Father’s Day is almost here!
I don’t know about the dads in your family, but my husband and sons-in-law love to barbecue and smoke meat. These cupcakes are a perfect addition to their Father’s Day celebration.
Ingredients:
- A dozen cupcakes
- Frosting and red and yellow food coloring
- Red sprinkles
- Black candy melts or dark chocolate chips
- A squeeze bottle or piping bag
- Jar lid, pencil and waxed paper
- Toothpicks
- Black food coloring pen
- Candies: I recommend – Hot Tamales, Mike & Ike’s or Gummi Bears, Sugar Babies or Tootsie Rolls and Caramel Creams.
PC: Ann Kirsten
Directions:
Frost your cupcakes with orange colored frosting. Don’t completely stir the color in. Let some streaks of red show.
PC: Ann Kirsten
On a piece of waxed paper, draw 12 circles. Use a jar lid for a pattern. Make sure it’s the right size (I had to do this step twice – mine were too big the first time). Flip the waxed paper over so you don’t get pencil marks on your food.
PC: Ann Kirsten
By using a squeeze bottle (located right in the baking aisle) and candy melts, I could just drop the melts into the bottle and melt them at 50% power in my microwave. Then, squeeze a circle, using your pencil marks as a guide. Add lines like a grill. Mine were very wiggly.
PC: Ann Kirsten
Carefully remove your “grills” from the waxed paper and put them UPSIDE DOWN on top of your cupcakes. By putting them upside down they will be nice and smooth. Any globs you made will disappear (I made a LOT of globs). Sprinkle some red sanding sugar on top.
Now, for the fun part.
With a food safe pen, draw grill marks on Hot Tamales. They will become hotdogs. Cut Mike and Ike’s into thirds. Slide them onto a toothpick, varying the colors. Cut off the toothpick ends. You now have skewers. Cut the Caramel Creams in half. Mold them into a steak shape and add grill marks if desired.
PC: Ann Kirsten
Find the smallest Sugar Babies in the box and smash them to look like burgers. Add grill marks with your food pen.
Place your “food” on top of the grills.
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Voila! Barbecue Cupcakes for Dad!
PC: Ann Kirsten
You can get as creative as you want with these. I took the easy route and made boxed brownies in a cupcake tin. I bought frosting and added fresh orange peel (I love chocolate and orange together) and I used easy candies. But, if you want to make cake and frosting from scratch, go for it! You could also make the food out of fondant.
This is a fun project to do with your kids. Let them get messy and of course, taste the candies!
“For you know that we dealt with each of you as a father deals with his own children, encouraging, comforting and urging you to live lives worthy of God, who calls you into his kingdom and glory.” 1 Thessalonians 2:11-12
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