Chocolate Cherry Pops Recipes

Steps:

• Evenly divided the chopped cherries among the ice-pop molds.
• Combine the milk, heavy cream and instant pudding mix in a large pitcher and whisk together. Pour the pudding into the ice-pop molds, leaving at least 1/4 inch of space at the top of each mold (the mixture will expand).
• Insert the sticks. Freeze for at least 6 hours or overnight.
• Fill a large bowl with warm water. Quickly dip the molds in the water to loosen the pops. Remove the pops from the molds and serve.

Steps:

• Heat oven to 325°F. Spray 8-inch square pan with cooking spray. Line pan with foil, extending foil 1 inch over 2 opposite sides of pan; spray foil with cooking spray.
• In medium bowl, mix sugar, cocoa and salt. Stir in butter with whisk until smooth. Add eggs, one at a time, stirring with whisk until smooth. Gradually add flour; stir until smooth. Stir in 1 cup chopped cherries and the vanilla. Pour into pan.
• Bake 20 to 25 minutes or until center is set. Cool completely on cooling rack, about 1 hour.
• Line cookie sheet with waxed paper. Scoop uncut brownies with 1-inch cookie scoop; roll into balls. Place on cookie sheet. Freeze 10 minutes or until firm; when firm, transfer to refrigerator.
• In medium microwavable bowl, microwave candy coating uncovered on Medium (50%) 1 minute, then at 15-second intervals, until melted; stir until smooth. Remove several brownie balls from refrigerator at a time. For each pop, dip tip of 1 lollipop stick about 1/2 inch into melted coating and insert stick into 1 brownie ball no more than halfway. Dip brownie ball into melted coating to cover; tap off any excess. (Reheat candy coating in microwave or add vegetable oil if too thick to coat.) Immediately top with cherry with stem. Insert lollipop stick into bottom of paper baking cup, pushing baking cup up to hold pop. Poke opposite end of stick into foam block. Let stand until set.

Steps:

• Make the cookies: Pulse the flour, confectioners' sugar, cocoa powder, granulated sugar and salt in a food processor until combined. Add the butter and vanilla and pulse until the mixture looks crumbly and holds together when pinched. Transfer the dough to a large bowl and press into a ball. Knead a few times until the dough comes together. Turn out onto a piece of parchment paper. Top with another piece of parchment and roll out the dough until 3/8 inch thick. Refrigerate until firm, about 1 hour.
• Position racks in the upper and lower thirds of the oven; preheat to 325 degrees F. Cut out cookies using a 3-inch round cookie cutter. Arrange 2 inches apart on 2 unlined baking sheets, then insert an 8-inch lollipop stick about three-quarters of the way into each. Gather the scraps and refrigerate until firm, if needed; reroll to cut out more cookies.
• Bake, switching the pans halfway through, until the cookies are set, 25 to 30 minutes. Let cool 10 minutes on the pans, then transfer to a rack to cool completely.
• Meanwhile, make the icing: Whisk the confectioners' sugar and meringue powder in a large bowl. Beat in the water and cherry extract with a mixer on medium speed until soft glossy peaks form, about 3 minutes; add up to 1 more tablespoon water as needed until the icing is pipeable but not runny. Tint red with food coloring.
• Decorate the cookies: Transfer about 1/2 cup icing to a resealable plastic bag and snip a corner. Pipe the icing around the edge of each cookie; set the bag of icing aside for adding details later. Thin the icing in the bowl until the consistency of runny yogurt, adding 1 teaspoon water at a time. Transfer to another resealable plastic bag and snip a corner; pipe within the outline, then use the back of a spoon or an offset spatula to smooth it out. Let set, about 1 hour. Pipe the reserved detail icing on top of the cookies to make a floral design.

Steps:

• Blend yogurt, coconut milk, cocoa powder, brown sugar, vanilla extract, and almond extract in a blender until smooth. Pour into ice pop molds to 3/4 full. Fill remaining space in each mold with cherries, and push cherries down into cocoa mixture with a knife to evenly distribute. Freeze until solid, at least 8 hours.

Steps:

• In a large bowl, whisk together the pudding mix and 3 cups milk until smooth and well combined. Stir in the chopped chocolate. In another medium bowl, whisk to combine Cool Whip with 1/4 cup milk. In another small bowl, whisk to combine cherry preserves and 2 tablespoons water.
• Spoon a tablespoon of the pudding into each popsicle mold and top with a spoonful of whipped topping. Pour the pudding mixture halfway up the molds and add a spoonful of preserves. Top off each with remaining pudding, insert popsicle sticks and freeze until firm, at least 6 hours or overnight.
• Unmold and garnish with shaved chocolate and fresh cherries.