cait + create: Jack-o-lantern Cookie Pop Tutorial

I saw this fun idea in a Disney Family Fun magazine and thought we'd give it a try:

Dipping Oreos in Chocolate to make "Jack-o-lantern Cookie Pops."

We started with:

Double Stuffed Oreos

White dipping chocolate (I used white chocolate chips because it was all I had)

Mini-Reese's Pieces or Mini-M&M's

Popsicle sticks

Frosting

First I put a Popsicle stick in each double stuffed Oreo.

Then I melted the chocolate and added orange candy-coloring.

Regular food coloring does not work in chocolate!

(You could buy orange chocolate melting wafers instead).

Next, I dipped each Oreo in the chocolate and stuck them in an egg carton to harden.

The Bloopers:

Several cookies split apart and fell off their sticks into the chocolate.

So, I had to fish them out, but they were too much of a mess to use.

So, my kids ate them :)

(They were "helping" me make them)

While the chocolate was still wet, I stuck in mini-Reese's pieces for eyes and a nose.

Once it was hardened, I used chocolate frosting to make a mouth and green frosting for a leaf. Next time I am going to use a pretzel stick for the stem :)

It was a fun, quick, little treat for my kids and the best part is, you can make as many or as little as you want. We only made a handful of them, and then I sealed the Oreos back up and put them in the pantry for another day.