This happened to be a very timely challenge for me, because yesterday my daughter and I hosted a personal shower for my neice. I thought “what a great idea, I’ll make these for the shower!” Considering I had a bunch of other things to cook and bake for the shower, this might not have been such a good idea! Doing something new and unfamiliar, then dipping and decorating them, and of course taking pictures! Well you know what I mean!!
Here is the perfectly set and cooled cheesecake!
This months challenge of these DECADENT Cheesecake Pops, was hosted by two ladies, Elle, of Feeding my Enthusiasms and Deborah, at Taste and Tell. Go over to their blogs to check out the whole recipe. I have to admit these little pops were quite a hit at the shower, I got alot of “Ooooh’s” and “Ahhhh’s” A big thanks to them both!
As far as the melting of the chocolate, I did mine in the microwave, stirring every 30 seconds, it turned out nice and glossy and stuck to the frozen cheesecake balls perfectly.
I decided to decorate the lolipop stick with pipe cleaners, they were super easy to bend around, and I liked the color it added. Great for a Girlie shower!!
I got a little carried away with what I decorated them with. Here is what I used:
Mini chocolate chips
Sprinkles
Coconut
Chopped pecans
Crushed Oreo cookies
Plain chocolate
Crushed Skors toffee bar
Crushed Biscotti ( of course I had to get something Italian in there!)
These one bite wonders are perfect for any party, trust me, they’re worth it!!
Please check out some of the other Daring Bakers amazing Cheesecake Pops here.
I’m Marie, a wife, mother, mother-in-law, and gramma of two beautiful girls. My passion is food, clear and simple but especially Italian food, hence the name of my blog, Proud Italian Cook. I want you to feel right at home here so grab a cup of coffee, I’ll get the pastries, take a look around and enjoy your visit! {
I love the way you decorated your pop sticks… and your crumbled biscotti dippers. Great job!
One thing I love about baking desserts, here in Sicily, is that everything I make is something new for my family and friends. These pops will be a real crowd pleaser!! Thanks for the ideas and great blog!
Wonderful! They look so cute! My daughter really like the way you decorated the sticks too!
ehi, great blog!
I love DB challenge, it allowe me know other cute blogs and exercise my english too making new friends, all in one!
Marie, this is the 3rd cheesecake pop post I’ve seen today…. I never knew they existed. I wish I still didn’t know as I’m sure I could “pop” a few of them without thinking twice!:)
SO cute! Perfect for a shower. I never even thought of pipe cleaners but they worked great!
Oh yum! they look so good! I bet they were a huge hit at the shower!
I love your pops! They look so festive! Great toppings too.
Oh, YUM!!! Do those ever look good! Certainly a lot of WOW factor in your pops!
Too cool Marie! I bet the gals at the shower loved them!
Thnaks Marie! These look so wonderful to serve as dessert for a party! With showers, graduations, communions, etc coming up it’s a great recipe to save.
I was going to give you an award, but I see you already have it, 😉 so I’ll share it with another blog. I do love yours!
Hugs, Pat
Meraviglioso. I colori del pop bastoni uscì così bene. Grande lavoro!
I look at this and the first song that comes to mind is: “Lets twist again, like we did last summer.”
Your pops look amazing! Great decorations!
Lovely and very festive!
I am with everyone else about the pipe cleaners – very cool. It made me smile to know your challenge went so smoothly for such a lovely occasion! Your cheesecake screamed, “I’m perfect!”. Beautiful! Now, If I ever have a shower…I know who to call. 🙂 1(800) GoMarie!
Pipe cleaners! I love it! Nice job on the pops!
Cool decorations! I love your pops!
pipe cleaners are a fantastic idea for decorating the sticks. What a very smart cookie you are!
I love your decorations!
Your are so right these pops are perfect for a party. They look amazing and the pipe cleaners are a wonderful idea that adds a pop of springy color to the pops!
You did real good 🙂 That first photo is the bomb!
I just completed this challenge too! Your pops look great with the pipe cleaners around them, very colourful.
They look great! I love the cute colors and all the toppings. 🙂
They look delicious and so festive. You did a really great job with this challenge!
wow! you made so manY! your cheesecake pops are so yummy looking! I just joined daring bakers and ill be starting next month! yeay!
Gosh with all these posts on cheesecake pops, I am soooooo craving cheesecake! Yours look like a little party. All dressed and ready for Mardi Gras or something.
I never thought I’d be so envious of pipe cleaners!
Beautiful, Marie! They are so pretty and festive! I love all of the different toppings you used.
Ok- I think I gained 10 pounds just from the dessert ALONE!!!! Not so good when I have a dress to fit into in 2 weeks!!! Thanks again for the shower and all the “non=- low carb food!!!
WOW Marie…what a swell idea to use pipe cleaners! Your pops look ever so pretty & colourful…LOVELY!!! Biscotti it had to be & I would have ‘grabbed’ that one…YUM!!
They were probably enjoyed by one and all at the shower. Very colourful and festive too:D
I bet they were the hit of the party – cute idea!
Marie, these are just gorgeous! Love the pipe cleaner idea…and all those topping are great, too.
So beautiful. And your cheesecake turned out perfectly! Love the photos, love everything. So so so darling, the pops. Your niece must’ve been one happy woman.
These look fab Marie, I love cheesecake:) The colours are fab, you’re niece is one lucky lady:)
So nice I like soooo! xxx Gloria
Great looking pops! I bet they were a hit at your party!
Wow so pretty! The pipe cleaners are too cool! perfect for a shower!
the decorations do give it that extra something. like you said would be perfect for a shower … or maybe even girlie kiddie birthday party.
I love the pipe cleaner decorations…very stylish! Great job on this challenge!
As the lucky mother of the niece who got to attend the shower and chow down on several of these little cheesecake pops, I have to say they tasted even better than they look. what a cute and inventive idea. Way to go, Marie!
These look just gorgeous!
Marie, your pops look fantastic! I love the colorful spirals on the sticks! What a great ideaa!!!!
Love them Marie! They all look so cute!
I love your cheesecake pops. They look so cute with the colored pipe cleaners around the sticks and all of those toppings, yumm! I particularly like the biscotti ones, sounds delicious.
These look like so much fun! Great pipe cleaner idea.
Natalie @ Gluten A Go Go
Getting carried away works for you, my friend! What a gorgeous presentation!!! I should have gotten carried away too…. I’m such an underachiever.
Great job! I bet your niece was proud.
xoxox Amy
Beautiful job Marie! I love the pipe cleaner decos and what a great looking treat for a shower! 🙂
Very creative with the pipe cleaners and such a wonderful dessert to offer for a shower!
The pipe cleaner sticks make me think of a merry go round. How adorable! Great job on these!
Wow. How artistic. I love your decorations. I’m sure they went over really well. What a cool Aunt you are.
They look fabulous Marie!! Your pipe cleaner idea ROCKS!! So vibrant and eye catching.. It was a fun challenge. I received an order to make these for a bridal shower after taking them to my daughters school. 🙂
Oh how beautiful!!! I love the decorations. Just perfect for a shower!