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Happy Face Pops
Everyone loves a smile—to make or to receive as a gift! Make a new friend on the first day of school with these happy-faced sweets.
Prep time: 15 min.
Baking time: 12-14 min.
Decoration time: 20 min.
Difficulty: Easy
What you'll need:
- 1 bag M&M'S® Brand Milk Chocolate Candies
- 1 package prepared sugar cookie dough
- 1 tablespoon flour
- Food coloring
- 1 tube decorative white icing
- 8 6-inch lollipop sticks
- 3-inch round cookie cutter
- 1 bag STARBURST® Brand Fruit Chews, optional
- 1 container white frosting, optional
What to do:
- Roll the cookie dough to 1/4-inch thickness on a lightly floured surface.
- Press out 3-inch cookies with the cookie cutter and place them on an ungreased baking sheet.
- Carefully lift the bottom of the cookies and slip 1-1/2 inches of the lollipop stick underneath the dough. Gently press the dough around the stick.
- Bake the cookies in a preheated 350-degree oven for 12 to 15 minutes.
- Cool the cookies completely before decorating.
- If you want to frost the cookies, mix a cup of frosting with a few drops of food coloring. Frost the cookies and then place the M&M'S® Brand Milk Chocolate Candies on the cookies.
- If you do not want to frost the cookies, just dab a bit of white icing on the M&M'S® Brand Milk Chocolate Candies and place them on the cookies in a happy face pattern.
- Get creative (optional): Cut STARBURST® Brand Fruit Chews into circles, triangles or other shapes to create eyes, ears, noses or hair. To give as gifts, wrap each cookie in a square of cellophane tied with a ribbon.
TIP: Here's a shortcut! Make Happy Face Cookies using your favorite store-bought cookies instead of the first 4 ingredients, and then simply complete steps 6-8 above.
