Valentine Oreos and Marshmallow Pops

I needed to make some cute goodies for Jada's 1st grade class. I browsed Pinterest and came across some cute ideas. I found a great recipe for heart shaped homemade oreos. I have made something similar before (Homemade Oreos) from devil's food cake, and I thought this was just as easy and cute! I wanted to have one more cute little treat though. I remembered making hundreds of marshmallow pops for my sister-in-laws wedding a few years ago, and thought that would be great! I already had candy melts in the closet and only needed to buy a pack of corn skewers. 

Making a million blue marshmallow pops...

Making marshmallow pops is very simple. The kids can help out, and it's a very versatile treat. You can use an array of colors to match almost ANY event! I use the Wilton's candy melts. They come in tons of colors, and are for sale at Walmart, Kroger, Michaels... almost anywhere!

Here is what the bag looks like

 Now, the instructions for melting them are on the bag. Follow the instructions!  A few little tips to help out: 1- NEVER add water! If it's too thick, dilute it with a tablespoon of vegetable oil. 2-If you are mixing to make colors, start with white! Then add in your other colors. And trust me, a little goes a long way! If you need pink, only put 5-6 red in the whole bag of white. 3-If the chocolate starts to harden as you work and no longer seems to be coating as well, pop it back in the microwave! These melts are awesome for making chocolate pops as well. I made owl pops for Kennedy birthday. It was so easy, and made a great thank you gift for our guests. You can buy molds for almost any occasion! I found the owl mold on eBay for less than $2.00

Now, onto the recipes! The first will be for the super cute Valentine Oreos!

Valentine Home-made Oreo's

1 box strawberry cake mix

2 eggs

3/4 cup melted Crisco

*One container of icing will be needed to put in the middle of the hearts.

Mix all ingredients together. The batter will be very thick. You will need to roll out small balls with the dough, so you don't want it soupy. Spray your pan with Pam. Roll two small balls out. Lay them together on the pan, and pinch the bottoms to make a heart shape. Continue rolling our small balls and pinching them together at the bottom until all dough is used. Make sure you end up with an even number. Bake at 350 degrees for 8-10 mins. Do not cook more than 10 mins. When you pull the pan out of the oven, let it slam hard on the counter to help flatten out the cookies. When the cookies have completely cooled, they are ready to be frosted. Fill a zip bag with frosting of your choice. Cut a small hole in one corner of the bag. Pip icing onto one cookie. Find a cookie similar in size and sandwich the two together. Allow to air dry for an hour before storing in container.

Mix ingredients.

Place 2 small balls on pan and pinch the bottom together.

It should look like this.

Allow cookies to cool completely.

Pipe on icing and sandwich together.

So cute!

Marshmallow Pops:

Large Marshmallows

Wilton's Candy Melts 

Pop sticks (Wilton's Sticks, Popsicle Sticks, Corn Skewer sticks...)

Wax Paper sprayed with Pam

Sprinkles.

Place sticks into marshmallows. Lay out wax paper onto counter and spray with non-stick cooking spray. Pour sprinkles into a small, shallow bowl. Melt chocolates in microwave according to package. Take marshmallows and dip and turn into chocolate. Only cover half of the marshmallow. Immediately dab the pop into the sprinkles and place onto wax paper to cool. Store in an airtight container or large zipbag.

Place marshmallows on the sticks.

Melt chocolate.

Quickly swirl the sticks in the melted chocolate.

Dip in the sprinkles.

Place on wax paper to cool.

All done!