| Level: | Intermediate |
| Total: | 45 min |
| Active: | 45 min |
| Yield: | 12 cupcakes |
Ingredients
- 1 cup white candy melts
- 1 12-ounce bag pink candy melts
- 1/2 cup vanilla frosting
- Yellow food coloring
- 12 cupcakes with vanilla frosting
- Yellow and black licorice sticks (from a bag of bridge mix)
Instructions
- Melt the white and pink candy melts separately. Arrange 12 plastic spoons facedown on a cutting board. Put the white candy melts in a resealable plastic bag, snip a corner and pipe short lines on the tip of each spoon.
- Dip the back of the spoons in the pink candy melts to cover; freeze until set, 5 minutes. Carefully pop off the petals and use the spoons to make more. (You’ll need 6 to 8 petals per cupcake.)
- Tint the 1/2 cup vanilla frosting yellow with food coloring. Pipe a small amount on each cupcake in the center, then insert the licorice sticks. Arrange the candy petals around the yellow frosting.
Reviews
I found it extremely difficult to get the candy off of the spoon. The candy melt cracked in the freezer and came off in pieces. I tried using 2 or 3 coats, increased and decreased freezing time, but very little success. These are super cute but if there is a trick to making the petals, I missed it!