Have fun turning cake and frosting-filled push-up pops into ketchup and mustard. These clever-looking desserts are perfect for a picnic or backyard party.
Ketchup and Mustard Push-Up Pops
Makes 24
Ingredients:
1 Betty Crocker Lemon, White or Yellow Cake Mix (15.25 oz / 432g)*
1 cup water
½ cup vegetable oil
3 eggs
yellow and red food coloring
non-stick baking spray
about 4 cups vanilla frosting (store-bought or homemade)
1 batch of modeling chocolate, recipe here
*The ingredients listed are for the Betty Crocker Mix. You can use any cake you choose, just adjust the ingredients accordingly. One cake mix will make about 85-88 mini cakes. You will only need 72 cakes to make 24 push-up pops, so you can enjoy a little snack while you are working.
Supplies:
Wilton Mini Whoopie Pie Pan(s)
24 Wilton Treat Pops (Push-Up Pop) containers
disposable pastry bags
1 ½ inch round cookie cutter
rolling pin
toothpick or skewer
yellow and red paper
double stick tape or glue stick
Instructions:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Beat cake mix, water, oil, and eggs together in a large mixing bowl on low speed for 30 seconds.
- Increase speed to medium and continue to beat for 2 minutes.
- Divide the batter in half. Color half with yellow coloring and the other with red.
- Spray a mini whoopie pie pan with cooking spray.
- Spoon 1 tablespoon of batter into each whoopie pie cavity.
- Bake for 9-11 minutes or until the tops of the cakes spring back when touched.
- Cool in pan for 5 minutes.
- Then remove the cakes and cool them completely on a cooling rack.
- If using only one pan, wash after each use and spray with cooking spray before making your next batch of cakes.
I love the Wilton Treat Pops containers because you can use the lid as a stand. Once filled the push-up pops stand up all on their own. So, put the pops into the lids and stand them up in order to fill them.
- Color half of your frosting with yellow coloring and the other half with red.
- Put frosting in pastry bags and snip off the end.
- Fill 12 push-up pop containers with red cakes and frosting and 12 with yellow cakes and frosting.
- Insert one mini cake in a push-pop container.
- Pipe on about a tablespoon of frosting.
- Add another cake, then more frosting, and a third cake, and more frosting.
- Fill the containers all the way up to the top.
- Use a knife or spatula to scrape across the top of each container leveling out the frosting.
- Color half of your modeling chocolate with red coloring and half with yellow.
- Roll it out to about ⅜ inch thickness.
- Cut 12 circles of each color using a 1 ½-inch round cutter.
To make my circles look like the bottom part of the lid, I took an actual squeeze bottle lid and rolled it around the edge of the modeling chocolate, imprinting the grooves around it. If you don't have a lid just make the lines using the back of a knife or a toothpick.
To create the spout:
- Pinch off about a teaspoonful of modeling chocolate.
- Roll it into a ball then shape it into a cone.
- Push a skewer or toothpick into the pointed end of the cone creating the opening of the bottle.
- Remove the toothpick by twisting it as you pull it out.
- Lightly brush water on the flat end of the cone and press it onto a modeling chocolate round.
- Repeat creating a total of 12 red and 12 yellow lids.
- Gently press one modeling chocolate lid into the frosting of each push-up pop.
- Cut pieces of yellow and red paper to 6 ½ inches by 3 ¼ inches.
- Wrap paper around coordinating push-up pops.
- Secure with double-stick tape.
You can make these up to two days before your party. I would recommend you fill the push-up pop containers with cake and frosting, then store them in an airtight container.
The day of your picnic top them with the modeling chocolate lids.
Remember, your lids are actually made of white chocolate, so you'll need to keep these in a shady spot at your outdoor event.
The "hamburgers" that are pictured above, are actually ice cream sandwiches. You can find the recipe and tutorial for my Chilly Cheeseburgers at Tablespoon.com.
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Chrissy
I would be grateful to win any of these great prizes, but I particularly like the restaurantware.com, Cookie Cutter Company, and Wilton prizes.
Chrissy
I'll probably make potato salad for my next picnic.
Charlene
Would have to try to make the push pops. They are so cute.
Graciela Jimenez
I'd like to win them all, but if I have to choose I´ll go for the mARTshmallows book or the Cookie Cutter Co $50 credit
Charlene
All of the prizes are great. Would enjoy anyone. Thanks for the giveaway.
Graciela Jimenez
I´d like to win them all, but I have to choose I'll go for the mARTshmallaows book or the Cookie Cutter company $50 credit
Carmen N
I have plenty but I'm addicted to cookie cutters, so I'd love to win that prize
Carmen N
No picnics planned - unless you count our extended camping trip coming up. Whatever I make will have to survive "living" outdoors or in a cooler for 4 days.
Diana - FreeStyleMama
Adorable!!
Brenda @ SweetSimpleStuff
When I saw the first photo, I couldn't believe my eyes! Were those real mustard and ketchup containers? You fooled me 🙂
Anonymous
I want to win the Wilton stuff.
Lori
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Anonymous
I want to make the picnic tablecloth cookies for my next picnic.
Lori
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lpetrizzi11
Absolutely love this!! You are so creative! These ideas will most likely be my theme for Labor Day!! Would love the gift card to the Cookie Cutter
Company, been trying to build my inventory.
Michelle | Creative Food
This is beyond incredible! LOVE your push up pop ketchup and mustard idea!! Thank you for organizing this picnic party! I loved being a part of it and I am enjoying going through all the posts! I LOVE all the creations!
zuegerk
A ton of fun ideas as always.
Melissa
What a crazy unique idea? I absolute love them!
Georganne
I love your details. From the small picture, you really can't tell that the jars aren't the real thing! They are so perfect and I bet kids would go crazy for them!
Anonymous
Beth, When I looked at this, I thought you had finally lost it. Then I moved the picture down and really looked at it and laughed. At first I thought no way is she going to get me to use mustard or ketchup on watermellon. When I saw what it really was I had to laugh as I was the one who lost it. This is so cool and convincing. You still have it kiddo. I love this. Thanks for another winner. Trish Butler
Erin
We are huge pasta salad fans so I'll make a pasta salad for the next picnic. But who am I kidding, I'll also make a dessert! Push pops would be fun to bring!
Erin
Your push pops are adorable!!! I would love the Wilton set because I love to bake (and I'm in love with push pops) or the Cookie Cutter Co store credit. How fun to go shopping for cookie cutters!!!