Cake Pop Maker by Select Brands - Kit for Birthdays & More - Includes Decorating Stand & 50 Sticks - Features Non-Stick Coating - Makes 12 Cake Pops

Super easy and fun to use! This cake pop maker comes with everything you need to quickly make the perfect cake pops. It includes a recipe book for different flavors of batter and glaze. I followed the recipe for vanilla cake pops and had a few dozen made in just 20 minutes or so. Its very easy to fill with a piping bag - I found that they came out better when I filled each spot completely, and it only took one or two batches before I got the hang of it. As for decorating, the stand makes it easy to do 12 at a time and can be put in the freezer for chilling them. Overall, I was very impressed by the ease of use and the quality of the cake pops that this product made!

Easy to use. Perfect size easy to store. Cute color and design. Great value for the money, comes with sticks and stand, also few recipes. 10/10 recommend

I will be real, I did mainly buy this for cake pops, but I'd be lying if I said that was the only reason. This also works just fine as a makeshift takoyaki cooker. I have an overwhelming obsession with takoyaki, and they're quite hard to find in restaurants. Even when I do find them, they are never freshly made (though the flavor is never compromised as far as I can tell; granted, I've never had a real, fresh takoyaki, other than these of my own creation).The cake pop batter that I made using the included recipe was much runnier than normal cake batter, and I think when I make another batch, I'll probably choose to use a regular batter recipe instead. It made the cake pops very light, airy, and unsatisfying. I did a small bit of research, and according to other users of this product, nothing is compromised by using normal batter, so I recommend that.Also, a tip for anyone bothering to read, if you want the sticks to stay in the pop when trying to dip/coat it with candy melt, dip the stick in the melt first, just to get a smidgen of melt on it, then stick it in the cake round and use your finger or another stick to smear the melt around the area. After that, put them in the freezer for a few minutes to harden it, and the cake pop will no longer fall off of the stick while you're trying to coat it! For more concise instructions, I watched a cake pop video by The Icing Artist to learn this trick.

Before I invested in the materials to make cake pops I read many reviews and looked at many options including the option to use leftover cake and frosting mixed together and form your own pops. Because I didn't want the added sugar that the hand rolled balls give you, I thought I would give this a try.I followed the chocolate cake recipe provided in the brochure that comes with the unit. The book suggested that you use a piping bag to fill each cavity with approximately 1 tbsp of batter. I used a spoon instead of a piping bag to fill each hole which was very messy. Next time I'll try the bag.Next I experimented with cooking times. The first time around, I oiled each cavity pretty well with vegetable oil. I cooked the first batch for 3 minutes, opened it up and turned each over as people had suggested and then closed it up and cooked for an additional 2 minutes. They came out a little hard and on the drier side. After experimenting with different timing I found, for me, cooking them for 2 1/2 min first, flipping them over and then an additional 1 1/2 min worked out perfectly. It might depend on the type of batter you use so you'll have to experiment.For the most part that cake balls came out perfectly. They cook in just a matter of minutes and cool down very quickly. I am going to freeze half of them for later use. The batch I made according to the package instructions made almost three dozen balls.Pros:Easy to useMakes consistent size balls.Cooks in just minutes.Balls are all cake instead of half cake and half frosting as with the handmaid balls.Cons:Balls are a little small. One bite for adults and 2 bites (maybe) for kids.Clean up would be easier if the plates were removable.I hope this helps anyone who is trying to decide whether they should buy one of these or not.