After I made those reindeer pops for Xmess, I started thinking of other cake pops to put on sticks. Conveniently, my father-in-law’s birthday is at the end of January, so it gave me plenty of time to plan. I became obsessed with the idea of making a whole whack of heads that looked just like him, so I took a shot at it this past week.

For reals, I can’t stop laughing at how funny these are. I used peanut butter and candy melts with a few vanillas thrown in to …

Or as we’ve been calling them, Reindeer Balls!
I stumbled across Bakerella through someone’s favourites on flickr (I think) and after favouriting almost every single photo of her Cake Pops, added her as a contact. The minute I set eyes on her Reindeer Cakepops, I was smitten. I had to take a go. Every fibre of my being knew I needed to try to make them.
The process is pretty simple, but a little time consuming. In a nutshell, you bake a cake, crumble it up and mix it with icing. Then …