When it comes to making dessert our children enjoy helping out in the kitchen. Maybe it’s the sweet satisfaction of enjoying a sweet treat at the end or maybe it’s just hanging out with mom being creative that they enjoy so much. Growing up I did a lot of cooking and baking in the kitchen so I hope to inspire my girls to enjoy the kitchen as much as I do. There’s just something so rewarding about creating something and watching your loved ones enjoy it and that’s also why I enjoy baking with my girls.
This spring we are serving up some fun and easy dessert ideas with Kraft so yesterday I shared an Easy Boston Cream Pie Recipe. My girls wanted to create a fun Boston Cream Pie recipe of their very own so we created these fun push pops.
Boston Cream Pie Pops Recipe
Ingredients:
- angel food cake
- 1 package Baker’s Semi-Sweet Chocolate
- 1 cup Cool Whip
- 1 package of Jell-O vanilla pudding
Directions:
You will first want to start by making your pudding, add 1 cup of Cool Whip and whip until it’s thick and creamy.
Since this is a simple recipe we opted for a pre-made angel food cake. After cutting rings with the cake our daughter was able to easily cut circles for the push pops.
I found the push pops and supplies easily at a local craft store. They’re such a creative thing to keep around and you can make almost anything with them!
As a parent I just love that something as simple as cutting circles in a cake can bring us together. My children have so much fun with simple tasks in the kitchen and it really does help me out too!
You will want to cut three circles for every push pop so make sure you have plenty. Once you have cut your circles start by placing one piece of cake in the bottom of your push pop.
After your cake is cut out and ready for the pops start making the chocolate. Baker’s Semi-Sweet Chocolate is a great product for this task. I also added a little Cool Whip (1/4 cup) to the chocolate to make it a little easier to pour.
Microwave the chocolate for 30 seconds and stir. You’ll want to repeat this process until the chocolate is melted. If you find your chocolate is stiff add a TBSP of milk until it’s nice and creamy.
To make the push pops I started first by putting the pudding mixture into a piping bag. It will make it easier to keep your push pops nice and neat. My oldest kiddo put together the pops with layers of cake, chocolate, cream, and back to cake.
Top with a layer of chocolate and dollop of cream and refrigerate for a half an hour to allow everything to firm. It’s a tasty dessert idea that can be easily served this spring and no matter how old you are it’s really fun to eat!
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I love boston cream! It is such a great pair, chocolate and cream, a wonderful dessert. Your pops look yummy!
Oh my, you are killing me with these delicious desserts lately! I’m all over this one!!
These look so awesome! I love individual desserts like these. I need to find some little shot glasses to do it.
I seriously am drooling while reading and looking at pictures!!! My gosh I need this like NOW!!!! YUMMY!
Oh I am absolutely in love with these Boston cream pie pops! Oh my mouth is watering! I love how simple these are; yet so creative too!
oh my gosh i LOVE this idea!! we have the pop things downstairs too!
How awesome! This is such a neat way to get the Boston Cream Pie flavor.
Oh my those look good. We are huge pudding fans here.
Very cool! I love that you changed things up with your recipe for Boston Cream Pie!
Oh. My. Gosh. YES! They look so good!!! I love desserts in pops like that and this is a super-win!
Oh, those look so heavenly!! Everything is so much more fun in push pop form!
That looks yummy. Looks like the kids had a great time making them too.
My mouth is watering… this looks and sounds amazing. I cook with my girls all the time so I love that they can help
these are great for summer and spring. they will make great desserts for bbq and for just having friends over.
Mmmm!! I just bought push pop holder thingies on a whim last week – now I know what I can make in them! These look good.
yummy, those look great, love how your daughter is helping!
Holy bananas, this looks AMAZING! What a brilliant idea! I have some of those push up pop molds, I hadn’t used them yet. This will be perfect!
Mmmm, those just look so fabulous! And I also like how they’re portioned!
So cute and fun, great idea and it looks like your daughter loved making them with you.
How fun to do these as push pops! Very cool!
Oh my yum!! I love that your mini me gets to help Mama whip up a treat!
Is it wrong I want to lick the screen these look so good! Oh my goodness I never would have thought of putting them into the pop containers. They look so cute and delicious.
These look so yummy. I love how it can be a family activity in the kitchen. I am moving to Boston soon so this would be a perfect little tribute dessert!
These look wonderful – a great way to have a boston cream pie dessert – it transforms it in the single serving! And my, what a good lil’ helper you have there!!!
What a neat idea, I have never made anything like this before. It looks so delicious and looks like the girls had so much fun helping.