Candy Cane Oreo Pops (or, how I made Pinterest my bitch)

It’s bake sale time at Emma’s school again. I was suffering with mutant tonsillitis when the notice came home last week, so I had to wait till yesterday to do any kind of food prep. The idea for these came from this pin on Pinterest. When I followed the link I noticed there wasn’t much of a tutorial, so I thought I’d try to help avoid any future Pinterest fails.

Ingredients:

1 package Oreo Double Stuf

1 package white candy melts

1/4 tsp Peppermint extract

Candy canes, crushed (about 1/2 cup) for sprinkling

Additional Materials:

Lolly sticks

Waxed paper

1. Unwrap and crush your candy canes. (the kids were amazing at this part)
2. Assemble all of your ingredients so that they are handy. Line cookie sheets with waxed paper and make sure you have lolly sticks ready. You need to work quickly with the melted chocolate, it’s better to have anything you need nearby.
3. Pour candy melts into a glass bowl (mine had a handle, I highly recommend . Microwave in 15-30 second intervals, stirring in between. After first 30 seconds, add peppermint extract and stir. Continue with intervals till chocolate is melted & smooth.
4. Here is the secret, what makes this a Pin-Win instead of an epic fail. Heat the Oreos in the microwave before inserting the lolly stick. I found that 15 seconds for 2 cookies worked well for me. You might have different times based on your microwave. You want the icing barely soft, not melted. This way you can put your lolly stick in and not bust your cookie. (snicker)
5. Dip cookie into chocolate using a spoon to help coat.
6. Lay on wax paper & sprinkle with candy cane bits.

It was a bit tedious working 2 cookies at a time, but even doing that, I finished roughly 30 cookies in about 1 1/2 hours, and that included allowing the chocolate to harden and wrapping the finished cookies. They tasted AMAZING. *I originally wrote this post in November, but due to stupid life getting in my way, I’m publishing it now.