I started at noon yesterday making 2 boxes of cake mix into balls. That took about 2 hours (12 at a time). Then I attempted to melt the green candy wafers to dip my pretzels in (I opted for this for a stem instead of tic tacs). It didn't go well. They wouldn't melt creamy, and I kept warming them 30 seconds at a time...and they turned brown. Yuck. So I figured maybe it was the brand (Wilton's). All my other colors (for his birthday party this Saturday) were a different brand from A.C. Moore. So I popped open one of those and tested to see if they melted. PERFECT! So I ran to A.C. Moore quickly and bought new green, came home, and started the fun of dipping all the stems & cake balls. It. was. time. consuming. Whew.
After ALL that, I went to use my edible marker on them to draw faces, and the marker wasn't working well. Plus, when you touched the marker part, it stained your fingers! I figured a bunch of 3/4 year old parents wouldn't care for their kids all stained up, so I scratched that idea (Jon ate that one!). So, voila - here are my 60(ish) pumpkin cake balls for tomorrow morning!!! (there are some under the foil).
Now I have Friday to look forward doing twice as many....oy.
