“I Heart” Blog Hop – Cheerwine Chocolate Cakepops

It’s that time babes! Let me tell you that for February we REALLY tried to think outside the box – skip Valentines and be original. Guess what? We failed. Miserably. So our theme for this month is “I heart”. Sorry to be so un-creative.

 

I’ve teamed up with my AMAZING friends to give you some of the things we LOVE in this months edition. My contribution (of course) is food: Chocolate Cherry Cakepop to be precise.

Of course I love food. That’s a given. Funny story though – I HATE cake pops. I REALLY REALLY hate cake pops.

Maybe it has something to do with the fact that it’s a box cake mix smothered in fake canned frosting and topped with waxy chocolate that just rubs me the wrong way.
So make your own cake and frosting, you say. I literally can’t bring myself to make a cake and destroy it (crumble into a gazillion pieces) and waste delicious frosting (yeah – I’m that kind of girl), just to be topped by nasty chocolate. It’s too sweet for me.

Maybe it’s the time and energy it takes to bake a cake, crumble it, roll it into balls, and dip them. Yes, it’s tedious.

Whatever the reason, I’m not a huge fan. I don’t eat them. I hate making them. YUCK.

Are you getting a clear picture here? Hopefully I’ve painted it well enough for you…. Yet, somehow Handsome and I always end up making them.

So WHY on earth am I ranting about cake pops when this is supposed to be an “I Heart” theme? Somewhere along the line I had this ludicrous idea to add some of my Blickenstaff’s Cheerwine soda to a box of cake mix – not sure where the inspiration came from, but I was set on it. I simply replaced the water (the box mix called for) with soda and crossed my fingers. The result? Moist, spongy, DIVINE cake with a slight hint of cherry. I’m not kidding when I said I could’ve eaten the entire pan.

I then added a secret concoction of frosting and cherry (ok fine – I’ll share :D), and to top it off? I found a cherry cordial dipping chocolate. I was actually really excited about this. Spoiler alert – the cherry cordial dipping chocolate tasted like cough medicine. NOT A FAN. I might’ve gagged a little. NASTY.

Change of plans – milk and dark chocolate would have to do and it was YUM. Again, this is coming from the cake-pop hater and I really liked them. Look – I’m actually EATING this one – that’s kind of a big deal.