It’s hard for me to believe that the year 2013 is reaching its end and a new year will be beginning! The older I get … the faster time flies 😉
Do you have plans for New Year’s Eve? Will you be attending an adult affair or one that includes the entire family? Will you toast with champagne? I have a bottle of “the bubbly” that can be shared with everybody … pssst, it’s not really champagne … it’s chocolate shaped like a champagne bottle …
I was very excited when I opened a box of goodies from SweetWorks that included this chocolate bottle and even happier with the gold and silver candies! I am sure that you have seen cookies and cakes decorated with silver and gold dragees … you know those little silver balls that most of us have eaten at some point in time. Well … let me tell you that they are virtually impossible to find in California … most distributors will not ship here, due to legal action quite a few years ago! I was very happy to have a great alternative …
This is what I used to make my bubbly and sparkly cupcake platter …
- Chocolate Au Lait Champagne Bottle
- Gold & Silver Gumballs, Sixlets and Pearls
- Silver and gold chenille stems
- Gold Disco Dust or edible glitter
Make some curly silver and gold decorations by wrapping the chenille stems around a knitting needle (pencil or whatever you have) …
I gathered five of these curly stems, wrapped another stem around the ends and attached them to the top of the bottle with hot glue.
I frosted my cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting in a pastry bag and a #22 tip … added gumballs, Sixlets and pearls randomly … then I added the sparkle …
I dip a brush in the Disco Dust and tap the brush … a little goes a long way!
These cupcakes are fun, sparkly, kid friendly and versatile …
I wish you a happy and safe New Year!
♦ I share my stuff with these fun parties ♦
Thank you to SweetWorks for the box of surprises!
SWEET SIMPLE STUFF 
Don’t you just love using a fan brush with disco and luster dust? It’s my favorite tool when working with the edible dusts. Your cupcakes are so pretty. Pinning.
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Yes, I do love the fan brush … sure helps to control the dust … I may have learned that from you! Thank you for the pin 🙂
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Awesome. Where can I get that chocolate bottle from? What is in it?
Happy 2014 to you, the peanut butter man, sons 1,2 and 3!!
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Thank you Dinaz 🙂 I got the bottle directly from SweetWorks … call them and ask for possible locations near you … and it’s 14 ounces of milk chocolate … I should crack that baby open!
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Are you working with the same camera, Brenda? These photos are really good. What a deceptively simple idea for decorating the cupcakes!
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Thank you Kathleen 😉 Same camera … I moved closer to a different window … maybe it helps. You know how I operate … simple!
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Very Festive!
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I love the decorations on the cup cakes. They look so awesome. What is in the Silver Container?
And where do you get the gold glitter from?
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Thank you Anna 🙂 The silver container is empty … it’s an old cocktail shaker. I bought the gold glitter at a cake decorating supply store … there is probably something very similar at Michael’s or Hobby Lobby in the cake department … or there is always Amazon!
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Sadly, the disco dust is not edible because it’s plastic craft glitter–even though it’s sold in cake deco supply shops. It’s to be used on decorations that will be removed before eating–the same way you’d remove candles or plastic toys.
Edible glitter is available in the cake departments of hobby stores, but it’s not plastic and it’s made from sanding sugar, gum arabic [cake sparkles], or gelatin.
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Thank you Rae 🙂 Edible glitter is an edible alternative to disco dust … kind of falls into the same category as silver and gold dragees.
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Love the sparkly cupcakes, they look good enough to eat…LOL
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Thank you Ellen 😉 You know that your brother has “tried them out”!!!
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My favorite way to celebrate the new year, well, it’s just about my favorite way to celebrate anything – with glitter! Love the cupcakes!
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Thank you 🙂 I agree … glitter is a good thing!
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Brenda, I love that last photo, so cool the way the lights are hitting the balls and making beam of lights. Fast and fun idea for the new year. Wishing you a super 2014!
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I cannot take credit for the effects in that last photo … Picmonkey has some great editing tools … free and easy to use 😉
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Enjoyed looking at this. You are impressive! Happy New Year to you and the family!
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Thank you Connie 🙂
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There may have been a swallowing problem with dragees for children, but you’ve given us a wonderful alternative – Sixlets & those glorious gold & silver gumballs. Your “champagne” table is beautiful. That luster or gold dust really puts the finishing touch on everything. Adds elegance to an already real pretty cupcake.
For the kids you could wrap a bottle of Coke or Sparkling Water in aluminum foil and then just use gold pipecleaners. Very festive.
HAPPY NEW YEAR !
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Thank you Tavette 😉 I think my alternative gold and silver decorations work quite well … gumballs, candy and kiddos go together!
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