I have had such a great time making all sorts of yummy treats for St.Patrick’s day but I feel this festive day is incomplete without some leprechauns. lol.
I was thinking of making a cake or cupcake with fondant leprechauns but then I thought since pops are all the rage these days…. let’s make some leprechaun pops instead! I am so glad I did because they ended up looking ultra-cute!
Here are the steps:
Step 1:
Prepare your cake balls and place them on a tray lined with wax paper.
If you are not sure how to make cake balls, I did a tutorial on making them and you can check that out here.
Step 2:
Melt white chocolate and dip the tip of your lollipop sticks in it.
Step 3:
Push the the sticks into cake balls. Based on my understanding, anything on a stick becomes a pop….so, these are now called cake pops!
Step 4:
Allow these pops to chill in the refrigerator.
Step 5:
While the pops are cooling, melt some more white chocolate and color it green or use green candy melts. I found the consistency to be quite thick so I added oil (a little at a time) until I had a very thin consistency as shown in this picture.
Step 6:
Using an ice cream scooper or a big spoon, pour green chocolate onto a wafer cone. Let it cool until the chocolate hardens which happens very fast.
Here are a few tips:
- To give your cones a sparkly look, sprinkle some green sugar while the chocolate is still wet and then let it cool.
- You can skip this step of coloring the cone altogether if you use pre-made green colored cones. Some stores carry colored wafer cones.
Step 7:
In the meantime, take out your cake pops from the refrigerator and pour white chocolate on each pop. I stuck them on a block of styrofoam and placed it in the refrigerator to cool.
This will become the leprechaun’s face.
Step 8:
Now, time to put it all together. Take out your pops and pour some white chocolate on the top.
Step 9:
Stick your green cone on top and hold it until it sticks in place. This will become the leprechaun’s hat.
Step 10:
To complete the hat, cut out a black strip and yellow hollow square out of fondant and stick this around the rim of the cone using melted chocolate.
Step 11:
For the hair and the beard, squeeze out orange colored melted chocolate around the face.
Step 12:
For the eyes, I used blue oval sprinkles and for the nose, I used red confetti sprinkles.
If these sprinkles look familiar, then yes! These are the ones I made in this posting.
Step 13:
Add a black dot with an edible marker to complete the eyes.
Step 14:
Use orange colored melted chocolate to make a moustache. 
And you are done! Here is a close-up. Cute… ain’t he?!
Keep in mind these pops are heavy so push them into a heavy duty foam to prevent them from falling over.
That’s all for now… Happy St.Patrick’s Day everyone! 