Ok I have a confession.

I know..... Confessions are supposed to be coming from the

Cookbook Queen

, but something just occurred to me when I designed these cookies.

I'VE NEVER MADE COOKIE POPS!!!!!

I know, weird right? Who would have guessed it.

They weren't very hard either. I thought they were going to be a huge pain but they weren't.

1.Roll out your dough and cut out mask shapes. I used this

Mardi Gras mask cutter

2.Place mask on cookie sheet and pop into freezer for 2-3 minutes. This is the key!

3.Remove cookie sheet from freezer and insert stick. I gave it a little twist as I was pushing it into the dough.

4. Bake cookies according to your recipe's directions.

5. Decorate as desired.

6. Slip stick into a

stripey straw

for extra cuteness.

I hope everyone is having a fabulous week and trying new things.

I did not get as much done this weekend as I would have liked to. Did you? Who ever does right?

I had plans of doing lots of photo editing on Saturday, but that didn't happen.

I did have good reason though. See, we have a transformer in our front yard. You know those big boxes that are for electrical stuff. Well my neighbor ran her car into it. Bam NO POWER!

No power=No computer.

Seriously! I have no idea how she managed that.....it's 10 feet into my yard. So I didn't get my pictures edited that I wanted to.

I did however manage to take a nap with the baby, enjoy peace and quiet with the tv off (that was a blessing), and get a foot rub from the hubby. So, it wasn't so bad without power.

Ok....let's talk cookies. These cookies are very simple. So simple that anyone can make them. Really they're that easy. Wanna learn how?

First outline heart with white royal icing and a #2 tip.

Fill cookie with white flood icing. While icing is still wet, drop black sprinkles onto cookie. I used some flat ones from a Halloween set of sprinkles. You can get them

here