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Watermelon Lollipops

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Watermelon lollipops decorated with a green chocolate rind and dotted with dark chocolate seeds, just like a wedge of juicy summer melon.

Ingredients

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200 grams granulated sugar (1 cup)
160 grams light corn syrup (1/2 cup)
60 milliliters water (1/4 cup)
1/41/2 teaspoon watermelon flavoring
85 grams white chocolate, divided (about 3 ounces)
1 tablespoon dark chocolate or chocolate chips
Pink gel food coloring
 (I used Neon Brite Pink)
Green oil-based candy coloring
Nonstick cooking spray, for greasing mold

Instructions

Spray lollipop mold with nonstick cooking spray. Add lollipop sticks. Set aside.

A pink silicone lollipop mold

Combine granulated sugar, corn syrup, and water in a saucepan over medium-high heat. Stir until sugar dissolves, then stop stirring.

Sugar and water in a small pan on the stovetop

With a pastry brush, brush down the sides of the pan with water.

Brushing down pan with water

Bring to a boil. Boil without stirring until syrup reaches 300° F / 150° C on a digital thermometer.

Sugar syrup cooking in a saucepan

Remove from heat. Stir in watermelon flavoring and pink gel food coloring.

Adding watermelon flavoring to sugar syrup

Pan with pink sugar syrup

Carefully pour hot sugar mixture into prepared mold.

Pouring sugar syrup into lollipop mold

Set aside and allow to cool completely, about 15 minutes. 

Pink mold with watermelon lollipops

Once set, pop lollipops from the mold onto a small tray lined with parchment or a silicone baking mat.

Hand holding a watermelon lollipop

Pink lollipops arranged on a tray

In a small, microwave-safe bowl, microwave chocolate on medium power, stirring every 15-20 seconds, until completely melted. Scoop 1-2 tablespoons of melted chocolate into a piping bag fitted with fine-point round tip. Tint remaining chocolate with green oil-based food coloring.

Melted white chocolate in a bowl

Melted white chocolate for decorating watermelon lollipops

Bowl of green melted chocolate

Working quickly, dip the top half of each lollipop in the chocolate. Place on silicone mat allow chocolate to harden.

Hand holding watermelon lollipop

Tray of watermelon lollipops

Pipe a decorative white line underneath the green chocolate portion.

Watermelon lollipops arranged on a tray

Melt dark chocolate in a small, microwave-safe bowl. With a food-safe paintbrush, pipe a few “seeds” on the pink part of each watermelon lollipop.

Hand holding small dish of melted chocolate

Paintbrush applying chocolate dots to watermelon lollipop

Decorating watermelon lollipops

Return to silicone mat and allow chocolate to set completely.

A tray of watermelon lollipops

Once set, wrap lollipops in individual cello bags or layer between sheets of parchment in an airtight container. storage container. Store at room temperature for up to one month.

Hand holding a watermelon lollipop

A homemade watermelon lollipop

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