Diwali Diya Cake Pops

Instructions

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1. - Make cake in a sheet pan per cake box instructions. Let cake cool completely.
2. - Use a circle cookie cutter to cut out shapes from cake. Cut circle cake pieces in half.
3. - Heat Candy Melts candy in melting pot. Dip candy lollipop sticks in melted candy and pierce rounded side of half circles about 1/4 inch. Let dry.
4. - Melt Candy Melts in desired colors with EZ Thin Dipping Aid. Coat cake pops in melted candy. If using sprinkles to decorate, place them on the coated cake pops now. Then let cake pops dry.
5. - Meanwhile, melt orange, yellow and red candy melts to create flames. With a spatula, thinly spread the candy melts on parchment, swirling the colors together. Once dry, use leaf-shaped fondant cutters or a small non-serrated knife to cut out flame shapes. Alternatively, you can use a decorator bag to pipe flame shapes using melted candy melts. Optionally, add some gold sprinkles on the flames to give a glow!
6. - If using frosting, once cake pops have dried, prepare and pipe frosting to decorate. When using decorator frosting, Wilton tip #1 or #2 provides thin, clean lines.
7. - Top decorated cake pop with flame cut-outs. Either lightly push into the top or dip the bottom of the flame in a bit of melted candy to attach.
8. - Enjoy your diya cake pops and have a Happy Diwali!