The Scouts go marching one by one...

I now have 8 Scouts in my Wolf Den. 8 eight year old boys in my little house once a week for an hour. Often it's chaos, but it's also fun. Last week was our first week back after having a three week hiatus. As such, I decided to make a special treat for the boys' first week back. I made cupcake pops (like I did for Clara's birthday) but this time, they were little Scouts. I had so many of the balls leftover from Clara's birthday that I had frozen. I used those and it went much smoother and quicker than before. If you recall, I said it wasn't worth the effort. However, using the balls in a frozen state and already rolled, it was a cinch. It seriously took no more than ten minutes to dip them, add the "hats" and pain their faces. So I rescind my original statement. They are worth the effort (especially when the boys thought they were so cool). However, I will freeze the cupcake balls prior to dipping them instead of just refrigerating them. You can get really fancy with how you decorate them, but since I've been on a grocery store strike for over a month now, I wanted to use things I had at home. The eyes are simply melted milk chocolate that I dabbed on with a toothpick and the mouths were made with red candy melts (the things you melt to dip the balls in), applied the same way.Also, for those that had inquired, no way did I come up with this idea on my own. It is from Bakerella's blog. She invented these little treats and has made some amazing cupcake pops (click the button in her left side bar that says 'Pop Central'). When she's not blogging about those, she blogs about her other baking experiences in a totally hilarious way. Read her blog, you won't be disappointed.