Lollipop Pudding Pops

Ingredients

Small multicolored decorative candies
4 serving-size packages of instant chocolate pudding mix
2-1/2 cups chocolate-flavored milk

Utensils:

10 3-ounce paper cups
8 x 8- or 9 x 9-inch baking pan
Medium mixing bowl
Measuring cup
Wire whisk or rotary beater
Large spoon
Foil
Small sharp knife
10 wooden sticks

Directions

1. Put the paper cups in the baking pan. Sprinkle some decorative candies in the bottom of each paper cup.

2. Put the pudding mix in the mixing bowl. Add milk. Use the wire whisk or rotary beater to beat pudding until well mixed. Spoon pudding into paper cups.

3. Cover each cup with foil. Use the knife to make a small hole in center of foil. Slide a wooden stick through the hole and into the pudding in the cup.

4. Put the baking pan in the freezer. Freeze pops 4 to 6 hours or until pudding pops are firm. Remove from freezer. Remove foil and tear paper cups away from pudding.