Savory Bites From Your Cake Pop Maker: 75 Fun Snacks, Adorable Appetizers and Delicious Entrees

By Heather Torrone

Seventy-five fast, fun finger foods perfect for parties, movie-time munchies, kids’ meals, breakfast bites, and delightful dinners.

You love your cake pop maker for baking dessert on a stick, but it’s also ideal for creating bite-size versions of your favorite dishes. In under five minutes, you can cook palate-pleasing pop-in-your-mouth morsels that are hot and spicy, crispy, and salty, or fresh and filling:

• Eggs Benedict Bites

• Chocolate Croissant Pops

• Jalapeño Poppers

• Spinach-Artichoke Cheese Pops

• Chicken Cordon Bleu

• Lobster-Shrimp Risotto Bites

• Shepherd’s Pie

• Flank Steak Fajitas

• Black Bean Quesadilla Pops

• Monte Cristo Bites

Reinventing your favorite appliance to make treats that go way beyond sweets, Savory Bites from Your Cake Pop Maker offers recipes for whipping up mouthwatering appetizers, handheld sides and creative entrees. The book’s step-by-step directions and eye-popping photos show how easy it is to make any meal fun and festive. It offers one-of-a-kind recipes that are perfect for everything from impressing party guests and providing movie-time bites to delighting kids at lunch and livening up dinner.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Open Road Integrated Media
• Release date: Jun 11, 2013
• ISBN: 9781612432113

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Reinventing your favorite appliance to make treats that go way beyond sweets, Savory Bites from Your Cake Pop Maker offers recipes for whipping up mouthwatering appetizers, handheld sides and creative entrees. The book’s step-by-step directions and eye-popping photos show how easy it is to make any meal fun and festive with tasty bites like:

• EGGS BENEDICT BITES

• CHOCOLATE CROISSANT POPS

• JALAPEÑO POPPERS

• SPINACH-ARTICHOKE CHEESE POPS

• CHICKEN CORDON BLEU

• LOBSTER-SHRIMP RISOTTO BITES

• SHEPHERD’S PIE

• FLANK STEAK FAJITAS

• BLACK BEAN QUESADILLA POPS

• MONTE CRISTO BITES

Savory Bites from Your Cake Pop Maker offers one-of-a-kind recipes that are perfect for everything from impressing party guests and providing movie-time bites to delighting kids at lunch and livening up dinner.

Copyright text © 2013 by Heather Torrone. Copyright photographs © 2013 by Judi Swinks Photography. Copyright design © 2013 Ulysses Press and its licensors. All Rights Reserved. Any unauthorized duplication in whole or in part or dissemination of this edition by any means (including but not limited to photocopying, electronic bulletin boards, and the Internet) will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.

Published by: Ulysses Press P.O. Box 3440 Berkeley, CA 94703 www.ulyssespress.com

ISBN: 978-1-61243-211-3 Library of Congress Catalog Number 2013931802

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NOTE TO READERS: This book is independently authored and published and no sponsorship or endorsement of this book by, and no affiliation with, any trademarked brands or other products mentioned or pictured within is claimed or suggested. All trademarks that appear in ingredient lists, photographs, and elsewhere in this book belong to their respective owners and are used here for informational purposes only. The authors and publishers encourage readers to patronize the quality brands and products mentioned and pictured in this book.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction

