I, too, wish I had read these reviews before purchasing these in a local craft shop. Only about 10% of what I wanted to write on my conversation heart cake pops even showed up. I would have been better off scratching the message in with a safety pin! I even tried refrigerating and freezing the cake pops, to see if a harder / dryer surface would help. NOPE. These may work on fondant or other surfaces, but the do NOT work on candy melt coating!