Jan Bilton's Fudgy Biscuit Pops

http://www.janbilton.co.nz

• By foodie User JB
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• Difficulty: Moderate
• Course: Baking
• Serves: Makes 30

Ingredients

You will require about 30 lollipop sticks or cake sticks to insert into your pops, available from specialty cake decorating stores, some delis and supermarkets. To allow the decorated pops to set without damage, I inserted the ends of the stick into an upturned polystyrene plate. Or you could rest them in drinking glasses.

Pops: 225g malt biscuits
1/2 cup each: walnut pieces, sultanas
150g butter
1/2 cup sugar
1 egg, lightly beaten
1 tablespoon each: cocoa powder, sieved apricot jam
1 teaspoon vanilla essence
Coating: 250g dark chocolate, melted
200g white chocolate, melted
assorted sprinkles

Method

Break up the biscuits and place in a food processor. Blend until finely crushed. Add the walnuts and sultanas and blend until coarsely chopped. Place in a bowl.

Melt the butter and sugar together on low heat, stirring often. Stir in the egg and bring to boiling point. Remove from the heat and stir in the cocoa powder, apricot jam and vanilla essence.

Combine with the biscuit crumbs. Working quickly, form teaspoons of the mixture into balls. Before the balls set, dip the ends of the lollipop sticks into the melted chocolate then insert them into the pops. This will keep them firm.

Dip or spread the pops with melted chocolate and decorate with sprinkles. Makes about 30.