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Hamming it up Cupcakes
Everyone will love to pig out on these fun cupcakes! Use the patterns to pipe the Candy Melts® features with ease, then add a marshmallow snout.
Tools and Ingredients
Tools:
- Standard Muffin Pan
- Cooling Grid
- Standard White Baking Cups
- Disposable Decorating Bags
- Spatula
- Non-Stick Parchment Paper
- Pig Ears, Eyes, Feet Patterns
- Scissors
Ingredients:
- White Candy Melts®*
- Pink Icing Color
- Garden Candy Color Set
- Buttercream Icing
- Large marshmallows
- Your favorite cupcake recipe
- *Brand confectionery coating.
How to Make It
Step 1
Bake cupcakes in White Standard Baking Cups and cool completely on Cooling Grid.
Step 2
Prepare Buttercream Icing Recipe. Tint icing pink using Pink Icing Color. Ice cupcakes smooth with pink icing using Spatula.
Step 3
Make candy features. Tint portions of melted White Candy Melts pink and black using Garden Candy Color Set.
Step 4
Fill Disposable Decorating Bags half full with melted white, pink and black candy. Reserve some pink candy for nose. Using a scissors, cut a small opening in tip of each bag.
Step 5
Cover ears, eyes and feet patterns with Non-Stick Parchment Paper. Outline and pipe in ears and feet patterns with melted pink candy. Pipe in eyes patterns with melted white candy. Refrigerate until firm. Pipe a dot of black candy for pupil on each eye. Refrigerate until firm. Carefully peel off parchment.
Step 6
For nose, cut marshmallow horizontally in half with scissors. Dip into reserved melted pink candy. Refrigerate until firm and position on cupcake.
Step 7
Insert ears and feet in cupcake.
Step 8
Position eyes. Using melted black candy, pipe dot nostrils and outline mouth.
Special Hints:
Candy and cupcakes are a great combination. Use our great variety of candy molds to find the perfect shape to top your cupcakes. Molding is easy with quick-melting Candy Melts.
