Cookie Butter Kix Pops Kids Can Make Themselves

The beauty of these easy-to-make, nut-free, no-bake treats is that kids can make them with little or no help. While the lollipop sticks aren’t necessary, they sure do make these much more fun to eat. If you like, sneak some banana slices in these treats, too!

You may substitute any nut butter for the cookie butter as long as it’s thick enough to keep its shape and not stick too much to your fingers. Find cookie butter in specialty supermarkets such as Whole Foods and Trader Joe’s. Find the lollipop sticks in the craft store.

To make cookie butter Kix pops, scoop about 1 teaspoon of cookie butter on a spoon and put on the end of a lollipop stick. Cookie butter is soft, but it will hold a ball shape nicely and shouldn’t stick too much to your fingers. Roll in Kix Cereal or press the cereal into the cookie butter to coat. Enjoy!

To make cookie butter banana Kix pops, cut a banana in 3/4-inch slices. Slide a lollipop stick into a banana slice. Spread a bit of cookie butter on the top and place Kix cereal on the cookie butter.

Meaghan Mountford, author of Sugarlicious: 50 Cute and Clever Treats for Every Occasion, has been creating crafty sweets for 15 years. She is especially fond of decorating cookies, marshmallows and putting sweets on sticks. See more on her blog, the decorated cookie.