Ladybug Cake Pops

One little Peanut I know turned 4 this week. Four. For real and she asked for a ladybug birthday cake. This auntie was so sad to be celebrating it from so far away and not making her cake this year. But my sweet little Peanut is heading this way in a couple of weeks and so sister came over for a cake pop fest and I practiced my ladybugs.

Sister made these ultra cute watermelon pops.

I've found that my favorite cake pops to make are the molded ones.  They make take a little longer if you have a limited number of molds, but they require less precision, and looks so smooth and glassy when you all is finished. 

Take these little cupcakes.  You just use the little candy cup molds they sell at Hobby Lobby or Michaels, paint the candy melts into the mold, let harden in the fridge for about five minutes, and then press some cake pop mix into it. You round up the tops and then just dip the entire top half in another color candy melt.  There's no shaping and little room for error.  I like when something has minimal room for error.

And turns out lady bugs are just as easy.  I used a round mold, and ended up with an entire ladybug family because of the different sizes.