Ladybird, Ladybird

This week's cake pops were ladybirds! They possibly haven't turned out quite as well as I'd hoped but I still think they look pretty cute!
I adapted the design from some Bakerella ladybird cake balls but added sticks to give the whole cake pop experience.
I started by rolling balls a little larger than usual:




I then sliced off the base of the balls to give a flat bottom before adding the sticks and popping them in the freezer to firm up. Then came the dipping....








When the chocolate had dried I used dark chocolate to pipe faces onto each ladybird, sliced mini marshmallows for the eyes and a mixture of edible ink pen and dark chocolate for the spots. I actually found piping on the dark chocolate a bit easier than using the pen. The edible ink pens don't seem to like my chocolate...
Anyway - here's the finished result...




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