A couple silicone molds made me look at breakfast in a whole new light. Bluey has been a hit in our household—inspiring my daughter’s third birthday cake and a weekend cupcake-making project—but these Bingo and Bluey molds make it easier (and faster) than create a little surprise and delight moment to start the day.

Sold on Amazon, the $28 kit comes with molds to make Bluey and Bingo, as well as a pancake batter bottle and BlenderBall wire whisk. The batter bottle allows you to dump ingredients inside, pop in the whisk and shake it up, then pour the batter directly from the squeeze bottle into the molds. It’s fairly easy to use, though I kind of wish they sold the molds separately—it’s just as easy, in my book, to ladle batter into the molds using a quarter-cup measuring cup.

If you’re cooking with kids, though, the batter bottle might be easier to use (and definitely less messy).

By the time the batter is done cooking, you’ve got more of an outline of a dog than a distinct character. But you could try dying the batter a pale blue or orange, or pouring batter into parts of the mold first, letting it get darker than other areas, to make Bingo and Bluey more defined.

Still, even my two-year-old immediately recognized who was on his plate, when a little Bingo and a side of fruit and bacon slid across the table.

It’s a fun way to liven up an ordinary morning, and it made me realize this could work with any set of cookie cutters to create fun, surprise-and-delight shapes. (I’ve also loved how people have taken letter molds to write messages out of butter or frozen vanilla yogurt on their flapjacks. It’s something we tried at PureWow and was a total hit.)