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    Home » Recipes » Kid's Treats

    Sunshine Lollipops

    Modified: Dec 23, '23 · Published: Apr 10, '12 · By: Beth Klosterboer · Commission earned on paid or sponsored links.

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    Add some sunshine to your day with these adorable Sunshine Lollipops! These simple treats are so much fun to make and they are a great addition to any party!

    sunshine lollipops

    It has been so nice here in Ohio for the past few months as the sun has shone more days than not. To celebrate the beaming brightness that warms our planet and my heart, I made these Sunshine Lollipops, each with a cheerful little smile.

    To make these pops I employed the same technique used to make my Chocolate Bunny Silhouettes this Easter. I was pleasantly surprised by the popularity of that recipe and knew it could be translated into other themes.

    These pops are easy to make using yellow confectionery coating/candy melts, cookies, edible eyes, and a food coloring marker. In just a short time, you too can make your own cheery lollipops. So, let's get started.

    one smiley face sunshine lollipop.

    Before you begin  If you don't have much experience melting confectionery coatings, you might want to read my Chocolate Making Tips.

    Sunshine Lollipops (makes 12)

    Ingredients

    12 ounces melted yellow candy melts (compound chocolate, confectionery coating, melting wafers)
    or use white colored with yellow candy coloring
    12 small round cookies*
    24 candy eyes
    black food coloring marker

    * I used Back to Nature California Lemon Cookies, but vanilla wafers or any round cookie will work.

    Supplies

    12 craft sticks
    disposable pastry bag, zip-top bag, or a squeeze bottle fitted with a small round pastry tip
    parchment paper
    baking sheets
    fork or a chocolate dipping fork

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    Instructions:

    sunshine lollipop ingredients and supplies including lemon cookies, yellow candy melts, candy eyes, popsicle sticks, a black food coloring maker, and a dipping fork.

    Melt the candy melts.

    Melt the candy melts in the microwave for 30-second bursts of high power, stirring after each, until melted.

    Pour some of your melted yellow candy melts into a squeeze bottle fitted with a small round pastry tip or use a disposable pastry bag, or a zip-top bag with one tip snipped off.

    piping yellow candy melts to create sunshine lollipops.

    Pipe yellow sunshine-shaped lollipops.

    Pipe a circle the same size as your cookie onto your parchment paper. Set a craft stick onto the piped circle. Pipe triangles all around the piped circle. Fill in with candy coating. Repeat making 12 sunshine pops. Refrigerate for 5 minutes until the candy coating hardens.

    Note: I recommend making a few pops at a time and then refrigerating them so that the yellow candy coating doesn't get splotchy, streaky, or spotty:)

    As you work, you will probably need to reheat your candy coating. Place it in the microwave and heat it for 10 seconds, then stir. If needed, heat for 10 more seconds, but don't overheat or you could burn the candy coating. I like using the plastic squeeze bottle for projects like this because the entire bottle (as long as you use a plastic decorating tip) can go into the microwave.

    dipping a lemon cookie in yellow candy melts.

    Dip the cookie in candy melts.

    Pour your remaining yellow confectionery coating into a small bowl. Place a cookie in the melted coating, submerge it completely, then use a dipping fork or kitchen fork to lift it out.

    Tap the fork on the side of the bowl allowing the excess candy coating to fall back into the bowl.

    attaching the yellow candy-coated cookie on the sunshine lollipop.

    Attach the cookie to the lollipop.

    Set the candy-coated cookie in the center of a sunshine pop. Immediately add two candy eyes.

    Repeat creating all 12 pops.

    Refrigerate for 5 minutes until the candy coating hardens. If you don't work quickly, create a few pops then place them in the refrigerator. You don't want the yellow candy melts to harden at room temperature because they will get streaky or spotty.

    drawing a smile onto a sunshine lollipop using a black food coloring marker.

    Add smiles.

    Remove the sunshine pops from the refrigerator and allow them to warm to room temperature, for about 15 minutes.

    Use a black food coloring marker to draw smiles on your sunshine lollipops. Add eyelashes if you like too!

    yellow candy lollipop sunshine.

    Storage

    Store your Sunshine Lollipops in an airtight container for up to a month. You can package them in clear cellophane bags to give out as gifts or party favors.

    These Sunshine Lollipops would be great treats for Earth Day celebrations, spring or summer festivities, beach or pool parties, or just any day. Their cute faces will hopefully bring smiles to those who eat them.

    Related Recipes

    If you have fun making these sun-shaped lollipops, you might also enjoy making these other Summer Fun Recipes.

    sunshine cookies filled with candy.

