Be Kind Cupcake Toppers
Learn how to make edible cupcake toppers in just a few easy steps! Use melted candy to pipe letters and top with sprinkles in fun color combinations for any occasion. Customize for birthdays, anniversaries, baby showers or just create fun messages to spread the joy!
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Skill LevelBeginner
Ingredients
Your favorite Cake Mix or Recipe
Bright White Candy Melts® Candy (4 oz. used)
Creamy White Decorator Icing (2 cups used)
Teal Icing Color
Kelly Green Icing Color
White Nonpareils
Rainbow Nonpareils
Assorted Brights and Pastels Sprinkles (nonpareils used)
Supplies
12-Cup Muffin Pan
Cooling Grid
Open Star Tip 4B
2 Disposable Decorating Bags
6 Pastel Cupcake Liners (pink, teal and violet used)
3 Lollipop Sticks (6 in., cut in half)
Cake Board
Wax Paper
Tape
Be Kind Pattern
Instructions
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- Bake and cool cupcakes. According to mix or recipe directions.
- Prepare Sprinkles Mix. In small bowl, mix nonpareils.
- Prepare Pattern. Tape BE KIND pattern to cake board. Place waxed paper over pattern.
- Melt Candy Using microwave, melt 4 oz. Bright White Candy Melts candy in disposable decorating bag, according to package instructions.
- Trace Letters. Cut ½ in. off decorating bag tip. Pipe melted candy over pattern, immediately coat with nonpareils mix. Let set, about 10 minutes.
- Make Toppers. Cut lollipop sticks in half. Carefully remove letters from waxed paper. Pipe small amount of candy to back of letter, attach lollipop stick. Let set, about 10 minutes.
Tint Icing. Combine Teal and Kelly Green icing colors to get color shown.
Tint 2 cups icing Teal using color combinations provided.
- Decorate cupcakes. Prepare decorating bag with tip 4B and teal icing, pipe swirl.
- Top Cupcakes. Place each letter into cupcakes, arrange according to message.
Notes
How To
How to Pipe a Cupcake Swirl
Wondering how to frost cupcakes with a cute little swirl? Here is a quick way to decorate cakes and cupcakes. It just takes minutes to pipe a fancy iced swirl and add colorful sprinkles. Learn how to make a swirl using a 1M star tip as well as tips 2A and 2D.
