Beaulah Loves Football - Go Team Cookie Pops

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Now, what is Beaulah up to ....

This may surprise you, but 

Beaulah loves football. 

 She thinks we ought to 

change it up a little though and get

some broomsticks like Harry Potter

does in quiditch!

Football pops are quite the hit with

the football players.

My daughter wanted to make these

for her husband's last football game.

The guys on the team are always

 begging for her to make cake or cookie pops.

She thought football shaped ones would be fun.

 Beaulah thought we should make them

in Halloween colors, but we decided

for a traditional brown football.

 Put them on a stick and they are fun to

display, or dip them like truffles

Everyone around here really likes

the little pops on a stick better.

Now here is the tricky sticky part.

We had to send Beaulah out of the room

because she kept cackling at the funny

shaped footballs, but here's some help:

1.  Roll them into a ball

2.  Then roll them slightly to elongate

3.  Just gently touch, touch, touch to shape the points

(they won't be perfect) - don't try to pinch the ends,

they are too soft and you don't want hard points.

4.  Put them in the fridge to let them harden up

5.  Now reshape them a little

6.  When you dip them, they come out smooth

and more like a football.

Then finish them off with the white

chocolate coating for the

stitching and laces. 

They were a lot easier on a stick

when it came to putting on the white

chocolate.

Cookie Pop Recipe

1 pkg. Oreo cookies

8 oz. cream cheese

or 1 tub ready made cream cheese frosting

Milk and white chocolate coating discs

Blend the cookies until fine crumbs in a food

processor.  Mix in the cream cheese or frosting

by hand.  If you use the cream cheese, be sure and

refrigerate the finished pops.

Meanwhile melt the coating discs.  I place

between one and two cups in a microwaveable

bowl (make sure it is a microwaveable bowl or

you may scorch your chocolate discs).  Turn

the microwave on for one minute.  Stir - WHETHER

IT LOOKS LIKE IT NEEDS TO BE STIRRED OR NOT.

This will prevent the bottom from scorching.  Then

melt in 15 second increments until all the discs

are melted.  Let the discs cool about 10-15 minutes.

While dipping, reheat for about 10 seconds as

necessary to keep the chocolate thin and smooth.

Shape into footballs and place in fridge for about

half an hour or until firm.  Reshape as needed.

Take only a few out at a time as they will soften

quickly and place on a stick.  Dip in the milke

chocolate, shake slightly to remove excess, twirl

a little to make sure it is smooth and not

dripping. 

HERE IS THE BIG TRICK -

STICK UPRIGHT IN A PIECE OF FOAM!!!

(Like shown in picture above)

I have seen so many people try these

and they turn out a mess because they

are trying to sit them down before

they are dry.  Let them dry upright

in the foam. (Or Beaulah will be cackling

at you too!)

Finish with the white chocolate piped

on with a very small tip.  Make sure the

white chocolate has cooled a little so it

isn't just dripping out the end.

Make some for your 

favorite team!

I will be posting this with

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