Colorful Cookie Pops Recipes

POP ART COOKIE POPS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375°F. In medium bowl, stir cookie mix, butter, flour and egg until dough forms. Roll dough on floured surface until about 1/4 inch thick. Cut with 3-inch round cookie cutter. Place 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheet. Carefully insert a wooden stick into side of each cookie.
• Bake 9 to 11 minutes or until edges are light golden brown. Cool 1 minute before removing from cookie sheet. Cool completely, about 30 minutes.
• Divide frosting among 4 small bowls. Tint frosting in 3 of the bowls with different color of food color. Reserve some of the tinted frostings for piping on designs. Frost cookies with remaining white and tinted frostings. For piping, place each tinted frosting in small resealable food-storage plastic bag; snip off tiny corner of bag. Pipe frostings on cookies in desired designs. Decorate with candy decorations.

COOKIE POPS ON A STICK!!

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (180 degrees C).
• Combine butter or margarine, baking soda, white sugar and your favorite extract flavor. Beat these ingredients together with an electric mixer until fluffy. Add self-rising flour Beat well.
• Roll dough into walnut sized balls. Place them two inches apart onto the cookie sheet and flatten slightly. Press ice cream stick into the flattened side of the cookie, and press down. This way, you know how large the cookie will be when baked. Add whatever topping to each cookie you like, OR, before pressing stick into the cookie, roll each cookie into sprinkles first, then flatten.
• Bake until edges are lightly golden.

COOKIE POPS

Steps:

• Spread peanut butter over the flat side of 10 vanilla wafers, about 1 teaspoon on each. Top each with a Popsicle stick and another vanilla wafer. Place on a waxed paper-lined baking sheet; freeze for 7 minutes. , In a microwave, melt candy coating and shortening; stir until smooth. Dip cookie pops into chocolate; allow excess to drip off. Return to baking sheet. , Decorate with baking bits if desired. Freeze for 5-6 minutes or until chocolate is set. Store in an airtight container at room temperature.

COLORFUL COOKIE POPS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375°F. Mix sugar, butter, vanilla and egg in large bowl with spoon until smooth. Stir in flour. Divide dough in half. Stir red food color into one half of dough; stir green food color into other half of dough.
• Shape dough into 1 1/2-inch balls, using some of each color of dough for each ball. Place balls 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheet. Insert wooden stick into side of each ball. Press bottom of glass onto dough to grease, then dip into sugar; press on balls until 1/4-inch thick. Press candy sprinkles into dough or sprinkle with colored sugars.
• Bake 9 to 11 minutes or until slightly firm and edges are light golden brown. Cool 1 minute; remove from cookie sheet to wire rack. Cool completely.

CARAMEL COOKIE POPS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease baking sheets.
• Beat butter, confectioners' sugar, brown sugar, and salt together in a bowl until light and fluffy. Add egg and vanilla extract; beat until smooth. Gradually beat flour into butter mixture until dough is smooth; stir chocolate chips into dough.
• Shape dough into 1-inch balls and place 2-inches apart on prepared baking sheets.
• Bake until cookies are set, 10 to 12 minutes. Immediately press a round toothpick into the center of each cookie; remove to wire racks to cool completely.
• Place pecans in a shallow bowl. Line a flat work surface with a sheet of waxed paper.
• Stir caramels and water together in a saucepan over medium-low heat until caramels melt and mixture is smooth, 3 to 5 minutes.
• Hold a cookie by the toothpick and dip it into the caramel mixture, turning to coat completely. Remove from caramel and let any excess caramel drip off into the saucepan. Immediately dip the bottom and sides of each caramel-coated cookie into pecans. Transfer to wax paper to cool until set. Repeat with remaining cookies.

SURPRISE COOKIE POPS

Steps:

• Cut each candy bar widthwise into six pieces; insert a Popsicle stick into each. Cut cookie dough into 12 pieces. Flatten dough; wrap each piece around each candy bar piece, forming a ball. , Place 3 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. Bake at 350° for 13-15 minutes or until lightly browned. Cool for 3 minutes before removing to wire racks.