{"id":129,"date":"2008-07-10T09:06:45","date_gmt":"2008-07-10T15:06:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/?p=129"},"modified":"2009-09-21T20:43:12","modified_gmt":"2009-09-22T02:43:12","slug":"cheesecake-pops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/2008\/07\/10\/cheesecake-pops\/","title":{"rendered":"Cheesecake Pops"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is a recipe I’ve had on my “to bake” list for quite some time now.\u00c2\u00a0 It started when my husband gave me the Sticky Chewy Messy Gooey<\/a> cookbook by JIll O’ Connor for Valentine’s Day this year.\u00c2\u00a0 This cookbook is full of yummy looking desserts, but this one in particular caught my eye.\u00c2\u00a0 This recipe turned up again in my life as the Daring Bakers<\/a> challenge for the month of April, but unfortunately I was not able to participate that month.\u00c2\u00a0 Since then, I’ve been looking for an excuse to make the cheesecake pops, preferably an event with plenty of people to eat the 40+ super-rich cheesecake pops I knew I’d wind up with.<\/p>\n

I finally got around to making these for my friend’s 30th birthday party: a super fun evening filled with fajitas, margaritas, and roller skating!\u00c2\u00a0 We had the whole rink to ourselves, and there were costumes, races, games of Red Light Green Light, and limbo.\u00c2\u00a0 The Picky Apple won the men’s race, and he brought home a fabulous inflatable shark as his prize.\u00c2\u00a0 A fun time was had by all, and though there were plenty of wipeouts, nobody got seriously injured.\u00c2\u00a0 I had a bad wipeout in the skating rink bathroom<\/em>, of all places.\u00c2\u00a0 Luckily, no one was around to point and laugh (and believe me, it was laugh worthy), but I still have a huge bruise on my elbow and a sore neck.<\/p>\n

But back to the main attraction: the dessert!\u00c2\u00a0 For the cheesecake pops, I opted not to use the lollipop sticks, but if I make them again, I will definitely go the extra mile and use lollipop sticks and ribbon.\u00c2\u00a0 I also still need to perfect my technique because they look a little blobby.\u00c2\u00a0 I used Baker’s Dipping Chocolate<\/a> in both milk and dark chocolate.\u00c2\u00a0 I love this stuff!\u00c2\u00a0 I used it previously for some chocolate dipped strawberries.\u00c2\u00a0 My toppings for the cheesecake balls included pecans, graham crackers, toffee bits, jumbo rainbow nonpareils, and mini rainbow nonpareils.\u00c2\u00a0 My favorite combo was dark chocolate with toffee, and The Picky Apple liked the milk chocolate with graham cracker, but they all turned out great! \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 I’ll be using the filling recipe again the next time I make a cheesecake- the texture and flavor was perfect!<\/p>\n

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Cheesecake Pops<\/h4>\n

from Sticky, Chewy, Messy Gooey<\/a> by Jill O’Connor<\/p>\n

Makes 30-40 pops<\/p>\n

Ingredients:<\/p>\n