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THANKSGIVING DONUT POPS 1

Thanksgiving Donut Pops

laura
Course Desserts
Cuisine American

Ingredients
  

FOR ALL THE DONUT POPS:

  • 1 box plain donut holes
  • 1 package of Candiquik chocolate flavored candy melt
  • 15-20 long thin wooden popscicle sticks

ALSO NEEDED FOR BASIC DONUT POPS:

  • 1/5 cup chocolate sprinkles

ALSO NEEDED FOR THE TURKEY DONUT POPS:

  • 2 tablespoons mini white chocolate chips
  • 1 tablespoon blue or green flat circular sprinkles
  • 15-20 candy corns
  • 15-20 red Jelly Belly jellybeans or red licorice candies

ALSO NEEDED FOR THE ACORN POPS:

  • 5 pretzel sticks broken into half-inch pieces
  • 1/4 cup chopped nuts

Instructions
 

FOR BASIC DONUT POPS:

  • For basic chocolate-covered donut pops, melt the Candiquik according to package directions.
  • Carefully press a wooden popscicle stick into the center of a donut hole, then roll it around gently until covered with chocolate coating.
  • Allow any excess chocolate to drip off of the donut pop. Decorate immediately using any of the three techniques below.

TO MAKE THE BASIC POPS:

  • 2 tablespoons chocolate sprinklesFollow the basic directions, coating the donut holes one at a time, and decorating them immediately, before the chocolate hardens.

To decorate:

  • a) Sprinkle lightly with choclate sprinkles.
  • b)Stick donut pops into a block of styrofoam and allow time to cool & hardened.

TO MAKE THE TURKEY DONUT POPS:

  • Follow the basic directions, coating the donut holes one at a time, and decorating them immediately, before the chocolate hardens.

To decorate:

  • a) press one candy corn into the center of the donut hole to make a 'beak,'
  • b) gently place two mini white chocolate chips tip-side down for the eyes.
  • c) Dip the tip of a jelly bean into the melted chocolate coating, then press it gently into place below the candy corns. Stick donut pop into a block of styrofoam until hardened.
  • d) Once hardened, melt a tablespoon of white chocolate chips in a ziploc bag, snip off a very tiny part of the corner, and pipe a bit of melted chocolate onto the 'eyes' then quickly press a sprinkle atop to make the colored part of the eye. Allow chocolate to harden before serving.

TO MAKE THE ACORN POPS:

  • Follow the basic directions, coating the donut holes one at a time, and decorating them immediately, before the chocolate hardens.

To decorate:

  • a) press a wooden popscicle stick into the center of the donut holes.
  • b) dip only the top half of each donut, immediately coating them with chopped nuts and pressing a pretzel stick into the stop part of the donut.
  • c) Stand donut pops upright on a piece of styrofoam.
  • Allow chocolate coating to harden before serving.
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