St.
Patrick's Day Cookie Pops
By Amanda Formaro
If
you are looking for a fun and easy recipe to do with the
kids, try these deliciously simple St. Patrick's Day Cookie
Pops. The kids will smile and giggle while making these
treats, and will have something fun to give to family,
friends, and classmates!
You
will need:
20 vanilla wafer cookies
1/2 cup peanut butter
1 12-ounce bag white chocolate chips
green and yellow gumdrops
green Dots® candies
green and yellow Nerd® candies
cake decorating writer gel in green, yellow, red, orange,
and black
1 tube of green cake decorator frosting with tip
green and yellow decorator sugar
green food coloring
ice cream or lollipop sticks
wax paper or paper plates
Instructions:
Spread
peanut butter onto the flat side of the cookies. Place
an ice cream stick into the peanut butter on half the
cookies. Top with another cookie so the stick is sandwiched
between the two cookies.
Melt
chocolate chips (follow links for directions and tips
for working with chocolate). http://www.fabulousfoods.com/school/csingred/chocolate.html
Before melting, seperate the white chips into two bowls.
After melting, add a few drops of green food coloring
to one of the bowls of white chips to make green chocolate.
Dip
cookie pops in the melted chips, covering completely.
Sprinkle with green and yellow sugar and lay or stand
on waxed paper or paper plates. Place in refrigerator
to chill.
Fun
Variations
Leprechaun
After coating with white chocolate, dip top of pop into
green sugar. Slice two yellow gumdrops to make beard.
Allow to dry on wax paper. Use black and red decorator
gel for eyes and mouth, and for trim on hat.
Rainbow
with Pot of Gold
After coating with white chocolate, cut a green Dot in
half lengthwise, adhere to chocolate. Before chocolate
has a chance to dry, place 3-5 yellow candy nerds "in"
pot. Create a rainbow with various colored decroator gel.
Shamrock
After coating with white chocolate, sprinkle with yellow
decorator sugar, then draw on a shamrock using green cake
decorator icing.
Four
Leaf Clover
After coating with green chocolate, use green sliced gumdrops
to create clover leaves. Slice a small strip out of remaining
gumdrop for stem. Use a green candy Nerd for the center
of the clover.
Note:
Another variation is to use vanilla or chocolate frosting
instead of peanut butter for the filling. These can also
be made without sticks. Use one stick to be able to dip
the cookies in chocolate and roll in sprinkles, then remove
the stick and put on wax paper or paper plates, then chill.
This
recipe was adapted from
Penny Warner's Cookie Pops available in the
Kid's
Party Cookbook.
