My 4 and 7 year old daughters enjoy my silly treats and sharing them with their classmates, I just hope they humor me when they’re older because I get a real kick out of making them. I made these cupcakes last year for the first time, but this year, the girls were old enough to help. While their attention spans didn’t exactly go the distance, they did enjoy putting on their aprons and performing the ever-important duties of frosting testers.
These white chocolate snowflakes are much easier to make than they may appear. One word of caution, however: err on the side of piping the white candy melts lines thicker rather than thinner or else they will break, which is fine…if you want chicken feet cupcakes.
DIY SNOWFLAKE CUPCAKES
SUPPLIES NEEDED
cupcakes
butter cream icing, tinted (purchased from my grocery store’s bake shop. Take the help if you can get it!)
decorator sugar or sugar pearls
2 disposable cake decorating bags
Wilton decorating tips #5 (writing) and #21 (star)
1/2 cup white Wilton Candy Melts
wax paper or parchment paper
tape
Link to Snowflake template ( print several copies)
LET’S MAKE IT!
Fit decorating bag with star tip #21 and frost starting at outside edge, moving in circles towards the center to finish.
Tape snowflake templates onto work surface, side-by-side.
Place wax paper over top of templates and tape in place.
Place candy melts in a small bowl and microwave 30 seconds at a time. Remove, stir and repeat in 30 second increments until just melted. (It shouldn’t take more than 2 minutes total. Careful not to over-heat)
Fit decorating bag with writing tip #5 & pour candy melts into bag. Pipe snowflake from outside edge, in towards center, applying enough pressure to meet both sides of the template’s dotted lines (or else the snowflakes will be too thin and break). Work quickly as chocolate hardens quickly.
When finished with ONE snowflake, immediately sprinkle with decorator sugar or sugar pearls. The chocolate dries extremely quickly!
Gently insert snowflakes into cupcakes.
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My 4 and 7 year old daughters enjoy my silly treats and sharing them with their classmates, I just hope they humor me when they’re older because I get a real kick out of making them. I made these cupcakes last year for the first time, but this year, the girls were old enough to help. While their attention spans didn’t exactly go the distance, they did enjoy putting on their aprons and performing the ever-important duties of frosting testers.
These white chocolate snowflakes are much easier to make than they may appear. One word of caution, however: err on the side of piping the white candy melts lines thicker rather than thinner or else they will break, which is fine…if you want chicken feet cupcakes.
DIY SNOWFLAKE CUPCAKES
SUPPLIES NEEDED
cupcakes
butter cream icing, tinted (purchased from my grocery store’s bake shop. Take the help if you can get it!)
decorator sugar or sugar pearls
2 disposable cake decorating bags
Wilton decorating tips #5 (writing) and #21 (star)
1/2 cup white Wilton Candy Melts
wax paper or parchment paper
tape
Link to Snowflake template ( print several copies)
LET’S MAKE IT!
Fit decorating bag with star tip #21 and frost starting at outside edge, moving in circles towards the center to finish.
Tape snowflake templates onto work surface, side-by-side.
Place wax paper over top of templates and tape in place.
Place candy melts in a small bowl and microwave 30 seconds at a time. Remove, stir and repeat in 30 second increments until just melted. (It shouldn’t take more than 2 minutes total. Careful not to over-heat)
Fit decorating bag with writing tip #5 & pour candy melts into bag. Pipe snowflake from outside edge, in towards center, applying enough pressure to meet both sides of the template’s dotted lines (or else the snowflakes will be too thin and break). Work quickly as chocolate hardens quickly.
When finished with ONE snowflake, immediately sprinkle with decorator sugar or sugar pearls. The chocolate dries extremely quickly!
Gently insert snowflakes into cupcakes.
This post is shared with: Adorned from Above, Artsy Corner, Bloom Designs, Ducks ‘n a Row, Fluster Buster, Glitter Glue & Paint,Made in a Day,Mums Make Lists, Savvy Southern Style , The DIY Dreamer, The Pin Junkie
They are a lot of fun and not too time-consuming once you get the rhythm going on the snowflakes. :)
Thanks MJ. ♥
What creative cupcakes and how fun! I like the chicken feet ones just as much as the snowflake ones. :)
Oh, I think I like the chicken feet version the best! Love your sense of humor. I'm going to forward this to my friend who is a chicken vet.
Thanks for visiting and inviting me over. I'll plan to join your party next week.
I have a small tabletop tree decorated with lots of chicken ornaments. ;-)
These look like a lot of fun to make – maybe just a little more time consuming for mom though. I am sure your little taste testers did a very fine job of taste testing, after all this is the most important job. I always enjoy baking but it is so much more fun when my son joins me.
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