PUPPY DOG COOKIE POPS

Puppy Dog Cookie Pops image

Provided by Taste of Home

Time 1h

Yield 20 cookie pops.

Number Of Ingredients 12

Ingredients

1 package (14 ounces) light cocoa candy melts
20 Oreo cookies
20 lollipop sticks
1/3 cup white baking chips, melted
40 miniature semisweet chocolate chips (about 1 teaspoon)
Chocolate jimmies
1/3 cup semisweet chocolate chips, melted
20 large marshmallows, halved
Sweetened shredded coconut, toasted
Finely chopped pecans, toasted
20 semisweet chocolate chips (about 1 tablespoon)
Pink paste food coloring

Steps:

In a microwave, melt candy melts; stir until smooth. Twist apart cookies. Dip the end of a lollipop stick into melted coating and place on a cookie half; replace cookie top. Repeat. Place pops on a waxed paper-lined baking sheet; refrigerate for 10 minutes or until set., Reheat candy melts if necessary; dip a cookie pop in coating and allow excess to drip off. Insert stick into a styrofoam block to stand. Repeat., Using melted white chips, attach miniature chocolate chips to faces for eyes; add jimmies for eyebrows. Roll marshmallow halves in coconut and pecans; using melted chocolate, attach marshmallow halves for ears and chocolate chips for noses. Using remaining melted chocolate, pipe mouths. Tint remaining melted white chips pink; pipe tongues. Let stand until set.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 219 calories, Fat 10g fat (7g saturated fat), Cholesterol 1mg cholesterol, Sodium 80mg sodium, Carbohydrate 32g carbohydrate (26g sugars, Fiber 1g fiber), Protein 1g protein.