The Season of Giving - Giveaway Time!

This was my Christmas gift last year. Despite my love of decorating baked goods, I must have been living under a rock because I had never heard of cake pops or Bakerella (http://www.bakerella.com/). I paged through the book that night about 10 times over in complete wonder at the creativity within the pages.

"I expect you to make them," my cousin said. Outloud I said of course but inside, I was saying, "Me? Make these? Are you kidding me, I can't make these?! I'm not that talented!"

With Bakerella's easy to follow steps and my extreme patience and practice, I was able to teach myself how to make cake pops. Ever since I started making them, they are the number one baked item request I have from friends, family, and random people who want to order them for events or just because. Here are a few of my holiday ones from this Christmas.

Snowball, snowmen, and candy cane cake pops

You can see more of the cake pops I have made on my Facebook page. I'm no where close to being as talented and creative as Bakerella but one can aspire to do so, right? We'll I'm going to help you out. I know Christmas has come and gone but I'm going to continue the spirit of giving. I too want to give someone one of the coolest gifts I've ever received. I'm giving away all the things you will need to make one of my favorite basic cake pops, chocolate chocolate caramel crunch. I made these over and over again until I got better at rolling and dipping until I got confident enough to make more detailed designs. Here's what I'm giving away:

Bakerella's "Cake Pops" book

1-package of 60 sticks (sounds like a lot but you'll have quite a few rejects before you master the technique!)

1-package of Wilton chocolate candy melts

1-5 oz jar of turtle crunch sprinkles

1-spool of ribbon

1-package of wrappers (to make your cakepops look pretty!)

1-box of devils food cake mix

1-16 oz container of frosting

Your late Christmas gift. Unfortunately the book I'm giving away is not
 signed by Bakerella but it's still pretty awesome!

How to enter to win this kit

1) Leave a comment below letting me know what is the best Christmas gift you have ever received

Want more chances to win? Do one or all of the following and leave another comment for each in the comments section.

1) Like Lil Ms Sueshine on Facebook HERE

2) Follow @LilMsSueshine on Twitter HERE

3) Tweet this giveaway with a link like this: I heart #cakepops Enter to win cakepop supplies and Bakerella's book from @LilMsSueshine http://goo.gl/6F7VU

4) Go to BAKERELLA'S website and let me know which of her cakepops is your favorite!


The winner will be selected using random.org on Thursday, January 5th at 7:00PST. I will announce the winner on Friday, January 6th. Leave a way for me to contact you whether its your email, Twitter handle, or your Facebook name (sorry...I'll find a better comment widget for the next giveaway :( ). You have [3] three days to respond to me or I will pick a new winner. The giveaway is limited to residents of the United States (sorry to my international peeps!). Good luck everyone!



This giveaway is sponsored by Lil Ms Sueshine. All items in the giveaway have been paid out of my own pocket for the love of the products and my readers :)