7 hard candy lollipops Recipes

metal cookie cutters , heart-shaped (2-1/2- to 3-1/2-inch ), hard candies, assorted red, pink or 8 oz clear candies, assorted small decorative candies , such as red cinnamon candies, small nonpareils, colored candy hearts, spice drops, and gumdrops, edible rose petal (optional), lollipop sticks

tube (16-1/2 oz) refrigerated sugar cookie dough, king arthur unbleached all-purpose flour, lollipop sticks or pretzel sticks, jolly rancher hard candies, coarsely crushed, royal icing

butter, softened, shortening, sugar, baking powder, salt, eggs, peppermint extract, all-purpose flour, crushed hard peppermint candy, butter, softened, sugar, half-and-half or 1/4 cup light cream, all-purpose flour, paste food coloring, lollipop sticks

sugar, light corn syrup, water, flavoring , of your choice, powdered sugar (optional)

all-purpose flour , plus additional for rolling out dough, baking soda, pumpkin pie spice, fine salt, unsalted butter, slightly softened, granulated sugar, light brown sugar, egg, pure vanilla extract, hard candies, try yellow, red , black, (jolly ranchers preferred), water, egg white powder, orange extract, sugar, empty metal tuna fish can, (about 6 oz) for cutting cookies (see cooks note), lollipop sticks, available in craft or bakers supply stores