chance to harden.
• 31 Next, squeeze a small amount of chocolate on the back of each of the mermaid
  tails and immediately stick them to the top of the cakesicles. Repeat this
  process with the chocolate seashells.
• 32 These fully assembled mermaid cake popsicles can be stored in a rigid, airtight
  container.
  
  Keep reading to find out how long you can store these mermaid cakesicles.

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