My first Cake Pops!

Ribbons make everything cuter.

So when I first saw cake pops, I assumed they'd be complex and difficult to make.  

The first cake pops I ever ate (and the only other ones I ever ate) were very messy and overly moist/rich, so I didn't intend to give them a try myself.  

But walking around Target the other day, I found a cute bright green cake pop pan and I had a gift card, so I figured, eh, why not?

Wouldn't you want to buy me?

So I started to look up different recipes, but I was shocked and frankly, disappointed by the ones that crumble up boxed cake mix and throw in a whole load of frosting.  

Personally, I'm not a big fan of frosting and I prefer homemade, fluffy cakes.

But thankfully, with the cake pop pan, you can just make your own cakes, no added frosting needed!

So, I just used the red velvet and same melted chocolate from the angry birds cupcakes for these and sprinkled on some red sugar - gives it a perfect little crunch.

peekaboo!

I didn't know how high to fill the pan, so some of them were a little short, but I added frosting to round it out a little more.  But, the chocolate covers a multitude of sins (heh heh) so it was fine. =)

Lollipop anyone?

I didn't have styrofoam to poke my pops into, but I improvised and filled up my cheap cheese grater and when I still had a few pops, I poked them into my paper towel rolls to dry!  Whatever works, right? Got the job done! =)