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A Fun Idea for Kids!

March 19, 2008 by Amy 5 Comments

I am a volunteer teacher for Junior Achievement, which I do one day a week during my lunch hour at a local elementary school. It’s a great program, and it’s nationwide, so if you think this is something you would be interested in, seriously contact your local office! It’s so fun and rewarding 🙂

Anyways, I always like to get the kids something for their last class as a congrats, besides the certificates that are given out by Jr. Achievement. I decided to make them large lollipops!

I don’t even remember how I found this idea, but I came across it on This Mama Cooks!

Apparently, these little foil pans are hard to find, but I found them at the local Dollar Tree. So, 24 of these for a $1?? SCORE! I bought the lollipop sticks at Wal-Mart in the crafts section and I used two bags of 14 oz. Jolly Ranchers for the candy, as recommended on the website.

Here are the directions for these fun lollipops!

* 8 Reynolds® FunShapes™ Stars or Hearts Baking Cups
* 8 (6-inch) Lollipop sticks
* 40 Jolly Ranchers

PREHEAT oven to 300°F. Place Reynolds FunShapes Stars and/or Hearts Baking Cups on a cookie sheet with sides.

MAKE a hole in one side of each of the baking cups near the bottom of the cups with a toothpick. Insert the lollipop sticks from the inside of the cup through the hole made with the toothpick and push it to the outside leaving at least 1 inch inside the cup.**

ARRANGE 5 candies in each baking cup, placing one candy over the lollipop stick. (It does not need to lay flat, it will melt around the stick.)

BAKE 5 to 6 minutes (it took my oven 9 minutes) or until candy is melted. Carefully remove baking cups from cookie sheet onto a tray to cool; immediately twirl stick to completely coat with candy. Prop sticks with handle of a wooden spoon if necessary to keep the sticks straight in baking cup while lollipop cools.

REMOVE lollipops from baking cups by tearing foil and peeling away from lollipops.

I then wrapped them in little cellophane bags and tied them for cute presentation. The kids LOVED it and the teacher kept asking how did I do that with Jolly Ranchers? LOL!

This was super easy and I recommend giving this little project a try! You can make cute bouquets with these for kid’s gifts or parties too!

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  1. Erin says

    March 19, 2008 at 1:49 pm

    What a great idea! I love jolly ranchers!

    Reply
  2. Katie says

    March 19, 2008 at 1:51 pm

    Oh my goodness, what a GREAT idea! You are so creative!

    Reply
  3. Sarah says

    March 24, 2008 at 9:30 pm

    That is one of the coolest things I’ve EVER seen… definitely added to the pile of to-tries!!

    Reply
  4. Crystal says

    July 30, 2008 at 6:42 pm

    What size of bags did you use? I’m making these for my wedding next summer!!

    thanks!

    Reply
  5. Amy says

    July 30, 2008 at 6:45 pm

    Crystal,
    I purchased straight “Treat Bags” from Michael’s. They have curved ones too but those won’t fit in there. I don’t have the exact size but they were just straight cellophane bags (100 to a pack).

    Reply

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