DIY Pie Pop Wedding Favors

Edible favors are always a popular choice for weddings, and lately I’ve been seeing a lot of deliciously sweet pie pop favors! The lovely folks at Pillsbury® were kind enough to share their recipe for making your own pie pop favors, so enjoy!

Plus, they’re giving one of our lucky readers an awesome prize pack, so don’t miss out on your chance to win that!

Materials Needed (Makes 8 Pie Pop Favors) ~

• 3/4 cup frozen strawberries, thawed, chopped, drained, juice reserved
• 1/3 cup granulated sugar
• 2 teaspoons cornstarch
• 1 cup frozen chopped rhubarb, thawed
• 1 box Pillsbury® refrigerated pie crusts, softened as directed on box
• 8 craft sticks (flat wooden sticks with round ends)
• 1 egg white, beaten
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• 1/3 cup powdered sugar, if desired for drizzle
• 2 to 3 teaspoons milk, if desired for drizzle
• 3 1/2-inch round cutter
• Food safe plastic wrap (optional)
• Fabric, ribbons and a variety of adornments for decorating (optional)

Step 1: The dough
Pillsbury® Refrigerated Pie Crusts make pie baking a snap – just unroll, fill and bake!

Step 2: The filling
In a bowl, place reserved strawberry juice. In another bowl, mix 1/3 cup granulated sugar and the cornstarch; using whisk, beat into reserved strawberry juice. Stir in strawberries and rhubarb. If desired, replace the strawberry-rhubarb filling with 1 cup of your favorite canned pie filling – cherry, blueberry, apple or a variety! For inspiration, visit Pillsbury.com for hundreds of delicious pie recipes, or check these ideas out:

• Perfect Apple Pie
• Chocolate-Strawberry Pie
• Peach Pie
• White Chocolate-Raspberry Pie
• Pecan-Pumpkin Pie

Step 3: Unroll, cut and fill
Remove pie crusts from pouches; unroll on work surface. Using a 3 1/2-inch round cutter, cut out 16 rounds (8 rounds per crust). Place 8 rounds on ungreased cookie sheet. Spoon strawberry-rhubarb mixture evenly onto each round to within 1/2 inch of edge. Place 1 craft stick in filling of each.

Step 4: Top off the Pops
Flatten remaining rounds to 4 inches in diameter. Brush underside of each round with egg white; place over fruit. Press edges together; seal with fork. Cut small slit on top of each. Brush tops with egg white; sprinkle with 1 teaspoon sugar, dividing evenly among pops.

Step 5: Bake
Bake at 450°F for 10 to 13 minutes or until golden brown. Remove from cookie sheet to cooling rack; cool 10 minutes before serving.

Step 6: Drizzle
Mix powdered sugar and milk until smooth, adding milk until thin enough to drizzle. Drizzle over pops and let stand until set, about 30 minutes.

Step 7: Decorate
Once cooled, decorate with fabric, ribbon, personalized hang tags or any other special touches you can dream up and place in food-safe plastic wrap to keep fresh.

Step 8: Enjoy!
Give as favors at your wedding, your cousin’s bridal shower, your sister’s engagement dinner, your friend’s bachelorette party or any other occasion that deserves a sweet little homemade thank-you. Just don’t expect any leftovers!

Your Chance to Win!

Pillsbury has generously offered one of our readers a Pie Prize Package valued at $150!

It includes materials to make 25 pie pop favors:

• 15 VIP coupons for Pillsbury® pie crust
• Recipe cards for Pie Pops, Pie Poppers and Mini Pies
• 25 craft sticks
• 25 food-safe cellophane bags
• One round dough cutter
• Heart-shaped cookie cutters
• Two spools of striped cotton string
• 25 scalloped hang-tags

And bakeware and kitchen accessories:

• A cookbook for newlyweds by Lorna Yee and Ali Basye
• 3-D Toile Full Apron by Anthropologie
• A Le Creuset Stoneware 10″ Pie Dish
• Rosanna Medium 10-1/2″ Pedestal in White

Congrats to Nicole N., the lucky winner!

Entries are now closed

The Rules: To enter, visit Pillsbury.com for inspiration, then leave a comment here telling us what flavor pie you would make for your pie pop wedding favors! Open to U.S. residents only. This giveaway will end on August 19, 2011. One entry per household. Winner will be selected by random number generator from all valid comments.

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