Apple Themed Cookies and Pops

It took me a bit longer today to get this posted than I would have liked.  Just as I was about to take pictures, a storm came through and I lost all of my natural light. By the time the storm was over, there was very little daylight.  I pulled out an old desk lamp, to try and give my kitchen a little more light. 

A super easy, but cute way to decorate for an apple party is to use paper honeycomb balls.  I found this one at Meijer for only $1.50. I then added a green cardstock leaf. 

I just bought this display stand on clearance at Target last week for a little over $5. (it was 70% off, score!)  When I was looking for something to display all the apples we had picked, I realized that my new display stand was the perfect size. 

I also bought this candlestick on clearance.  When I saw that it was the perfect size to hold an apple, I gave it a try.  It is  definitely a more dramatic look.  

Okay, you are going to notice a pattern here.  I also got this mini cake stand on clearance at Target several months ago.  I bought a couple different colors for only $2.98 each.  They meant to hold 6" cakes. I think they also make nice display bowls. 

Today I used candy melts to make three different kinds of apple treats. Can you guess what I used to make these mini apples?  

Meijer has cups of Nutter Butter Bites on sale for only $1 this week.  There are about 30 cookies in the cup, 

and they are perfect little circles!  I dipped the cookies in the melt chocolate and added chocolate sprinkle for the stem. 

  

Oreos dipped in red candy melts also make great apple pops.  I added pieces of pretzel sticks as the stem, and a little bit of green Laffy Taffy as the leaf. 

The marshmallow apple pops were also fun to make.  I know they are not perfectly round like an apple, but they are marshmallows coated in chocolate and sugar which totally makes up for it.