Peanut Butter Things

So, I had this grand idea that for Claire's party I would make candies that looked like ladybugs.

I made peanut butter balls using a recipe for Buckeyes. That part turned out really well.

Then I tried decorating the ball like a ladybug. That part did not turn out so well.

I tried shaping it into an oval.

I tried leaving it a ball. This one doesn't look that bad in the picture but trust me -- it is ugly.


I tried just putting spots on top and even that looked awful.

Finally, I decided that they wouldn't be ladybugs just black and red to go with the color scheme of her party. I think these turned out pretty cute.

Then with the extra leftover candy coating I decided to use a technique that I saw on Bakerella. I drew the black part of the ladybug first and then filled in the red. I was thinking this was going to be so cute and maybe I would use them on her birthday cake.

Well, they turned out pretty ugly so I'm probably not going to use them anywhere because they are just not cute.

Oh, well. I tried!