For what age range(s) is this celebration most appropriate?
Elementary School
Middle School
High School & Beyond

This Halloween celebration is:
Fun

This Halloween celebration can be done:
Indoors

This celebration can be done:
At home

How much does this celebration cost?
$1.00 - $25.00

Describe your Halloween celebration idea:
White Chocolate 'ghost' lollipops, hand-made

What steps should be taken to organize this celebration?
Purchase white chocolate 'candy melts' or the 'cubes' used for coating foods/candy

You'll also need 2 chocolate chips per ghost; mini chips if you want small eyes, regular if you want the Big Hollow Eyes look ;-)

Melt the white chocolate in a double boiler (or follow instructions on package).

Draw some ghosts, several inches apart, the size you want your lollipops to be. 3" x 5" or so is about right; you could draw (or print...) on index cards, if you like.

Cover the cards/paper with a sheet of waxed paper.

Place popsicle sticks at the bottom of the ghost drawings.

Gently spoon/pour the melted white chocolate, within the lines of the drawings (as much as possible; don't be too Picky 'bout Art! ;-)

Make sure the ghost isn't too thin, especially where the stick attaches.

Apply 2 chocolate chips for 'eyes'.

Let the molds harden. (If you want to speed this up, have the pops lined up on a tray, and put the tray into fridge or freezer for a Very short time!)

Additional comments:
I had a 12 oz. bag of white chocolate chips on hand, and made 'em with that...but that requires the addition of a bit of vegetable oil (maybe a Tablespoon or so), to smooth it out some...and I found it still had a tendency to lump a little bit. So, our ghosts came out a teeny bit lumpy, but my picky 13 year old made it her business to claim them anyway. (For reasons unclear to me, my 7 year old son dislikes white chocolate...to which the daughter sez "more for me!! ;-) We made 3 ghost pops with half a bag of white chocolate chips; if I'd made them closer to 3" x 5" I surely could have made 4. That would be 7 or 8 to a full bag. Great flavor; just a bit more temperamental than the stuff formulated especially for candy making. I have seen the candy melts and coating in hobby craft stores, Walmart, Target, all sorts of places...sometimes even at the more Super supermarkets, esp. near the holiday season. It is good for coating Pretzels, too.

The pan you use to melt the chocolate, and all utensils used, should have no trace of water on 'em (ex: when pans are fresh out of the dishwasher); for some reason, that will goof up the works.

However you make 'em, they are super-rich, just like the white chocolate bunnies you'd purchase at Easter time.

They can be easily wrapped with the cheap-type sandwich bags, closed with a piece of orange curling ribbon or yarn.

What I liked best was: no molds needed, and no fancy equipment.

The chocolate gets Very hot. The cooking, of course, should be primarily an Adult task, but once the chocolate is sort of gently plopped on the design, a child can guide it (with an extra popsicle stick, or spoon) to fill in the shape, and of course they enjoy adding the Eyes.

Expect to spend a half hour to 45 minutes in the making...and perhaps a bit more time if you are going to wrap the pops up pretty.