Chocolate Covered Rice Crispy Pops*

* with a surprise marshmallow center!

I wanted to make a "pop" dessert and was inspired by a friend who is gluten sensitive and likes to eat chocolate and rice crispy treats.

I made a variety of choices (but all covered with chocolate of course!):

small bite size plain rice crispy
rice crispy with a mini marshmallow center
rice crispy with a chocolate covered mini marshmallow center
rice crispy with a jumbo marshmallow center
one dusted with chocolate powder and one covered with coconut 

(all this is because my husband kept coming up with different ideas and I stopped with this many!)

Step 1: To Start

Ingredients:

3 tablespoons butter
10 oz (1 package) mini marshmallows - separate out about 12 for the mini marshmallow centers
6 cups rice crispy cereal
1 ¼ oz almond paste (optional)
jumbo marshmallows (optional - for the large surprise center)

Toppings:

21 oz good quality chocolate (six 3.5 oz bars)
coconut flakes (optional)
chocolate powder (optional)

Special Tools:

Lollipop sticks
Non stick aluminium foil
Spray cooking oil (for your hands)
Styrofoam for sticking pops into
I re-purposed a pasta drying stand with binder clips to hang the pops to set
a double boiler to melt the chocolate in (or a metal bowl that can fit atop a small pot)

I made 3 different sizes and got 22  pops from this recipe.  
(2 jumbo pops, 8 small plain bite size, 12 with marshmallow centers)

Comments

[wakojako]

By any chance was this inspired by one of scoochmaroo's pop recipes? Link
Or is there a secret comittee of people who put food an sticks here?

As for the refrigeration issue, you could try tempering your chocolate (might be difficult as it is a chocolate cating and not a bar).
Link
Other link

[smith library]

My husband saw the Scoochmaroo cake pop challenge and insisted I make something to enter so he could eat it all :)

Thank you for the links about tempering chocolate. I have always had difficulty getting it just right and have seized many lots of chocolate.  I will definitely try those steps next time.

[emilyvanleemput]

Jummmm

[ChrysN]

Oh, those look good!

[Penolopy Bulnick]

Yummy! I'd love one with a chewy marshmallow center! And letting them dry by hanging them upside down, great idea :)

[PKM]

Good instructions, and I love the detail about how you did the coating with the binder clips- chocolate coating is one of those things I never quite got the hang of.

(I might be going to a "bring your own dessert" housewarming party- these would go down a treat, I'm sure)