    Sunshine Cookies

    Bright yellow smiley face pretzels made using yellow candy melts or white chocolate.

    Smiley Face Pretzels

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    Sunny Shrimp Salad

    Recipe

    sunshine lollipops
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    Sunshine Lollipops
    Prep Time
    45 mins
    Cook Time
    2 mins
    Chill Time
    5 mins
     

    Dip round cookies into yellow candy melts and use them to create cute sunshine pops.

    Course: Dessert
    Cuisine: American
    Keyword: candy melts, cookies, lollipops
    Servings: 12
    Calories: 220 kcal
    Author: Beth Klosterboer
    Ingredients
    • 12 ounces yellow candy melts
    • 12 small round cookies
    • 24 candy eyes
    • black food coloring marker
    Instructions
    1. Melt the candy melts in the microwave for 30-second bursts of high power, stirring after each, until melted.
    2. Pour some of your melted yellow candy melts into a squeeze bottle fitted with a small round pastry tip (or use a disposable pastry bag, or a zip-top bag with one tip snipped off.)
    3. Pipe a circle the same size as your cookie onto your parchment paper. Set a craft stick onto the piped circle.
    4. Pipe triangles all around the piped circle.
    5. Fill in the triangles with yellow candy melts. Repeat making 12 sunshine pops.
    6. Refrigerate for 5 minutes until the candy coating hardens.
    7. Pour your remaining yellow confectionery coating into a small bowl.
    8. Reheat in the microwave for 10-15 seconds, stirring until melted.
    9. Dip a cookie into the candy melts.
    10. Remove and allow the excess candy to drip off.
    11. Set the dipped cookie in the center of a sunshine pop.
    12. Immediately add two candy eyes.
    13. Repeat creating all 12 pops.
    14. Refrigerate for 5 minutes until the candy coating hardens.
    15. Remove the sunshine pops from the refrigerator and allow them to warm to room temperature, for about 15 minutes.
    16. Use a black food coloring marker to draw smiles on your sunshine lollipops. Add eyelashes if you like too!
    17. Pour any remaining yellow candy melts onto a parchment paper-lined baking sheet and freeze for 5 minutes to harden. Use for another project.

    Recipe Notes

    I recommend making a few pops at a time and then refrigerating them so that the yellow candy coating doesn't get splotchy, streaky, or spotty:)

    Storage

    Store your Sunshine Lollipops in an airtight container for up to a month. You can package them in clear cellophane bags to give out as gifts or party favors.

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    1. Anonymous says

      April 22, 2012 at 3:57 pm

      OMG BETH!!!!!!!!!!! YOUR TOTALLY AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

      Reply
    2. Michelle says

      April 14, 2012 at 11:38 pm

      These look great and as soon as I saw them I thought of that song
      "Sunshine, Lollipops and rainbows" by Lesley Gore, very fun!

      Reply
    3. Beth Jackson Klosterboer says

      April 14, 2012 at 4:05 pm

      Thanks everyone. I hope you see a little sunshine today:)

      Reply
    4. Pams Party says

      April 14, 2012 at 3:50 pm

      These are adorable! I love how sweet their faces look. I would love it if you would stop by and post this and some more of your fabulous treats to my linky party, Dare to Share.

      Pam
      http://pamspartyplanning.blogspot.com/2012/04/dare-to-share-party-3.html

      Reply
      • Beth Jackson Klosterboer says

        April 14, 2012 at 4:04 pm

        Hi Pam, I just added this to your linky party. Thanks for the invite.

        Reply
    5. Mama Jodi says

      April 13, 2012 at 2:50 pm

      Just pinning this. I love them!

      Reply
    6. Festive Party Girl - Angie says

      April 13, 2012 at 2:46 pm

      These are so adorable. They would be perfect for an end of year school party or summer party.

      Reply
    7. Cute Everything says

      April 11, 2012 at 4:00 pm

      Loving the sunshine! Nice job, Beth!

      Reply
    8. Sue says

      April 11, 2012 at 2:23 pm

      These are so cute and cheerful! I can't keep from smiling!

      Reply
    9. AndiWinslow says

      April 11, 2012 at 12:39 pm

      Wondrful directions and photo's. so cute and we all want sunshine.....nice post andi

      Reply
    10. Jill @ KitchenFunWithMy3Sons.com says

      April 11, 2012 at 12:58 am

      These are absolutely adorable! I just love them! I need to get new edible markers. Mine never look this good.

      Reply
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