Preheat oven to 325 F. Grease a 9x9 inch cake pan.

In a large bowl, combine cake mix, pudding mix, eggs, water, and oil. Beat at medium speed until smooth. Add in the blue food coloring and mix until combined. Pour into prepared pan.

Bake for 30-35 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool in the pan for 10 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.

Once cake is cooled, trim the top, edges, and bottom of the cake.

Place the rest of the cake into a bowl and crumble it until no large chunks remain. Add icing, ½ cup at a time, mixing with fingers until well combined. You’ll most likely need ½ to 1 cup of frosting. Mixture should be combined but not overly wet/moist.

Using a tablespoon, form mixtures into cake balls. Place on parchment lined baking sheet and chill until set, about 2 hours.

Fill one candy piping bag with purple candy melts and another with the turquoise candy melts.

Melt in candy melts in the microwave, one at a time, squishing and moving the candy melts in the bag every 30 seconds.

Once melted, cut the tip of the bag off and pipe the candy melts into the molds.

Place the molds into the refrigerator for 5 minutes to set.

Once set, remove from the refrigerator and remove from the molds.

Repeat the process with the second color.

In a medium size bowl, beat butter until smooth.

Beat in the vanilla extract.

On low speed, gradually beat in the powdered sugar, scraping the sides of the bowl as needed.

Add the milk and beat until combined.

Beat on high speed until the frosting is light and fluffy.

Once the cake balls have set, start preparing the candy melt coating.

Melt white candy melts in a microwave safe bowl, stirring every 30 seconds.

Add ½ to 1 tablespoon vegetable shortening to the candy melts, stirring until dissolved.

Dip the tip of a plastic fork into the melted candy, then into the cake ball. Let set, about 10 minutes. Repeat with all of the cake pops.

Dip the cake pops, one at a time, into the melted candy. Tap gently on the side of the bowl to remove excess. Place dipped ball onto a parchment paper covered surface. Immediately place candy seashells and sprinkle pearls onto the cake pop. Repeat will all of the cake pops and chill until set, about 10-15 minutes.

Once set, spray each cake pop lightly with the pearl mist. It’s best to spray it from arms distance away.

Let dry and serve.