Aldi launches new Starbucks style treats at a fraction of the price
Aldi has launched a new cake pops range for 50p each — £2.85 less than the popular Starbucks treats.
Available in stores from today, May 12, the bitesize bakes come in two flavours.
The first is the Village Bakery Birthday Cake Cake Pops (£1.99, 4 pack, working out at 50p per cake pop), a sweet strawberry and vanilla combo. And if the flavour wasn't enough, shoppers can save themselves 85% compared to Starbucks.
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There's also the Village Bakery Cookies and Cream Cake Pops (£1.99, 4 pack), made with cookie crumb sprinkles and sweet vanilla flavouring.
Aldi previously created a cake pop recipe for Valentine's Day in 2020, along with the campaign: "Cake Pops are what happens when you leave a cake and a lollypop alone at Valentine's with Barry White playing on the stereo. Make your own with this easy recipe."
Following their popularity, they are launching a full range, in stores across the UK.
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A cake pop is a cross between a cake and a lollipop, where cake crumbs are mixed with icing or chocolate, and formed into small spheres or cubes, before being given a coating of icing, chocolate or other decorations and attached to lollipop sticks.
While we don't know of any definitive inventor of cake pops, we do know that they were first popularized by home baking blogger Angie Dudley in 2008, with Starbucks' cake pops becoming a favourite snack thanks to its small size and fun designs.
The BBC describes them as "a bite-sized morsel of cake coated in chocolate and stuck on a lollipop stick".
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