My girls love corndogs and I am always looking for easy, quick snacks to feed them when they come home from school to tide them over until dinner. We are not big “snack food” people, so I need REAL food that is easy and small enough to be a “snack.” Well, today I found THE perfect one! And they are FABULOUS!
This morning while perusing Pinterest I ran across this Pin from MoneySavingMom.com:
My first thought…. I CAN DO THAT IN THE CAKE POP MAKER!!
I jumped in the car and headed to Winn Dixie for the ingredients – Jiffy mix, eggs, milk, and hot dogs. It doesn’t get any easier than that!
I mixed up the Jiffy mix just exactly by the box and cubed the hot dog into tiny little pieces.
I put the pieces of hot dog into the microwave for 30 seconds – just to cook them a little more. Then I poured the pieces directly into the Jiffy mix. I used 2 boxes of Jiffy mix for this first round, and three hot dogs. Next time I will use four.
I spooned a heaping teaspoon of the mix into each of the holes in my Baby Cakes Cake Pop Maker and cooked for THREE minutes. They were perfect.
Paired up with another favorite – Ore Idea Tater Tots – with some Ketchup and a glass of milk, and we have a perfect, nutritious snack in under 10 minutes!
These would also be very easy to make in large batches and freeze in the Zip Lock Snack Size freezer bags for the girls to grab on the go. Also easy to pack in lunches – there is no mess!
Thanks to MoneySavingMom for the inspiration and Baby Cakes for my favorite cooking tool in the world!
Paula @ Frosted Fingers says
September 28, 2011 at 3:41 pmWow great idea!! Babycakes needs to start paying you! I’m going to have to try those next week. (I’m out of hotdogs)
Rhea says
September 28, 2011 at 4:26 pmNICE! You are so creative with your babycake maker. It makes me think I need to get one, too!
Rosalee kmetz says
September 28, 2011 at 5:05 pmI finally found babycake maker. Thank you for all the ideas.
Amy Speed says
September 28, 2011 at 5:38 pmI always add cheese to mine too!!!!
lorrie says
September 28, 2011 at 6:15 pmThey look great and fun and super easy to make…but really to call them a nutritious snack…I don’t see how those could ever be nutritious..but hey a wonderful party type food.
admin says
September 28, 2011 at 7:58 pmWell, I mean more nutritious than chips or a Little Debbie cake or something. They certainly arent carrots and apples lol
Shasta says
September 29, 2011 at 5:28 pmOkay, I don’t know why Babycakes hasn’t sponsored you already lol!
Michelle C says
November 23, 2011 at 7:53 amOh Great Cakepop Ideas
Sue says
December 10, 2011 at 8:29 pmGreat Idea!! I saw the same pin and repinned on pinterest. My daughter is getting the babycakes cakepop maker for Christmas. We will definitely do this with tofu dogs 🙂
Laura says
January 27, 2012 at 6:31 amI am so excited about all of these cake pop posts! I got the baby cakes thingie at Christmas and I love it I can’t wait to make the pancakes and sausage and the corn dogs!
Deborah214 says
April 18, 2012 at 6:34 pmHow well do these freeze and are they just as good reheated (in the microwave I assume). My son’s birthday is coming up and with all I have to do it would make things easier to prepare them ahead of time and just warm them up.
admin says
April 20, 2012 at 8:34 pmHey Deborah! I froze 6 at a time in the Ziplock snack bags and they were great! I could nuke them in the bag for 25 seconds and voila! A snack!
Robin says
July 12, 2012 at 1:10 pmWow! I was looking up some cake pop recipes that would be quick and easy to make for my parents (their cake pop maker has been used exactly once, when I made them glazed blueberry doughnut holes) and I think this might be the perfect thing! never would’ve thought about doing this!
Thank you!
lindsay says
February 25, 2013 at 12:39 pmUsing a mix sounds easy! but I love to be difficult. I wonder if i can use a homemade corn bread recipe instead of jiffy! Ideas ladies??
Lynsey says
February 25, 2013 at 7:54 pmHey Lindsay! I think as long as your recipe “rises” and isnt too heavy… the problems I have had with homemade mixes are they they do not rise properly, so they still cook, but they look like little UFOs and do not puff up into a round ball like they should 😉 (they are still tasty and cute though!)
Alexa Fouts says
March 29, 2013 at 11:02 pmThis is so cute!!! I never thought of making corn dogs. I just got the cake pop maker that you put in the oven, so would the amount of time that I bake it be different? your donut recipe will be the first I’ll try and then these adorable corn dogs.
Kelsey Apley says
October 16, 2013 at 1:16 pmCreative and fun way to enjoy dinner!! Love it!
Tiffany Dayton says
February 9, 2017 at 9:34 pmSuch a great idea. I like how easy to make.