Hearts and Flowers Candy Box
26 Aug
I’m in love.
I’m a newlywed, of course I’m in love :o) but I’m also in love with candy melts.
Oh candy melts. How many shapes you take on, may I count the ways?
I shop at Bake It Pretty to buy my melts and my molds. You can follow the instructions on their blog on how to melt the candy. It’s a bit easier with these larger molds – you can just pour the melted candy into the molds rather than having to mess with the piping.
As you can see I had some trouble getting the leaves and flower precisely on key. I would avoid tapping the mold once you fill these portions, as any movement will prevent a clean leaf/flower structure. Obviously pour in the colored portion first and then the white (or any other color) after you’ve filled your leaves and flowers.
Take photos before eating :)
A tip on this one, I used candy bark instead of candy melts for the white, because this baby takes a T-O-N of melts. Well, dearies. The candy bark, although excellent for a thin coating on strawberries and the like, is not so tasty in this thick melt. Or at least my Kroger brand on-clearance white bark wasn’t. So, I recommend either to infuse a flavoring or mix candy melts with candy bark.
Yum!
Oh I love this! I can picture one done for Valentine’s Day filled with tiny little bites of sugar cookie hearts!
What a great idea to fill the box with cookies! That would be fun for weddings and bridal showers!