Wilton Candy Melts EZ Thin Dipping Aid, shortening or oil for thinning
30 lollipop sticks
Blue sanding sugar
60 candy eyes
30 Cookie Crisp cereal pieces
Instructions
Cake Pops
Bake a 9x13 cake according to package directions. Allow cake to cool completely.
In a bowl, crumble cake into fine crumbs and mix in about ¾ of the container of frosting.
Form cake mixture into 1½ inch balls. Place balls covered in the fridge for an hour or more.
Cookie Monster Cake Pops Decoration
Melt blue wafers in the microwave on 50% power for 30 second intervals. Stirring after each interval until melted. If mixture is thick, thin by using Wilton Candy Melts EZ Thin Dipping Aid, or mixing in 1 tsp. shortening or oil at a time until desired thinness.
Remove several cake balls from the fridge at a time.
Using a knife, cut a triangle slice out of the cake ball to make Cookie Monster's mouth.
Dip ½ inch of a lollipop stick into the melted wafers and insert it almost half way into a cake ball. Allow the cake pop to rest for 30 seconds or a minute to let the melted wafers harden onto the stick.
Dip the cake ball fully into the melted wafers while holding onto the stick.
After dipping, gently tap and rotate the stick to remove the excess candy coating.
Quickly sprinkle the blue sanding sugar all over the cake ball until covered and press on the two eyes before the candy coating hardens.
Melt black wafers in the microwave on 50% power for 30 second intervals. Stirring after each interval until melted. Use a decorating bag or a toothpick to draw on Cookie Monster's mouth with the black melted wafers.
Quickly press on a cookie onto Cookie Monster's mouth before the black candy coating hardens.
Recipe by Sugar, Spice and Family Life at https://sugarspiceandfamilylife.com/2017/10/cookie-monster-cake-pops-recipe.html