Happy Dec 16th! Today's holiday treat doesn't require any baking what so ever but it does require a little bit of patience! Candy Wreaths are a super cute and fun way to decorate your house for the holidays and enjoy a sweet treat at the same time...you can't help but peel the candy off the wreath one by one and eat a piece, or two, or maybe three everyday. After all, these wreaths are made to be enjoyed too not just for looks.
I first discovered candy wreaths when I was a little kid. My cousin Betsy would get a candy wreath every year at Christmas time with all kinds of assorted candy on it and I thought it was the coolest thing. My favorite candy to eat off the wreath were the Brach's Nougat...which are basically a soft round taffy like peppermint that is red & white striped with a green Christmas tree in the middle. Those candies just melted in your mouth, they were so good!
Last year I wanted to see if I could make my own homemade candy wreaths so I started to do some research online to see how they were made. Sure enough, I came across a YouTube video of a lady demonstrating making a wreath. For step by step instructions to make your own wreath check out this
video. All you need are a few simple materials that you should have around your house and your favorite type of candy.
I made 6 different varieties of wreaths that you can see from the photos below and they all turned out so cute! I sold some in a fundraiser and gave away some to friends and family.
Starlight Peppermint Wreath
Brach's Nougat Wreath (This is my FAVORITE!)
Jolly Wrancher Wreath
Chocolate Tootsie Roll Wreath
Assorted Candy Wreath (cinnamon, butterscotch, peppermint, jolly rancher, smarties)
Super Bubble Gum Wreath
This is a super fun and easy holiday craft that your kids can even help you make. Candy Wreaths make great presents for teacher's classrooms, holiday decorating, or giving as a present!
ENJOY!
It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas in my kitchen! The holiday baking has officially begun so get ready, for cakes, cookies and candy galore! If you are looking for a festive and super simple cupcake to take to your holiday parties this year then look no further! I am going to show you how to make some wreath cupcakes today. So bake up your favorite recipe and whip up a batch of icing, keeping some white and tinting the rest green. I used Maratha Stewart's Swiss Meringue Buttercream.
To make the wreath you will need a piping bag and Wilton #67 leaf tip. The ends of the tip look like a small "v".
First frost all cupcakes with a layer of white icing. Then using your decorating tip go back and pipe green leaves to create the wreath. Hold the piping bag so the #67 engraving on the tip is on the side, not the top. Your tip should look like a "v" on top when you hold it up to your cupcake. Gently place the tip around the edge of your cupcake then squeeze, release and pull away...this will create the leaf. Repeat this motion all the way around the edge of your cupcake to create a ring of leaves.
Here is what you should end up with.
Directly on top of the first ring of leaves, pipe a second ring to give the wreath some depth and fullness.
Then add some sprinkles for decorations. I used multi-colored nonpareils to give the feel of a strand of lights!
You can also use some flat round red sprinkles if you prefer the look of berries.
Pretty simple right?
Have you started your holiday baking yet? What yummy smells and sweets are coming out of your kitchen this week?
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