Is it Impossible to use "UObject Derived Class" in Blueprint As object reference?

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I know this post is 2 years old, but I came accross it randomly while googling about something completely unrelated, and it was the first result, so I thought I’d reply anyway in case anyone else has this issue.

This is the case where you use TSubclassOf<>; then you can drag the UObject class there, and at runtime Instantiate it with NewObject<>
ie:

class ARMYSIMUL_API AItemPickup : public AActor, public IInteractive
{
	GENERATED_BODY()
public:
	AItemPickup();

	UPROPERTY(EditDefaultsOnly, BlueprintReadOnly, Category = "Item")
	TSubclassOf<UItemObject> ItemObject;

	//this will return a brand new item that you can do something with.
	UFUNCTION(BlueprintCallable, BlueprintPure, Category = "Item")
	UItemObject* GetItem(UObject* Owner); 

UItemObject* AitemPickup::GetItem(UObject* Owner)
{
	//Create runtime version of my item, at spawn.
	if (ItemObject != nullptr)
	{
		return  NewObject<UItemObject>(Owner, ItemObject);
	}
	return nullptr;

to use it, you can just call the pickups GetItem function, passing the owner that the new item should belong to. Ie: your weapon actor, or character pawn, etc