BREAKFAST

French Toast

Vegetable Egg Strata

Baked Apple and Raisin Oatmeal Pops

Vegetarian Brunch Pops

Pancake Pops

Eggs Benedict

Chocolate Croissants

POULTRY AND SEAFOOD

Buffalo Balls

Chicken Cobb Sandwiches

Chicken Parmesan Bites

Chicken Empanadas

Chicken Souvlaki Bites

Chicken Cordon Bleu

Chicken Florentine Rolls

Chicken Meatballs for Kids

Chicken Burrito Pops

Turkey Tea Sandwiches

Turkey-Brie Burgers with Garlic-Herb Mayo

Day After Turkey Day Pops

Fish ’n’ Chips

Heather’s Famous Seafood Paella

Clam Bites

Ahi Tuna Wraps with Lime–Sour Cream Dip

Best Tuna Melts

Lobster Mango Burrito Pops

Lobster and Shrimp Risotto Bites

Shrimp Slaw Sandwiches

Salmon and Spinach Alfredo Bites

BEEF, PORK, AND LAMB

Bacon-Blue Burgers

Cheeseburger Pops for Kids

Bacon-Cheddar Burgers

Chili Cheese Dogs

French Onion Soup

Philly Cheese Steak Pops

Beef Wellington Bites

Shepherd’s Pie

Flank Steak Fajitas

Beef Tenderloin and Spinach with Brandy-Cream Sauce

Taco Poppers

Pastitsio Pops

Monte Cristo Bites

Pizzagaina Pops (Italian Easter Ham Pie)

The Cuban

Jalapeño Poppers

Pizza Pops

Calzones for Kids

Pepperoni-Sausage Stromboli

Not-So-Sloppy Poppers

Grilled Cheese with Bacon

Pulled Pork Party Bites

Savory Sausage Bread

Lamb, Spinach, and Feta Meatballs

VEGETARIAN

Grilled Cheese for Kids

Peanut Butter and Jelly Pops for Kids

Bean and Pepper Jack Quesadillas

Spinach Pie Pops

Eggplant Parm Bites

Mac and Cheese Pops

Basil-Mozzarella Cheese Pops With Balsamic Drizzle

Baked Brie

Easy Spinach and Artichoke Cheese Pops

Broccoli and Cheese Bites

Black Bean Bites

Savory Bites Bread Dough

Cranberry, Goat Cheese, and Caramelized Onion Pops

DESSERT

Sinful Cheesecake Bites

Raspberry-Cheese Danish Pops with Lemon Drizzle

Sweet Potato Pie

Apple Pie Bites

S’mores Pops

Hot Cocoa Krispies Cookies

Chocolate Chip Cookie Brownie Cupcakes

Chocolate Walnut Strudel

Lava Pops with Vanilla Ice Cream and Raspberry Drizzle

Fried Ice Cream

Conversions

Index

Acknowledgments

About the Author

INTRODUCTION

I grew up in a family of five girls, and we all had our fair share of playing kitchen. My sisters and I would mix things together from the refrigerator and dare each other to try it. After many years of being the one who had no problem trying anything, I developed a keen sense for what ingredients go well together, and which are just plain gross. With Savory Bites from Your Cake Pop Maker, I hope you enjoy trying it, too.

My obsession with these delicious morsels comes from their amazing ability to make meals into glorious, bite-size gastronomic explosions. And cooking in the cake pop maker is so fun and easy! Recipes cook in only a few short minutes, allowing you to serve delicious and simple dishes with relatively little effort. Savory bites combine all the best fresh, wholesome ingredients into tasty appetizers, breakfasts, and lunches. You can use ingredients most likely already in your fridge to quickly make the most impressive school lunches, tastiest breakfasts, and delicious last-minute nibbles for any surprise guests. They’re the perfect way to feed a few individuals or a large number of guests with as little in the way of serve ware as a napkin. When you’re cooking for a crowd, using a cake pop maker allows you to enjoy more of the party and spend less time preparing in the kitchen during your event.

These recipes reflect where I live, which is in a diverse community with an abundance of different ethnic dishes. It dawned on me while thinking of my favorite recipes that a majority of people may not have the same influences as I do. I’m so excited to introduce a little of what I’ve experienced, tasted, and found to be delicious with many others.

The recipes in this book use all types of dough. Some are as simple as cutting store bought biscuits in half, and some require combining a few simple ingredients from your pantry. The dough is generally divided before you begin assembling the pops. This allows your pops to be consistent in size and helps to keep the proportions manageable.

There are some great tools I recommend having on hand to help you make your pops quickly and easily:

• A mini rolling pin to stretch out your dough pieces. They are sold at most craft stores or online. I have even borrowed my daughter’s Play-Doh rolling pin from time to time.

• A couple flexible plastic cutting mats, usually sold in sets of three. They are worth it! I roll all my dough on them, and clean-up takes