Festive Sunnies
Details
- Timing
- Timing
- Total:
- Prep:
- 1 Hr. 30 Min.
- Skill Level:
- Intermediate
- Yields:
- 6 pops
When a tasty treat is as fun to make as it is to eat, everyone’s happy. These edible sunflowers reflect your food craft skills and make great gifts as well as perfect cake toppers. They're sure to brighten everyone’s mood.
Ingredients & Directions
- Prep Time
- 1 hour 30 minutes
- Cool Time
- 48 minutes
Ingredients
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3 (4 to 6-inch)lollipop sticks
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red frosting
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green frosting
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yellow frosting
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1/4 cupred candy coated chocolate sunflower seeds
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1/4 cupgreen candy coated chocolate sunflower seeds
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1/4 cupyellow candy coated chocolate sunflower seeds
Step-By-Step Directions
tray or cookie sheet
parchment paper
small spatula or knife
Line tray or cookie sheet with parchment paper. Cut lollipop sticks in half for total of 6 sticks. Remove wrappers from caramel candies. Push stick into center of each candy by inserting end of stick close to the bottom of the side.
Thickly frost sides of each caramel candy with frosting (2 red, 2 green and 2 yellow). Place pops evenly on prepared tray allowing plenty of room between pops so that flower petals can be added.
Starting at the bottom of each pop, place sunflower seeds with pointy edge out in color corresponding to color of frosting around entire bottom edge of candy piece. Continue adding sunflower seeds around each pop until you have four rows of "petals" and sides are completely covered.
Tweezers can help with placement of sunflower seeds.
Allow sunflower pops to sit overnight or until frosting has hardened enough to hold sunflower seeds. Store in airtight containers in cool, dry place. makes 6 pops. Recipe created for The Hershey Company by Handmade Charlotte.
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Nutrition FactsServings Per Container 6 servingsServing size 1 pop (36g)Amount per servingCalories170% Daily Value*Total Fat 8g 10%Saturated Fat 5g 25%Trans Fat 0gCholesterol 0mg 0%Sodium 40mg 2%Total Carbohydrates 22g 8%Dietary Fiber 0g 0%Total Sugars 19gIncludes 19g Added Sugar 38%Protein 2gVitamin D 0 0%Calcium 6mg 0%Iron 0mg 0%Potassium 10mg 0%
* The % Daily Value tells you how much a nutrient in a serving of food contributes to a daily diet 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutritional advice.
