First of all, are you seeing our new How-To banner at the top of the page? Hopefully it will remind you to calm yourself down about DIY. Also, if you’re like me, you might also want to lick the screen because it’s SO PRETTY. Mmmm. Ok! Also! Speaking of licking the screen, lets talk about the lazy girl’s guide for making DIY Pie Pops for your wedding (yum), from reader Rachel:
From the craft store:
- Small short dowels (about the length of a popsicle stick, but round instead of flat and sturdier than your standard popsicle stick — I found them at Michael’s)
- Small square plastic bags, about 2.5 x 2.5 (also found at Michael’s, by the cake decorating supplies)
- Tulle
- Ribbon
From the grocery store:
Please Note: These ingredients vary depending on how many pops you want — figure about 10 small pops from a 9-inch pie dough
- Flour, salt, butter and water to make pie dough
- Canned pie fillings (we used pumpkin, apple, blueberry and cherry)
- Egg whites
Make a pie dough and cut out bite-sized circles. Place the dough circles on a cookie sheet and place a dowel on them, sticking well up into the finished pop for stability. Top with a small spoonful of filling (be careful not to overfill!) and another dough circle. Pinch the edges together and brush with egg whites. Bake at 375 for 12-15 minutes or until golden brown.
When they’re cool, bag them and tie the tulle around them with ribbon. We put colored dots on the bottoms of the dowels so people could tell what the flavor was, and we had a legend at the table where the pops were set up. They were beautiful and delicious!
DIY pie pops
If you would like a more in-depth description of the pie pops, check out Rachel’s brother’s blog HERE.
Pictures courtesy of Rachel
OMG. Pie.
February 16, 2011 10:07 am
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This is an amazing idea.
love love love (and bookmarked.)
February 16, 2011 10:17 am
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RIGHT? These must happen, soon. Purely for practice purposes, of course. ::winks::
February 16, 2011 11:06 am
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project for next apw meetup? :)
February 17, 2011 11:43 am
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I LOVE this! We’re planning a big 50th birthday party for my dad who doesn’t really like cake and I think I just found the perfect alternative!
February 16, 2011 10:28 am
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I think I have just discovered our groosmen’s gifts! I can imagine these in a variety of tulle colors, stuck in some floral foam, coming out of a pot.
Yes! – a pie bouquet.
February 16, 2011 10:31 am
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It’s so easy. Also there is no need for canned fillings. Make you own too! Even better, serve them with custard.
February 16, 2011 10:34 am
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Mmmmm….custard….pie pops…..
And also that banner is too awesome. All the new things that keep popping up around here are like Christmas.
February 16, 2011 10:39 am
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Also – lots of possible variations! Chocolate ganache is super duper easy to make. Fill these with ganache, and voila chocolate pops! Fill them with ganache and fluff, roll them in melted chocolate and graham cracker crumbs and you have portable smores!
Ok, I just convinced myself to do this for my next party :)
February 16, 2011 11:01 am
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Oooooh. I LOVE s’mores. Yum. These pie pops look delicious. I am going to have to do these, I think.
February 16, 2011 12:55 pm
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Oh my god. You’re a genius! S’mores on a stick is so coming to my house soon.
February 16, 2011 6:22 pm
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OMG–CUSTARD. Mouth orgasm. Can I say that on here?
February 16, 2011 8:30 pm
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This might need to happen at my sister-in-law’s shower.
Hell, it might need to happen because it NEEDS TO HAPPEN.
February 16, 2011 10:49 am
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Yeah. I was thinking the same thing. Maybe a pie pops just because it’s Thursday sort of thing?
February 16, 2011 12:56 pm
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I want these now, not at my wedding…okay, maybe now AND at my wedding, and perhaps every other week in between!
February 16, 2011 10:53 am
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what a fantastic idea. i dig this for sure…
February 16, 2011 10:55 am
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ooh, meat filled as a mid-day snack! Forget weddings, I want these now!
February 16, 2011 11:11 am
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Wow. File under “things to do for not my wedding,” because I can’t be bothered to bake favors for 125-ish people. But I can be bothered to do it for a few people, for some other party, sometime.
And OMG can I tell you about some pie? Last August/September (because apparently late summer is apple season in the SF/Bay Area. Who knew?) my fiancé and I picked all the apples that were good off of the trees out in our back yard and baked like 7 pies. And I’m not even exaggerating. It may have actually been 9 pies over two weekends. We still have one in the freezer, waiting to be baked. We threw a “come help us eat pie so we don’t gain like 20 lbs each this weekend and die of pie overdose” party. We had to go to the thrift store to find things to bake them all in.
