I recently bought the Babycakes Chocolatier at the local Kohls. I had wandered in over a week ago looking for a double boiler. Unfortunately, they had none and I stumbled upon the section of Babycakes products and seen the chocolatier. I did another look around for a double boiler just incase I had missed one. Then I went back and stared at the box, opened the box, looked inside and placed the box back on the shelf. After a few seconds I decided to get it.
I placed the candy melts inside and plugged it in. It took a while for them to melt, around 30 minutes.
After I got the right consistency I was ready to dunk the cake balls in. I liked how it kept the chocolate warm and I didn't have to worry about it getting too thick. I did remove the ceramic pot from the base before I did my dunking. I noticed it was too hot if I just left it in the base. Since I had my cake balls in the refrigerator I had to take them out 5 minutes prior or I would have horribly cracked cake pops.
Here is a close up of one of the cracked cake pops. I had 3 of these in the second batch I made.
The first batch of cake pops I made were red velvet and covered in sprinkles. These didn't crack. I read online that air bubbles can cause cracking and I think the sprinkles helped prevent air bubbles in the chocolate.
My second batch of cake pops were vanilla flavored. I did a cute design with butterflies that I made from a chocolate mold.
I made the cake pops for a 5 year-old's birthday party. She adored them and they were a huge success.
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