Materials:
- Lollipop sticks (6 inch pictured here)
- Chocolate chips or candy melts
- Sprinkles or jimmies
- Large marshmallows in your preferred flavor or color OR you can also use valentine Peeps
- Cardboard box (recycled cereal box works great) with small poked holes or styrofoam to 'dry' the pops upright
- Plastic wrap
- Decorative ribbon
- Melt the chocolate chips or candy melts
- Insert stick into marshmallow
- Dip marshmallow into chocolate, rotating it and gently scraping off any excess chocolate as you remove it from the bowl
- Place stick upright in pre-poked holes in cardboard box or styrofoam
- Add sprinkles while chocolate is still wet
- Repeat until you have the quantity you want
- Once the chocolate sets and hardens, place in treat bag or as shown here, cover with a small amount of plastic wrap, fastening with ribbon.
Option: you can use a hole punch to make a hole in your Valentine and slide it onto stick before fastening with ribbon.