February 16, 2011 11:14 am
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probably making these for breakfast. mm hmm.
February 16, 2011 11:21 am
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You crack me up.
February 16, 2011 11:36 am
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With scrambled eggs, pepper and sausage?! Have sour cream and salsa dips. Breakfast is an AWESOME idea!
March 23, 2011 4:37 am
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holy sh*t! Who’s hungry?!
February 16, 2011 11:21 am
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oh! I like these. This is a DIY that actually seems simple enough to do! I will have to remember these for future parties.
February 16, 2011 11:24 am
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while reading this, i was bummed that my wedding is already long past. but then i remembered there’s a little thing called Saturday. which will be the perfect occasion to make pie pops! yes! (and now i have something to do on Saturday, which is also nice. thanks APW.)
February 16, 2011 11:46 am
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It’s nice to see from all the comments like yours that we don’t necessarily need a wedding as an excuse to express ourselves craftily. Hooray!
February 17, 2011 8:47 pm
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Oh. My. Goodness. I have to have them. They are going in my cookie table. It will be done!
I also would like to share my untested theory that using a ravioli press to make the circles might help.
February 16, 2011 11:58 am
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Raviloi press=genius!
February 16, 2011 3:15 pm
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I want to eat my computer screen.
February 16, 2011 11:59 am
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hahaha :)
February 16, 2011 12:05 pm
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Love the new banner and the pies! I got a good chuckle from the banner (and it did make me calm down) last night when I went to the ‘How To’ section to remind myself that making our own flower arrangements is not a scary thing. Yes Meg, many of us do use the wonderful resources this site offers AND we even re-read them many times over! Thanks again Team Practical!
Want to add: love the writing style of the post. Its in true Lazy Girl style because it seriously is this easy to make these for a party.
February 16, 2011 12:07 pm
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These look great! Think I might make these for pi-day anniversary #1. Like I need an occassion…
February 16, 2011 12:10 pm
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I did something like this at Christmas time (butter cookies filled with cranberry preserves on a stick), but I never thought to do it with pie! I do believe I have a new project…
February 16, 2011 12:32 pm
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ho. ly. bananas. I need a reason to make these like now. this is great because you can make this more homemade by doing your own fillings, or less homemade by buying pre-made dough (but watch out because the pre-made roll-out dough is often made with lard! yack). I’m definitely on the more homemade side but it’s just awesome that it’s really versatile.
anyway, also want to say love the banner! and all the other new bells and whistles you’ve been sneaking in.
February 16, 2011 1:08 pm
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I was also pondering the possibilities of using pre-made dough because my skills with pastry are iffy at best. Hmm…
February 18, 2011 3:05 pm
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Every year I throw a Pi Party (pi=3.14, so March 14th). Guests are invited to bring whatever type of pie they want to share with the party, or just come and eat pie. I’m now enthralled with the idea of making these for our party this year. They are just so perfect!
February 16, 2011 1:23 pm
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Oh my god I have to steal this tradition from you. Best idea ever.
February 16, 2011 6:39 pm
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Go for it! I enjoy it because it’s a party to get your friends all together without the mad stress of the holiday season.
And who doesn’t love pie?
February 17, 2011 8:00 am
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Me likes, me likes! This is a DIY I might actually do…just thinking of the right event to do it!
February 16, 2011 3:19 pm
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Those pie pops are just as delish as the new banner!
February 17, 2011 9:07 am
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I love this idea. I’m going to host an afternoon tea with my mother in law soon. I think these need to be on the menu!
February 20, 2011 8:42 pm
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February 22, 2011 6:14 am
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February 26, 2011 9:48 am
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Oh my gosh, these are perfect! I’m having a November wedding and wanted to incorporate Thanksgiving without being too over the top with it and I think these pie pops are just the thing. So great!!
February 27, 2011 8:05 am
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How far in advance do you think you could make these yummies, freeze them, and thaw them in time for a reception?
August 22, 2011 4:05 pm
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I was also wondering this – did you ever find out if they freeze well?
August 2, 2012 7:21 pm
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These look lovely. I might just make a mince pie version for Christamas!
I was wondering, how long would they last if made in advance? Thank you
December 29, 2011 10:50 am
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August 10, 2012 7:27 am
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How long would these keep? Thinking about making them as favors, but wondering how close to the wedding we’d have to bake them.
April 14, 2013 12:43 pm
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