Pretty Pastel Meringue Cookie Pops

Easy to bake and fun to eat, these pretty meringue pops are a light and airy treat. They whip up in no time at all—just use one of our classic meringue mixtures, some piping bags and a couple of our star tips for decorating. Add food coloring to the batter to make beautiful pastel swirls and then top with your favorite sprinkles for a homemade treat that will impress friends and family on any occasion, especially baby showers and weddings!

Prep30 min
Total Time3 hr 30 min
Skill LevelBeginner

Ingredients & Tools
Instructions

Instructions

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Prepare Batter. Follow Meringue Recipe Instructions.
Tint Batter. Divide batter into three bowls. Using icing colors, tint one portion sky blue, one orange and one pink.
Prepare Decorating Bags. Prepare three decorating bags with tips 4B, 2D and 21. Stripe each bag with all three batter colors.
Prepare Cookie Sheet. Pipe dot of batter onto each corner of cookie sheet. Place parchment paper on sheet. Place lollipop stick onto parchment paper.
Make Pops. Preheat over at 250°F. Starting one inch above the lollipop stick, pipe shell on each side, ends overlapping, forming a tight braid. Repeat until you reach the middle stick. Repeat steps with other tips.
Decorate Pops. Top with jimmies from sprinkles mix and white nonpareils..
Bake Pops. Bake for 45 minutes. Shut oven off, let set in oven for 2 hours.

Notes

How To

How to Pipe a Braided Border
Top off your cake design with a unique, easy to pipe braided border. Use tip 1M for a braid that really stands out or smaller star tips for delicate braids on cupcakes and treats. Tip 1M also pipes realistic looking braided hair for whimsical cakes.
Decorating Bag Spatula Striping
To create a softer color contrast effect with icing, use the spatula striping technique.