Bug Pops

As part of a Christmas tradition now in its second year, I've been cooking up a storm in the kitchen to make most of my gifts for family and friends

These are my Bug Pops - a ball of chocolate sponge with glacé cherry pieces coated in dark chocolate, half-coated again in red candy melts and decorated with milk/dark chocolate crispies. The line down their back was painted on with a toothpick and more melted dark chocolate, and the eyes are two "white pearl" cake decorations with chocolate dots painted on in the same fashion. I couldn't for the life of me find any tweezers big enough in any local shops so I ended up using a thoroughly-washed pair of mini pliers from my toolbox to position the eyes properly

The only complaint I've had from my family is that they're almost too cute to eat ...but too tasty not to