chocolate-dipped peanut butter cake pops

Peanut Butter and Chocolate: One of the world's most perfect combinations.

Ever since I made the Peanut Butter Cupcakes a few weeks ago, I've been thinking of

turning them into cake pops. My friend Lisa has been dying to try cake pops

ever since I discovered them on Bakerella and started making them-

so her birthday was the perfect occasion to try these out!

Follow the recipe for the peanut butter cupcake mix, but bake in a cake pan instead. 

I would suggest splitting this into TWO cakes... mine took 45 minutes at 350 to bake all
the way through in one 9 inch round pan. I had to put some foil on top for the last
15 minutes because it was getting pretty brown... it came out alright, just took a long time.

Let the cake cool completely before crumbling and mixing with the icing, 

following the instructions we used for the football cake pops. 

Except this time I made them into small spheres, not football shapes. 

 

Dip the end of a lollipop stick into some melted chocolate,

then stick it in the cake ball to "glue" them together.

Let dry, then dip the entire pop into chocolate.

Since this was a birthday party, I wanted to dress the pops up a little. 

I dipped them into some pink sugar while the chocolate was still wet.

 

They came out really cute!

And of course tasted delicious :)