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Make up a batch of Toll House Chocolate Chip Cookies (or other *drop*
cookie recipe - oatmeal works well). Preheat oven as directed.
On your cookie sheet, place 4 or 5 lollipop sticks (depending on size
of sheet), then place a heaping tablespoon of dough on the end of the
stick, spreading into a circle.
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Bake for a few minutes longer than normal. Let cool completely before
removing from sheet.
Meanwhile, have your daughter make funny/scary faces on a tray, using
candy corn, licorice laces (for mouths and eyebrows), gum drops, etc.
Once the cookies have coolled, melt a hershey bar or two over hot
water. Spread a tablespoon of melted chocolate on each cookie-pop and
press on the faces! They're great fun to make, give, receive, and eat.
I've been making these for years, and no one ever tires of them. This
year I skipped the lollipop sticks, though.
I made a double batch last Saturday and got 24 cookies. I used an 8-oz
Hershey bar for the "frosting."
One year I made cupcakes, frosted them with chocolate frosting, then
stuck large marshmallow pumpkins on the top.
This year, I also make banana pops. I melted an 8-oz Hershey bar with
3/4 cup of peanut butter and some skim milk (I didn't measure - just
until it was good dipping consistency). I cut the bananas in half,
stuck the lollipop sticks in through the cut end, and dipped. A lot
dripped off, though, so I put them in the freezer after the first
coating, and dipped again once they were cold. These can be decorated
with candy corn, too, if you like, or rolled in nuts or coconut.
To be honest, though, the adults liked these more than the kids did.
The icy cold banana bothered them! Most of them licked the
chocolate-peanut butter coating (which gets very fudgy in the freezer)
off and took a token bite of the banana. Most of the kids were under
6, though.
BTW, these banana pops count as 1 Fruit, 1/2 Protein, 1/2 Fat,
(undetermined milk, since I didn't measure), and 50 optional calories
on Weight Watchers! The mixture covered 16 pops (9 whole bananas), and
I've been able to have a couple of the leftovers!
The cookie-pops are a lot of fun to make, and you tend to giggle a lot
while making the faces, so that would be a good one. They don't take
very long, either. I've make oatmeal scotchies this way, and used
miniature marshmallow to make Mr. Stay-Puft from Ghost Busters (more
time consuming, because I cut the miniature marshmallows up to make
arms, legs, hat, and made the angry face by melting chocolate chips and
drawing it on with a toothpick - I'm a doting aunt!).
Have fun!
Susan
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