Article: Put small sugar crystals or sanding sugar in a medium-sized bowl. Then, roll the cake pops around in the sprinkles. Shake out the cake pops to remove any excess sprinkles and stand the cake pops upright so they can dry. Another option is to take a handful of sprinkles and drop them onto the wet cake pops. This can give the cake pops a lighter sprinkle decoration. Put a bowl or plate below the cake pops so you can collect the excess sprinkles and reuse them. Place chopped peanuts, walnuts, pecans, or cashews in a bowl. Then, take a wet cake pop and roll it around in the chopped nuts to coat it. Use your fingers to drop chopped nuts on the sides of the cake pop so it is covered. Add chopped candy pieces to the wet cake pops. Roll them around in the chopped candy so they get a nice coating. Put buttercream frosting in a small piping bag with a narrow tip. Then, hold the coated cake pop in one hand and pipe the frosting onto the cake pop with the other. Spin the cake pop around in your hand as you add the frosting to make a spiral design, vertical lines, or a horizontal line design.  Put a plate underneath the cake pop as you pipe on the frosting so it can catch any excess frosting or frosting that drips down. Another option is to put small dots of frosting on the cake pops for a fun design or write letters or shapes with the frosting. Frosting looks best on cake pops that have already been dipped in candy coating. Pick 2-3 different colors of candy coating. Melt them in separate bowls. Then, dip the cake pop in the first color and let it harden. Once it has dried, dip it half way into the second color and let it harden. Finally, dip it 1/4 of the way into the third color and let it dry for a layered color look.  You may use white for the base color to make the other colors stand out. Try layering colors like blue, red, and white, or green, purple, and pink. Look for shimmering food coloring at your local grocery store or baking supply shop. It usually comes in the form of a spray. Apply a few spritzes of the shimmering food coloring to give the cake pops a nice, even color.  Use an iridescent shimmering food coloring for a pretty, shiny sheen to the cake pops. Shimmering food coloring looks best on cake pops that have already been dipped in candy coating.

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Dip wet, coated cake pops in sprinkles. Add chopped nuts or candy pieces to wet, coated cake pops. Pipe frosting onto the cake pops. Layer the cake pop in different colored coatings. Add shimmering food coloring to the cake pops.