Cookie Dough Pops.

Ever since I saw this I knew I had to make them. I planned a bake sale to raise money for a special fund for our patients. I plan to use boxes under the table cloth to bring demension and I have some silk flowers to dress things up. We had a ton of people volunteer to bake - so I knew we would have our bases covered - cookies, cakes, breads, pies, bars.

We needed something cute. So, I spent several hours last night making these:

Aren't they wonderful!?!? The pictures do not do them justice. BUT I was up until 11:00 pm working on them and woke up at 4:45 am to finish them up and get ready for the day. (Keep in mind I am an eight-hours of sleep kind of gal!)

Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Pops

(Recipe from Baked Perfection)

1 cup all purpose flour

1/4 tsp salt

dash of cinnamon

1 stick butter, softened (it is even okay if it is melting a little)

1/2 cup brown sugar

1/4 cup sugar

1/2 tsp vanilla extract

3/4 cups mini semi-sweet chocolate chips

Assorted candy melts

In a medium bowl combine the flour, salt, and dash of cinnamon. In a second larger bowl, beat together the butter, sugar, brown sugar, and vanilla extract until creamy. Slowly beat in the flour mixture until smooth. Stir in the chocolate chips. Roll the mixture into quarter size balls and lay on cookie sheet lined with wax paper (Should make approximately 20) and insert a lolly pop stick. Chill for several hours or freeze for 15-20 minutes until firm.

Melt candy melts in the microwave per directions on package. (30 sec intervals, stirring in between.) Gently dip the cookie dough ball into the candy coating by holding the lollipop stick and rotating until covered (if your lolly pop stick falls out, just dip the end in the melted chocolate and put it back in the ball). Once covered remove and softly tap and rotate until the excess chocolate falls off. Place in a styrofoam block to dry.

To decorate with drizzled chocolate, place chocolate in a sandwich bag on a microwave safe dish and microwave in 30 second intervals moving the chocolate around between. Using scissors, cut the very tip off the sandwich bag. Use the sandwich bag to pipe the chocolate back and forth over the cookie dough pop until you reach the desired look. Return to styrofoam block to dry.

I put a small plastic "candy" bag over the top of mine to protect them from the "elements." Let's hope these are a top seller!!