The last few days I have begun making goodies for our upcoming Halloween party. I must admit that I was considering making some cake pops this afternoon, but decided that I wanted something that required minimal effort. Candy Corn Marshmallow Pops turned out to be just the thing. They were pretty simple to make and turned out sooo stinkin’ cute… If I might say so myself!
Yesterday I dropped a small fortune at Michael’s. While I was there I picked up some orange and yellow Wilton Candy Melts, amongst a lot of other stuff that I just knew I would find a purpose for. You know…it was one of those trips where I went into the store totally unprepared, no list in hand, and walked out with anything and everything I could possible need for Halloween.
Now the true test…
Time to figure out what I am going to do with all of this stuff. I think I’m off to a pretty good start with these Candy Corn Marshmallow Pops. We’ll be serving them at a Halloween party, but they would be the perfect treat to hand out to your child’s classmates.
Here’s What You’ll Need
1 bag of marshmallows
1 bag yellow Wilton Candy Melts
1 bag orange Wilton Candy Melts
2 – 3 tablespoons shortening (optional – to thin candy melts)
lollipop sticks (50 count bag should do)
clear plastic treat bags
ribbon
Marshmallow Pops
Poke a lollipop stick into the bottom of each marshmallow.
Melt orange candy melts along with 1 – 2 tablespoons of shortening. Dip each marshmallow 2/3 of the way up into the orange. Place each pop onto a parchment lined cookie sheet and cool in refrigerator for about 20 minutes, or until hardened.
Melt 1/2 bag of yellow candy melts, along with 1 tablespoon shortening. Dip each pop into the yellow, about 1/3 way up. Place onto parchment lined cookie sheet and allow to cool completely in refrigerator.
Once the marshmallow pops are completely hardened, either serve on a platter or wrap individually with clear plastic treat bags and ribbon.
Serve, enjoy and impress your friends!
Wasn’t that easy? For some more Halloween inspiration check out this roundup of Candy Corn Inspired Recipes and Crafts and these spooktacular Mini Marshmallow Ghost Treat Bags.
Candy Corn Marshmallow Pops
About a MomIngredients
- 1 bag of marshmallows
- 1 bag yellow Wilton Candy Melts
- 1 bag orange Wilton Candy Melts
- 2 - 3 tablespoons shortening optional - to thin candy melts
- lollipop sticks 50 count bag should do
- clear plastic treat bags
- ribbon
Instructions
- Poke a lollipop stick into the bottom of each marshmallow.
- Melt orange candy melts along with 1 - 2 tablespoons of shortening. Dip each marshmallow 2/3 of the way up into the orange. Place each pop onto a parchment lined cookie sheet and cool in refrigerator for about 20 minutes, or until hardened.
- Melt 1/2 bag of yellow candy melts, along with 1 tablespoon shortening. Dip each pop into the yellow, about 1/3 way up. Place onto parchment lined cookie sheet and allow to cool completely in refrigerator.
- Once the marshmallow pops are completely hardened, either serve on a platter or wrap individually with clear plastic treat bags and ribbon.
- Serve, enjoy and impress your friends!
Love what you did. Looks fun and easy enough for my 5-year old to help out with. Jas loves anything candy corn related. Thanks for sharing. What a great treats to hand out on Halloween night.
Not a big fan of real candy corn by themselves, but these look so good AND cute!
These look fabulous!! Thanks for the quick and fun recipe!
These are really cute! What is your trick for getting the melts to melt smoothly? Mine always turn out to be a grainy mess!
Thanks Sarah! I find that adding a little bit of shortening to the melts helps to smooth it out.
Love the marshmallow pops idea. Candy corn makes me nostalgic and marshmallows blended together sounds like the perfect blend of smushy and sweet. One of my very favorite candies is a “pop” made of marshmallow and caramel and this sounds a lot like that.
Great fun for Halloween for sure.
Those are so clever and cute! They seem pretty easy, too. Would be great for sharing with classmates.
These look so good and yummy! I love candy corn so much!
What a neat idea! I’ve never been a fan of the real candy corn, but marshmallows…hmm…
Oh my word! These are so cute and look so easy! I’m going to try them out for my son’s class! I think they will be a huge hit! You are so creative!
These look yummy, so simple to do.. going to share these at the gals party,!
Thanks for sharing