While these treats aren’t safe for doggies, they’re sure to steal the show at bake sales, birthday parties and other events! Best of all, the cute critters start with packaged cookies, leaving you plenty of time to turn them into adorable puppy pops.
—TASTE OF HOME TEST KITCHEN
PREP: 1 HOUR + STANDING • MAKES: 20 COOKIE POPS
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
1. 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.
2. Reheat candy melts if necessary; dip a cookie pop in coating and allow excess to drip off. Insert stick into a foam block to stand. Repeat.
3. 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 the marshmallow halves for ears and chocolate chips for noses. Using the remaining melted chocolate, pipe mouths. Tint remaining melted white chips pink; pipe tongues. Let stand until set.
AUGUST 26
NATIONAL DOG DAY