I've made cake pops two ways; one with the crumbling of the baked cake along with the icing and mashing into a ball, and the other way by using a small cake pop baker.
I have the same problem with both methods. The stick ALWAYS pops through.
I've tried chocolate. I've tried candy melts. I let them set over night until the candy is hardened, and as soon as I hold them upright, the darn ball slides right down the stick and the stick pops out of the top of the ball. The candy lets are as hard as they can be on the stick, but when it pushes through the ball, I can see that it doesn't adhere to the cake itself at all.
Any ideas or suggestions? Thanks so much!
I have the same problem with both methods. The stick ALWAYS pops through.
I've tried chocolate. I've tried candy melts. I let them set over night until the candy is hardened, and as soon as I hold them upright, the darn ball slides right down the stick and the stick pops out of the top of the ball. The candy lets are as hard as they can be on the stick, but when it pushes through the ball, I can see that it doesn't adhere to the cake itself at all.
Any ideas or suggestions? Thanks so much!
Chill your ball, poke the stick in, take the stick out and fill the hole it leaves with candy melts/chocolate. Then push the stick back in and let it set up before decorating. I've never had any slip down the stick doing it like this because it ensures the entire stick, inside of the hole and the bottom of the cake ball around the stick is covered with chocolate in one swoop, and it all sets as a single piece 
