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Leprechaun Cupcakes and a Wilton Giveaway
Prep Time
1
hr
30
mins
Cook Time
3
mins
Total Time
1
hr
33
mins
Cute St. Patrick's Day cupcakes decorated with Oreo Leprechauns.
Course:
Dessert
Cuisine:
American
Keyword:
leprechaun cupcakes, oreo leprechauns, st. patricks day dessert
Servings
:
16
Author
:
Beth Klosterboer
Ingredients
12
ounces
Wilton White Candy Melts plus 10 orange Candy Melt wafers
16
Oreo Cookies
use any flavor you like
4
ounces
Wilton Green Candy Melts
1
pinch
edible gold petal or luster dust
lemon extract
4
ounces
Wilton Orange or Red Candy Melts
or mix both
black and green candy decorating markers
16
baked cupcakes
green colored frosting
about ⅓ cup per cupcake
Instructions
Pour white and orange candy melts in a microwave safe bowl.
Heat on high power for 15-30 second increments, stirring after each until melted creating a peach color.
Dip Oreo in peach colored candy melts.
Remove using a dipping fork and allow excess candy coating to drip off.
Set on parchment paper lined baking sheet.
Repeat.
Freeze for 5-8 minutes until candy coating hardens.
Pipe 32 small tear drops onto parchment paper for the hands.
Melt green candy melts.
Pipe or paint the candy melts onto parchment in the shape of a leprechaun hat.
Make 16 hats.
Freeze for 3-5 minutes until hardened.
Use the green candy decorating marker to draw a band onto each hat.
Mix gold petal dust with just enough lemon extract to make a thin paste (a few drops.)
Brush it onto each hat creating a buckle.
Melt orange candy melts.
Paint a ¼ inch wide border all around each cookie creating the hair and beard.
Draw eyes and a smile onto each cookie.
Add dots of peach candy coating at each end of the smile.
Attach one hat to each cookie using candy melts.
Attach one Leprechaun cookies to the top of the swirl on each cupcake.
Insert a pot of gold pick or attach a gold coin or shamrock candy to the front of each cupcake.
Insert two hands into the frosting so they look like they are holding the pot of gold.