These lollipops have a surprise under the chocolate dipped exterior!  Wrap individual cookies in cellophane or plastic as a special treat to your family and friends as they come to Trick-or-Treat at your house.

1 (12 oz.) pkg. vanilla (white) baking chips
2 T Crisco, divided
orange gel food coloring (liquid will not work with white baking chips)
1 (16 oz.) pkg. cream filled chocolate cookies – Oreos
32 Popsicle sticks
1 (6 oz.) pkg. semisweet chocolate chips or baking chips

Melt the vanilla baking chips along with 1 T of shortening together in bowl over boiled water removed from burner.  Or, you can microwave chips and shortening together on high for 1 minute, stir, and continue in 10 second intervals, stirring in between until totally melted.
Add the gel food coloring to melted baking chips and stir, adding more until you reach the desired color of orange.
Remove the tops off all the cookies and set aside.
Dip each Popsicle stick into the melted chip mixture and place one on each cookie half to “glue” into place.
Return the tops to the cookies and place cookie lollipops on a waxed paper covered cookie sheet and place in the freezer for about 15 minutes.
Remove cookies from freezer.
Reheat the vanilla chip mixture if it has hardened.  Put back over boiled water, or put in the microwave for 10 second intervals, stirring in between, until melted again.
Dip each of the cookie pops into the melted chocolate covering the cookie well and allowing any excess to drip back into the bowl.
Return the cookies to the wax paper and freeze for 30 minutes or until set.
Melt the chocolate chips with remaining shortening, using the method on the bag.
Drizzle the mixture over each of the cookie pops.

Makes 32 lollipops

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