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Cake pops put basic pastries on convenient sticks

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Someone looked at a piece of cake and decided a fork was too much work. By mashing the cake into a ball and jamming a stick into it, they created the ultimate one-handed dessert transport, completely eliminating the need for plates, manners, or sitting down.

Cake pops put basic pastries on convenient sticks
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