Halloween Chocolate Cookie Pops

  Desserts

Our children look forward to making these cute cookies each year. They've become experts at making silly faces with little candies.

Halloween Chocolate Cookie Pops

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TOTAL TIME: Prep: 25 min. Bake: 10 min./batch + cooling
YIELD: 2 dozen.

Ingredients

  • 1 cup butter, softened
  • 2 cups sugar
  • 2 large eggs, room temperature
  • 3 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 3 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 cup baking cocoa
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 24 lollipop sticks
  • Prepared vanilla frosting
  • Food coloring
  • Black and yellow decorating gels
  • Optional decorations: Candy corn, candy eyeballs, M&M's minis and cinnamon hearts

Instructions

  • 1. Preheat oven to 350آ°. In a large bowl, beat butter and sugar until blended. Beat in eggs and vanilla. In a small bowl, whisk flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda and salt; gradually beat into sugar mixture. Shape dough into 1-1/2-in. balls. Place 3 in. apart on greased baking sheets.
  • 2. Insert a lollipop stick into each cookie. Flatten with a glass dipped in sugar. Bake 10-12 minutes or until cookies are set. Remove from pans to wire racks to cool completely. Tint frosting; frost cookies. Decorate with gel and optional decorations as desired.

Nutrition Facts

1 cookie pop (calculated without decorations): 207 calories, 9g fat (5g saturated fat), 36mg cholesterol, 151mg sodium, 31g carbohydrate (17g sugars, 1g fiber), 3g protein.

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