I learned the most incredible thing last week. Did you know that candy canes can be
melted and then shaped into anything? My kids and I have had so much fun changing the traditional candy cane shape into cupcake toppers, letters and even cookie cutter ornaments. It’s a fun, fresh take on a Christmas icon.
Preheat your oven to 225. Heat whole canes canes on a cookie sheet covered with parchment for about 5 minutes. You can also crush candy canes and fill a cookie cutter with the pieces. These will take longer to melt about 10 minutes but keep an eye on them. If you want to put ribbon through it, wait a few minutes after you take them out of the oven and then use a skewer or popsicles stick to make a hole. Only do a few candy canes at a time since they cool quickly. Shape as desired. I used an ice cream cone to help shape the cupcake toppers.
This is such a great project for kids. They like seeing the transformation.
XO,
Jenny
yahoo! that is way cool and something on my very very long to do list!
thanks Jenny!
Amazing – loving this!
Ok, so we just tried this. Cookie cutter thing worked great. Trying to shape the individual canes was a sticky mess. Should I heat for fewer minutes next time ?? How did you keep the candy from smearing when you touched it? Thanks!
Ooooo….loving the peppermint theme
Wow!!! Thank you for this crazy cool idea!!! Your pics are sweet!!
I couldn’t find this on your Pintrest board. Is there a way to pin it? Thank you!
How awesome is that! Looks fabulous!
Kindest regards,
Jennifer
Such great ideas! I wish I would have seen these last week. We had a candy cane themed party for my 12 year old…so fun!
Really neat ideas!
Such fun ideas! TFS!