Toy Soldier & Drum Cake Pops!

I'm sort of on a cake pop kick. 

These Toy Soldier Cake Pops have been marching in my head for quite some time and today they marched right onto my blog!

Toy Soldier Cake Pops

 

 

 

If you want a toy soldier cake pop, you better get marching too!

Here's how~

 

Use the Wilton Brownie pan to form your cake pops.

 

Melt Vanilla CandiQuik and add a little pink candy coloring.

 

Insert the stick into the rounded part of the cake pop.

 

Dip all the cake pops you plan to make.

 

Melt chocolate CandiQuik and add black candy coloring.

 

Dip the top part of the cake pop into the black CandiQuik and immediately sprinkle with black sanding sugar.

 

Cut a small oval out of black fondant for the brim.

 

Use the strip cutter No. 2 and cut black strips for the band.

 

 

Cut red strips with the No. 2 Strip cutter and add around the hat.

 

To make the mustache cut out fondant with the top of a Wilton ruffle decorating tip.

 

Add yellow fondant circles made with the top of a Wilton #12 decorating tip and top with a red candy dragee. 

 

 Dust a little pink shimmer dust for the blush, because he's cold. 

 

He's been marching outside all day long and it's below zero! 

 

 

 

And what Toy Soldier wants to march without a drum? 

 

Not mine, so I had to make Drum Cake Pops!

 

 

 If you want drums for your toy soldiers, here's how~

 

 

Make your cake pop batter. 

 

Roll out thick and cut with desired round cookie cutter. 

 

Melt vanilla CandiQuik and add red candy color. 

 

Dip the sticks in a little melted chocolate and into the drum. 

 

Dip each drum in the red chocolate and let set. 

 

Cut out white fondant in circles to place on top of the drum. 

 

I painted a little gold luster on the top of the drum. 

 

Then cut out green strips using the No. 3 strip cutter and add a green strip to the top and bottom of the drum. 

 

Using the smallest strip cutter, I cut out white strips and added them diagonally to the side of the drum and sealed each point with a edible gold dragee. 

 

Then pipe a little chocolate fondant in a round line for the drum sticks.

 

All the fondant is added by using a small amount of water as "glue". 

 

Just dip a tiny paint brush in water and brush on the back of the fondant.

 

 

Now you can march to the beat of your own drum!

 

Rum Pum Pum Pum!