Tips & tricks for decorating and working with candy melts - Hot pink & black and white dipped Oreos - Zebra themed party idea

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I hosted a luau themed bingo a few years ago and made these fun dipped Oreos. I thought they would be perfect for a hot pink & zebra themed party. 

How to make tutorial HERE

I used candy melts, Oreo cookies, and a silicone baking mold to create the dipped cookies.

I wanted to show extra details when making and decorating. 

Why are my Oreos uneven?

This happens when using molds but can easily be fixed. 

Take a warm pan and put pressure on the edges that are uneven. This works very quickly. Place Oreos on parchment paper after melting to prevent sticking.  

Why are my Candy Melts too thick?

If you've had trouble working with candy melts you might need to add a little coconut oil. This will make the consistency perfect for dipping or decorating. I add 1-2 tsp after Candy Melts are melted and mix well. 

Do I need decorating bags and tips?

I love my 12" decorating bags  and #2 Wilton tip to decorate but sometimes I'm in a rush and can't find them. 

Don't worry if you don't have decorating bags or tips. Ziplock bags work just fine. 

Fill the ziplock bag with melted Candy Melts and seal. 

Cut a very very small corner off with scissors. This cut will be similar to the decorating tip size. Start small and cut larger if needed. 

See! Looks the same!

I usually mixed a bunch of sprinkles together for decorating. 

Drizzled and add the sprinkles. Work fast before it dries.

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Easy CUPCAKE decorating - no decorating tip needed to make them look awesome - less icing and LOTS of sprinkles

We recently had a bake sale for our local library and were talking about cupcakes. One of the volunteers kept saying she would bring cupcakes but couldn't make the icing fancy or pretty looking. I was talking about decorating tips but it's really a lot of icing. The day of the bake sale she showed up with her cupcakes and they looked fabulous!!! They were the most popular by kids and adults.

She did two different color themes with blue and pink and mixed a bunch of different sprinkles together for each color. 

Instead of blue and pink I called mermaid and unicorn. 

I'm throwing a luau party at the retirement residence this weekend and a lot of them can't have too much sugar. It's a lot of sprinkles but probably less sugar than a mound of icing.

 In a small mixing bowl I added orange, yellow, and pink sanding sugar and crystal sugar, light pink and yellow dragees, Valentine's day mix of nonpareils, and a mix of yellow, white, pink, and orange (I picked out all the green) jimmies. It was kinda fun just grabbing different sprinkles and adding a little of this and a little of that. In the end sprinkle mixture reminded me of pink lemonade.

I did use a round icing tip to start. This way I would apply about the same amount of icing.

Smoothing the icing out to a thin layer and closest to the edge without getting it on the cupcake liner.

Dip or lightly tap each cupcake in the bowl of sprinkles until all the icing is covered.

I found these cute flamingo baking cups and toppers at Micheal's.

They turned out so cute and all the residents loved them!!

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