A Frog Themed Baby Shower

My girlfriend at work Rosie asked me to help her bake for her sisters baby shower.  Of coarse I couldn't refuse the chance to bake, especially if it is for a party that is frog themed!  Unforteunately, Rosie neglected to tell me that this party wasn't just for a small group of ladies but instead, was for a group of 100 people!  So after a week of brain storming cute frog themed dessert ideas, four hours of baking 40 frog cake pops and 50 frog decorated cupcakes, we managed to pull it off just in time for this weekend.  Both desserts worked out well and Rosie wrapped them in clear bags with green ribbons and gave them away as party favors.

We decided to use the same recipe for the Frog Cake Pops that I used for my Easter Egg Cake Pops that I originally got from Bakerella's website.  We used white chocolate chips for the eyes, large star sprinkles for the feet (we just picked out the green ones), and chocolate frosting for the eyeballs and the smile.  For the frog decorated cupcakes, we just made classic white cupcakes from the box and decorated them with blue frosting to represent water.  We also used green gummy frog candies and homemade flower candies to decorate the cupcakes.  I just made the flower candies using colored candy melts and a plastic flower mold.  It was a fun day of baking and a great theme idea for a baby shower.