Now, I know what you're thinking ... what on earth do lollipops have to do with Palm Sunday? Well, maybe not much, but today is Palm Sunday and we did make these white chocolate pops for a festive gathering tonight at our church. They were so easy to make, I just had to post about them! I think they would make wonderful treats for the children to hand out at Easter - to relatives, friends, neighbors, their pastor, etc. This is a very doable craft for kids!
These were the simple materials, which can be found at any craft store:
(Not shown is the pastel ribbon I ended up using in place of the gold twist-ties. It just looked much better.)
I'm sure many of you are familiar with making this kind of candy, so I'll be brief in my how-to's. Basically, you just melt the chocolate wafers in the top of a double boiler (or in a microwave oven) and spoon the liquid into the molds. You place the stick in the mold and turn it till its coated with chocolate. Chill the mold for 15-20 minutes and then pop the pops out - it's that quick and easy!
To dress them up, and keep them clean, I slipped each pop into a plastic treat bag and secured them with the ribbons as you see in the top photo.
All together, they made a pretty presentation in a small Easter basket:
As I have mentioned, my older boys are playing soldiers in a Children's Passion Play this evening; it is being performed by parish youngsters in grades 2-10. They've worked so hard for several weeks now, I can't wait for all their hard work to pay off! After the play, there will be an Easter craft for the children to do and refreshments will be served. We'll be bringing our basket of "Palm Sunday Pops," along with a tray of Vienna cookies I bought today. Yes, bought - I'm afraid all my baking plans flew out the window when I came down with this wicked cold. ;)
Well, I hope your weekend was nice ~ Blessings to you all as Holy Week begins!
