Time is passing by so quickly … Fat Tuesday is next week … the beginning of Mardi Gras, Carnival and Lent.
I whipped up these cupcakes very quickly … you can too 🙂
This is what you will need …
- Cupcakes
- Yellow frosting in a pastry bag & tip #1M
- Yellow candy melts (yellow chocolate) & a squeeze bottle
- Wax paper
- Purple & green sprinkles
- Toothpicks with frills
- CK American Gold Disco Dust
Make the masks – I drew a mask “pattern” as a guideline (I’m no artist), covered it with wax paper and laid the toothpicks in place …
Use the melted yellow candy in a squeeze bottle to draw the masks … make sure that the candy goes over the toothpick …
Sprinkle gold disco dust … I dip a brush in the disco dust and tap the brush …
Let the candy harden up. Do you see the mask without disco dust? I made a little boo-boo … the candy can be melted and used again …
Frost your cupcakes …
Add the purple (bad photo, they’re not blue) sprinkles … Go Lakers! (sorry, I couldn’t resist) …
And the green sprinkles … now they are looking like Mardi Gras cupcakes …
Add a mask and they are complete …
Enjoy a cupcake … and maybe have a Hurricane with it …
I ♥ your comments …
SWEET SIMPLE STUFF 
Wow you are so talented and creative. Is that yellow candy chocolate or another product that you used for the masks? Take care, BAM
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It is yellow chocolate, sometimes called candy melts. 🙂
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Then these little cupcakes need to stay refrigerated. You have a lot of patience working with chocolate. Take Care, BAM
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The chocolate mask doesn’t need to be refrigerated. If you use milk in the frosting, you probably need to refrigerate. The chocolate really is very easy to work with.
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Very Cute!!! Love the chocolate masks!!! Where did you get the small white containers that hold the sprinkles? I would love to own these!!!
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Thank you … the white containers are paper brioche cups. I got them at a cake decorating store or Sur La Table.
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Thanks for the info. I thought they were plastic ice cream cups!! They must be strong for paper!
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Great looking cupcakes; very enpressive.
Can a person get the disco dust in craft stores by cake decorating supplies or just on line.of which I don’t do.
ColleenB.
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If your craft store carries Wilton, they have something very similar … Shimmer Dust.
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Very clever. Did the masks have to sit on the top of the cupcake for stability or could they be up in the air a bit?
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They can stand up a little … I would suggest to watch the frosting level because the toothpick isn’t very long.
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darling cupcakes…and look very easy to make! thanks for sharing!
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They are easy! I just checked out your site … you make such cute stuff 🙂
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What a GREAT idea!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Thank you 😉
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Really does look Mardi Grasish. Very festive and very creative.. Brenda you did it again. Love your ideas.
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Thanks!
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cute! I love how you used the frilled toothpicks.
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Thank you … I finally came up with a use for the toothpicks … other than appetizers!
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