A few weeks ago, I started playing around with some ideas for Holiday pops. My first go-around was to try to create a set of elegant-looking pops with a "frosted" feel. I had hoped to achieve this with coatings in subtle tones of blue, white, and silver with sparkly and shiny sorts of sprinkles and swirls. Well, they ended up looking like baby shower pops for a boy. (And this would be why I started experimenting weeks before "true" execution would be required.) There was way too much blue, and the white looked more gray than anything. I imagine this was due to using chocolate cake under white coating, dripping off too much of the coating, and then throwing silver dusting powder into an already bad mix. The impression was anything but "elegant."( Never mind the effect gray food has on one's appetite!)
Otherwise, I was pretty pleased with the stand and display I created. I
made one of my rice crispy treats base, this time covered in white
frosting, sprinkled with white sugar sparkles and coconut flakes, and presented
on a mirror. I also perched a white dove next to the pops--- something I
had found in the wedding aisle of Hobby Lobby for 50% off. And I made
some tags to either slide along the sticks and some others to tie into ribbon.
Notice that the photos feature 3 pops only out of the whole batch--- the least grayed of the
lot!
Coming right up... Round 2: The Candy-cane Effect
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