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Ladybug Cake Pops are a cute, kid friendly dessert treat that are perfect for a garden or ladybug themed party.

Ladybug Cake Pops

Cake pops are a fun, delicious dessert especially for kids. If you don’t know what cake pops are, they are basically cake balls covered in a candy coating and served on sticks. They can be decorated in countless ways to fit any occasion or theme. Ladybug Cake Pops can be used for a variety of parties or events. The cake pops are covered in red candy coating and decorated with black candy coating. The ladybug’s head is made of a Junior Mint candy and candy eyeballs. Ladybug Cake Pops would be the perfect dessert for a spring celebration, garden party or ladybug themed birthday party.

Ladybug Cake Pops

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Ladybug Cake Pops
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Serves: 30
 
Ingredients
Cake Pops
  • 16.5 oz box of cake mix
  • ¾ of a 16 oz. container of frosting
Ladybug Cake Pops Decoration
  • 32 oz. bag of red melting wafers
  • 8 oz. bag or smaller of black melting wafers
  • Wilton Candy Melts EZ Thin Dipping Aid, shortening or oil for thinning
  • 30 lollipop sticks
  • 30 Junior Mints candy
  • 60 candy eyeballs
Instructions
Cake Pops
  1. Bake a 9x13 cake according to package directions. Allow cake to cool completely.
  2. In a bowl, crumble cake into fine crumbs and mix in about ¾ of the container of frosting.
  3. Form cake mixture into 1½ inch balls and shape into ovals. Place balls covered in the fridge for an hour or more.
Ladybug Cake Pops Decoration
  1. Melt red wafers in the microwave on 50% power for 30 second intervals. Stirring after each interval until melted. If mixture is thick, thin by using Wilton Candy Melts EZ Thin Dipping Aid, or mixing in 1 tsp. shortening or oil at a time until desired thinness.
  2. Remove several cake balls from the fridge at a time.
  3. Dip ½ inch of a lollipop stick into the melted wafers and insert it almost half way into a cake ball. Allow the cake pop to rest for 30 seconds or a minute to let the melted wafers harden onto the stick.
  4. Dip the cake ball fully into the melted wafers while holding onto the stick.
  5. After dipping, gently tap and rotate the stick to remove the excess candy coating.
  6. Press a Junior Mint on the front of the cake ball to make the ladybug's head before the candy coating hardens.
  7. Melt black wafers in the microwave on 50% power for 30 second intervals. Stirring after each interval until melted. Use a decorating bag or a toothpick to draw on the ladybug's body markings with the black melted wafers. Place a dot of melted wafers on the back of the eyeballs and press onto the Junior Mint.

 

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