My youngest just turned three years old! And she is a sugar addict! Unlike Natalie, Haley will eat anything dipped in chocolate or covered in sugar!
Soo we decided to do a candyland themed birthday party for her! And, of course, she loved it!
I’m pretty sure I’m a pro with melting and dipping chocolate now! We had chocolate covered everything!
For the party, I made chocolate covered marshmallows, chocolate covered pretzels, cupcakes, glazed doughnuts, fruit kabobs, popcorn, and lollipops!
I also made Oreo Pops for the first time! And they turned out super delicious!
I decided to do Oreo Pops instead of cake pops since we were already having cupcakes. I initially planned to do crushed oreo pops but I actually like this technique much better!
Supplies:
- 1-2 Packages of Oreo’s – any flavor
- 2 12oz packages of Ghirardelli White Chocolate Melting Wafers
- Sprinkles
- Lollipop sticks
- Stand for drying pops
Directions:
- Heat your chocolate. I like to use the double broiler method. You will need to keep you chocolate melted for a long time and this keeps my chocolate from getting too hot or cooling too quick. You want your water hot but not boiling! It’s very important not to let any water drip into your chocolate!
- While the chocolate is melting, carefully break apart your Oreos and scrap out a spot for your lollipop stick to lay.
- Dip the lollipop stick into the melted chocolate and make sure it fits nicely into the filling tunnel you created.
- Then add the other side of the Oreo before the chocolate sets. I added some chocolate to the back of the Oreo cookie on a few just to make sure they were securely stuck together.
- Let them dry completely before the next step.
- After the lollipop sticks have set, you can dip the entire Oreo in your melted chocolate. If you let them dry properly, you shouldn’t have any issues with them falling off the sticks.
- Continually rotate the pop, letting the excess chocolate drip off. The chocolate will begin to set and stop dripping.
- Before the chocolate drys, add your sprinkles or any decoration of your choosing!
They turned out amazingly yummy! I really like the Ghirardelli brand of chocolate, opposed to the Wilton brand. I meant to get a photo of the inside of a half eaten one, but they disappeared before I had a chance!
I also made all the decorations for the party. The backdrop is just some curtains I hung up to block out some of the direct sunlight and the balloons were strung up with embroidery thread.
The piñata came from Amazon! It came with everything you need, including the candy!
We also had a Photo Booth set up for photos! I reluctantly put my $2000 camera on a tripod and let some of the older kids snap the photos by hand and with a remote.
Everyone had a blast and we ended up with some great photos… and my camera still intact!
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What a beautiful birthday party! Is it wrong that think your display of goodies would be perfect my DD 13th birthday this year 🙂
LOL We found out at Christmas time what happens if water gets into white chocolate as we are trying to melt it – instant cement candy snowball. It was so funny. I have a double boiler and we aren’t even sure how it happened a tiny drop of water was all it took lol.
Haha yes I found that out very quickly too! Luckily I was at the bottom of my chocolate!
I made chocolate-covered Oreo Pops for my son’s bday party too – it was such a hit. I love your entire spread – I’d want all of those at my party… LOL!
They look so good! My 3 year old is sugar addicted too! What kind of camera do you own? Your photos are amazing!
Thank you! I actually have a page dedicated to my camera here – http://www.marvelousmommy.com/my-camera-bag/ But I used my canon 6D and my 50mm lens for all these photos! My 50mm is my most used lens.
My fiancé bought Oreos the other day because he wants to decorate them with icing! If I let him know they can be dipped in chocolate, I’m sure he’ll want to do that and then add icing, too. It looks like you had a great party!
I love the photo booth and the oreos. Really pretty photography too.
You are an excellent photographer. Loved all pics. Thumbs up! I will try the chocolate some other day.
These look so delicious. I have pinned them to try to make them sometime! What a creative idea.
What fun treats, wish someone would have thought of these when I was having birthday parties. They look yummy.
Can I make the Oreo pops the night before and refrigerate them? Thank you?
Yes absolutely!
How long will they last?
They should last a few days. They’re better when they are fresh though.