As I mentioned in my hosting a hoe down post, my little one has food allergies. He’s a big fan of the rice crispy treat so I molded the sweet treat into star cookie cutters (available in our shoppe) and then iced them as favors for our guests. We placed them in pails that were embellished with bandana ribbon, the same used on our cake plate, and a fun wooden cowboy boot from the craft store. {50 cents already painted people!} As for the sign, I just picked up a sheet of scrapbooking paper that looked like old wooden boards and imprinted it with the Playbill font (commonly found in Microsoft products).
Okay, back to the treat. Here’s what you’ll need to decorate:
- Vanilla or cream cheese icing
- Freezer weight resealable bags
- #2 and #4 icing tips and two connectors
- Red and blue gel food coloring
- Lollipop sticks
And here are the easy steps:
- First, one tip on molding these, make sure that you butter your cookie cutter so that the sweet falls out easily.
- Apply your food coloring to your icing. Gel is best so that your icing doesn’t become watery.
- Insert your connector into your bag, insert your icing and then add your tip. I used a #2 tip to outline the badges.
- Once you’ve outlined, take the outer connector and tip off of your bag and microwave your icing for seven to eight seconds. You want to heat it up just enough for flooding.
- Using the #4 tip, pipe in a zig zag motion inside of the badge and then pull it to the corners with a toothpick or small icing spatula.
- Allow the icing to set; ten minutes should do it.
- For the lettering I used a #2 tip and for the number I used a #4 tip.
As for packaging, allow the treats to set for four to six hours before you insert them into cello bags so as not to crush the lettering. Happy baking!
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