Over Easter weekend I made Lemon Blueberry cupcakes with lemon cream cheese frosting. These things were DeLiCiOuS!! The only thing is...I didn't take photos. I would say I don’t know why I forgot to do
this, but the fact is I do know. I am of the generation that didn’t grow up
taking pictures of my food. We had film for cameras, and the film itself plus
the cost of developing was way too expensive to waste on taking pictures of
food. The only foodies then were the food critics that visited the fancier
restaurants, and even they didn’t take photos of the food they ate.
We actually tried the Duncan Hines Blue Velvet cake mix with these. The mix made a beautiful turquoise color...
But this weekend I tried the turquoise covered Oreos. And I
remembered the photos!
I used a combination of Wilton Candy Melts: 1 green to 16 blue melts. I used the ones labeled, “blue,” not royal blue. I also used the ‘bright white” candy melts for the W’s I made to go on top of the Oreos.
Follow the instructions on the Candy Melts bag to melt the
candy.
Since I am just trying out this refreshment option, I used exactly one green and 16 blue melts. I put them in a small bowl and melted them at 50% power in the microwave, 30 seconds at a time and stirring after each.
Then, I just dipped one Oreo at a time in the shallow bowl of melted candy. I covered two Oreos completely and covered just the top of two more.
I laid them on parchment paper to set.
I melted a few bright white Candy Melts in a zip top bag. I had planned to use a cake decorating bag with a decorating tip but, once again, since this is only a trial I decided I wouldn't go to so much trouble. After melting the white candy in the zip top bag, I snipped the tiniest bit off the corner of the bag to make a writing tip.
To get rid of the excess candy coating that dripped from the edges of the Oreo, use a micro plane and just file it off!
IF I decide to do these for the Tea, I will either have to "glue" the W's to the Oreos with tiny dots of white Candy Melts, or I will have to make all the W's first and place them on the Oreos as soon as I dip them in the turquoise candy and lay them out to set.
Overall, I'm pretty satisfied with this attempt!
Really your planning is such an amazing one. Color shades are sober yet classy. Birthday party of my niece was such a lovely day. One of the alluring Los Angeles event venues were booked online at reasonable prices. Food supplies were on time and cake cutting was so much fun hooting and celebrating.
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