Cookie pops will get your Easter celebrations hoppin’

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For a fresh take on Easter treats, these egg-shaped cookie pops will surprise and delight. Easy and delicious, each one is uniquely decorated — an unexpected but festive way to say “Happy Easter!”

To begin, a simple butter-cookie dough flavored with vanilla and almond extracts is cut into egg shapes with a cookie cutter. Once they’re baked and cooled, tint white Candy Melts (or use colored) with favorite Easter colors — pastel, bold, or both — then “dye” the eggs by pouring the melted candy over the cookies.

Now the decorating fun begins. Pipe with melted candy to make spirals and stripes, then attach confetti sprinkles. Other decorating options include brushing with pearl dust for a luminous effect, or sprinkling with colored sugars. You could even write messages on them. After decorating, use a dab of melted candy to attach the “pops” stick to the backs of the cookies.

A decorated flower “pot” is an ideal way to present the pops. Place the pops in the convenient insert that comes with the Flower Pot Kit and add some green curling ribbon for grass. This bouquet of pops can do double-duty as a center-piece for the table, or as an Easter gift for friends and family when wrapped in clear bags and tied with ribbon.

Visit www.wilton.com for more project ideas, to order supplies including the Pops Flower Pot Kit, or a copy of the new Wilton book, “Pops! Sweets On A Stick!”