I know I promised that I was going to blog as much as possible for my New Years Resolution but I have been forced to take a mini break from baking by my husband! We are trying to save as much as possible to buy a house and my baking addiction was beginning to add up so i decided to calm down for a little bit but not before i made the CUTEST push pop mini cupcakes ever (remember when you were a kid and loved those Flinstone Push Up Ice Creams? These are the cupcake version of those)!!!
Lately I've been seeing so many awesome push pop cupcakes and have been dying to try them myself. The only thing that has stopped me from doing these sooner is that I cannot find the push pop containers ANYWHERE!! Maybe it's just where I live but the only place I have been able to find them is online and that means i have to pay for shipping which is no bueno! Well, my excitement won out over the cost and i finally ordered some. I knew that since these were going to be a special occasion (as cute as they are, they are pretty costly) I was going to have to pull out all the stops and make something super cute. After browsing the Internet for inspiration I stumbled across a blog called Love From The Over that had some Easter themed push pops with Peeps and I knew that's what I was going to do. Yes, I admit it, i copied this blogger but just wait until you see the pics and you will understand why...
In order to fit inside the container I needed to make mini cupcakes. In all of my baking I never have actually made minis so this was a first for me. I know its nothing different from regular cupcakes besides size but I was excited to do something new. To go along with the Springtime/Easter theme I colored my cupcake batter a bright green. While the cupcakes were baking it was time to decapitate my Peeps. Yes, you read that correctly; i only needed their heads. But before you feel too bad for the poor little bunnies, my mom is a Peep fanatic and saved the bunny bottoms!
Once baked, I peeled off all the wrappers since they were going to be stacked in the push pop containers. I suppose I could have baked them without wrappers but I was too nervous that the cakes wouldn't come out of the tin. I separated my frosting into 3 and colored them bright pink, bright blue, and bright yellow. In each container I stacked 2 minis, alternating with different colored frosting and topped off with a Peep bunny head! It was pretty easy to get the hang of and didn't take too much time at all. The end product was adorable if i do say so myself!
Of course, I took them to work and gave them to all my coworkers!
I had some left over minis and Peep heads so I put them together for my step-dad to take to work :)
