Do you remember Sno-Caps or Nonpareils … you know, those chocolate discs that are covered with little white balls?
Well … you can make your own … any shape you want!
This is what you will need …
- Nonpareils … or
- Sanding Sugar … or
- Crystal Sugar
- Melted chocolate or candy melts
- Leftover Candy Canes … I’ll explain later
My philosophy is … use what you have … or what you can find. This is what I had in my cupboard …
Melt the chocolate and put it in a squeeze bottle or pastry bag or even a ziptop bag (a quart size works well). I like squeeze bottles that I can put different size decorating tips on them. I used a red Candy Decorating Pen, white chocolate with a #3 tip, dark chocolate with a #4 tip and pink chocolate with a #10 tip.
I do not make my chocolate shapes and add sprinkles on top because … the chocolate sometimes hardens too quickly … and I usually end up with sprinkles all over the kitchen. So this is what I do … just squeeze the chocolate on the sprinkles in the shape you want …don’t worry about perfection … we will call them “artistic” …
These sizes are the small ones that I used on the cupcakes above. Let the candy firm up … then remove them …
Here is another idea … make larger ones for individual treats …
This is where the candy canes come in …
Or how about the two tone heart …
These are all so easy peasy … I hope you find it fun!
F.Y.I. I really took the easy way out this time. The cupcakes are made from a mix and frosted with whipped cream … straight out of the squirty can! 🙂
Up next … on Friday … a little giveaway
So adorable! I remember these fondly lol. Great idea putting the chocolate on the sprinkles it would save a ton of mess.
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I really does save me from making a big mess 🙂
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This is great! So many possibilities..Thank you! I love it 🙂
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Well … thank you 🙂
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i love these! and…I love your “straight out of the squirty can” funny!
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I really felt like I cheated … but the family loves that stuff!
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These look great! Fabulous idea!
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Thank you … I loved your black and red cupcakes 🙂
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These really do look easy and great looking.
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Easy peasy 😉
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Great Idea for Valentine’s Day or any time. Super simple and lovely!
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Simple is best 😉
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Super cute! Love your idea to use the sugars and nonpareils!
Thanks for sharing on Cupcake Tuesday!
~Liz
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Thank you Liz 🙂 Your cute snowflake cupcakes remind me that it’s still winter.
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Wow! Squeezing the chocolate right into the sugars – ingenius! Can’t wait to do this! Thank you! :0)
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I think that this is the easiest way 🙂
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Such a creative idea! Chocolate in the sugars = yummy!!
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cute, I just pinned my heart lollipops that are very similar to these! Love Valentine’s Day 🙂
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Thank you Sarah 🙂 I pinned your lollipops … never can have too many pops!
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What a cute idea, Brenda. These are going on my Pinterest Valentine/Heart Board.
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Thank you Kathleen 🙂 What is your Pin name … I may need to follow you … not in a stalking kind of way 😉
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