Gold, Silver and Bronze Medal Cupcakes

Award your friends and family gold, silver and bronze medals with these cute standard and mini cupcakes. Not only are these sporty cupcakes great for watching the Summer Games, but you could also use them as a fun treat for any sporting event.

Amount12

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Ingredients:
- Peanut Butter Candy Melts Candy (12 candy pieces needed)
- White Candy Melts Candy (12 candy pieces needed)
- Light Cocoa Candy Melts Candy (12 candy pieces needed)
- Gold Color Mist Food Color Spray
- Silver Color Mist Food Color Spray
- Orange Color Mist Food Color Spray
- Red Color Mist Food Color Spray
- Favorite cupcake mix or recipe (6 cups batter needed for 12 standard cupcakes and 24 mini cupcakes)
- Red sour gummy strips
- White Ready-to-Use Decorator Icing – 4.5 Tub (6 cups needed)
Supplies:
- 10 in. Cake Board
- Standard 12-Cup Muffin Pan
- Mini 24-Cup Muffin Pan
- Unbleached Mini Baking Cups
- Unbleached Standard Baking Cups
- Cooling Grid
- Ruler
- Scissors
- Disposable Decorating Bags
- Round Decorating Tip 12
One day in advance, color medals.
Lay out Candy Melts candies flat side down on cake board. Use Color Mist food color spray to color candies as follows:
- Peanut Butter candies: Spray with gold spray. Let dry.
- White candies: Spray with silver spray. Let dry.
- Light Cocoa candies: Spray with orange, red and gold sprays, letting colors dry between coatings.
Once all candies are dry, flip candy pieces over and color other side. Repeat entire process for a second coating, if necessary.
Bake and cool standard and mini cupcakes.
Bake and cool standard and mini cupcakes in unbleached baking cups.
Prepare gummy strips.
Cut red sour gummy strips into ¼ in. wide strings. Cut 12 strips measuring 4 in. long and 24 strips measuring 3 in. long.
Decorate cupcakes.
Prepare decorating bag with tip 12 and white icing. Pipe flat swirl on standard cupcakes and on 12 mini cupcakes. Pipe double swirl on remaining 12 mini cupcakes.
For standard cupcakes, bend 4 in. gummy strip in half to form loop. Secure both ends of loop in icing with peanut butter candy piece (flat side of candy facing out). Repeat for mini cupcakes, using 3 in. gummy strips and silver candy pieces on double swirl mini cupcakes and bronze candy pieces on flat swirl mini cupcakes.
Makes 12 standard cupcakes and 24 mini cupcakes.