February 3, 2016

Elmo Candy

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Elmo Candy

Elmo Candy

February 3: Elmo’s Birthday

Happy birthday to Islander’s favorite furry friend—Elmo! She adores the Sesame Street character so much that she was inspired to try a candy decoration project to mark her muse’s special day. It is a simple sugar arts technique that involves tracing and flooding over a pattern. The finished candy piece may be eaten as is or used as a cake decoration.

Elmo was a simple pattern with a few candy melt colors that Islander had on hand for her first candy project. Other clipart or coloring page patterns and chocolate or candy melt colors may be used—the possibilities are endless for a fun and personalized project. But for today, enjoy an edible Elmo on his birthday.

Recipe

Ingredients

  • Black (or dark chocolate) candy melts
  • Red candy melts
  • Orange candy melts
  • White (or white chocolate) candy melts

Directions

Print out a clipart or coloring page of Elmo. Put the image on a cake board, cardboard or cutting board. Tape waxed paper over it. Melt the black or dark chocolate candy melts. Let cool slightly. Fill a piping bag outfitted with Wilton tip #3. Trace the outline of Elmo, flooding the mouth area. Refrigerate for a few minutes until the candy is set.

Elmo Candy

Melt the red candy melts. Let cool slightly. Fill a piping bag outfitted with Wilton tip #3. Flood the body area. Do the same for the nose using the orange candy melts.

Elmo Candy

Melt the white chocolate candy melts. Let cool slightly. Fill a piping bag outfitted with Wilton tip #3. Flood the eye area. Refrigerate for a few minutes until the candy is set.

Elmo Candy

Use the remaining melted white chocolate candy melts to trace all over Elmo’s body and flood the area completely. This makes the overall candy sturdier. Go ¼-inch past the edges with an outer outline (optional). Refrigerate for a few minutes until the candy is set. Remove the tape from the wax paper. Turn the hardened candy Elmo over on the flat surface. Carefully peel away the waxed paper. Cover with plastic wrap until ready to serve or decorate a cake.

 

February 3, 2013

Elmo Cheesecake Pops

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Elmo Cheesecake Pops

Elmo Cheesecake Pops

February 3: Elmo’s Birthday

The news of Elmo’s puppeteer, Kevin Clash, is distressing, unfortunate and scandalous for Sesame Street and its fans and followers. Despite the negative circumstances, we are reminded that God loves the sinner but not the sin. Elmo still represents happiness, fun, optimism and goodness. But there are haters and pessimists who will always find fault and promote perversion. We pray there is healing, repentence, forgiveness and righteousness in this sad Sesame Street situation.

On a happier note, cheers to Elmo with cheesecake pops on his birthday! Elmo loves you and so does God!

“This is what the Lord Almighty says: ‘Administer true justice; show mercy and compassion to one another.’” (Zechariah 7:9)

Recipe

Ingredients

  • Leftover cheesecake (such as our white chocolate cheesecake or 1 small cheesecake, like Sara Lee brand, thawed)
  • Red candy melts
  • Mini Oreo cookies
  • Chocolate tube frosting
  • White tube frosting
  • Mini chocolate chips
  • Orange tube frosting

Directions

In a large bowl, crumble the cheesecake, crust and all, and mash together with a spoon or spatula until well blended. Roll into 1 ½ inch balls. Place on a cookie sheet lined with waxed paper. Refrigerate for at least an hour.

Elmo Cheesecake Pops

In a microwave safe bowl or double boiler, melt the red candy and stir until smooth. Dip one end of a lollipop stick into the red candy melts and then stick halfway into a cheesecake ball. Stand the pops in a styrofoam base and refrigerate to set the candy melts.

Elmo Cheesecake Pops

Quickly dip and coat the cheesecake balls in the red candy melts to cover the surface. Put them back on the styrofoam base and refrigerate to set. Meanwhile, twist apart a mini Oreo cookie and scrape off the white filling with a knife. Cut the cookie in half to form Elmo’s mouth.

Elmo Cheesecake Pops

Use chocolate frosting from the tube to “glue” the mouth to a cheesecake pop. Continue assembling the rest of the mouths, refrigerating frequently. Use white frosting from the tube to pipe two round eyes.

Elmo Cheesecake Pops

Place a mini chocolate chip into the eyeballs to make pupils. Pipe Elmo’s nose with the orange frosting from the tube. Refrigerate all to set. When ready to serve, place on a decorative lollipop or dessert stand.

Elmo Cheesecake Pops

Notes

  • Cheesecake tends to hold its shape better than brownie or cake pops.
  • Keep the cheesecake balls cool at all times so they are firm and do not slide down the lollipop stick (see our Food Flops for an example).
 

February 3, 2012

Elmo Cupcakes

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Elmo Cupcakes

Elmo Cupcakes

February 3: Elmo’s Birthday

Happy birthday to our favorite, fuzzy red monster from Sesame Street—Elmo! He is extremely popular with kids (and kids-at-heart like middle-aged Islander) and has a positive impact all over the world. To celebrate his birthday, we made simple but adorable chocolate cupcakes covered in red and orange frosting and decorated with vanilla candy wafers and an Oreo fudge creme cookie. We share these irresistably cute creations with co-workers and college students and they are always tickled at the sight of smiling edible Elmo cupcakes! Spread some smiles today and give the gift of an Elmo cupcake on his birthday.

Recipe

Ingredients

  • Cupcakes, baked and cooled
  • Red frosting (for Elmo’s fur)
  • Oreo fudge creme cookies (for Elmo’s mouth)
  • Vanilla candy wafers or melts (for Elmo’s eyes)
  • Black tube frosting (for Elmo’s pupils)
  • Orange tube frosting (for Elmo’s nose)

Directions

Bake and cool cupcakes. Stir the red frosting to a spreadable consistency. Use the “grass” tip to pipe in Elmo’s fur. Begin piping the frosting on the outer edges of the cupcake and generously finish filling in the middle.

Elmo Cupcakes

Cut the Oreo fudge creme cookies in half. Place a piece on top of the cupcake. Pipe around the edges to cover any cookie seams.

Elmo Cupcakes

Prepare Elmo’s eyes by matching pairs of vanilla candy wafers. Use the black tube frosting with a small round tip to pipe in the pupils. Position the eyes on the cupcake above the cookie mouth.

Elmo Cupcakes

Use the orange tube frosting with a large round tip to pipe in the nose. Complete the rest of the Elmo cupcakes in the same technique.

Elmo Cupcakes

Notes

  • Use your favorite flavor cupcakes. We recommend a red velvet or chocolate cupcake recipe from our previous blog posts. Bake them in red cupcake papers or Elmo-themed liners.
  • We used CK brand tub of red frosting since the Wilton brand has been discontinued. The latter yields a more vibrant and brighter red color. Pre-made frostings are not the best tasting but they are convenient for decorating a big batch of baked goods in color.
  • Substitute blue frosting, eliminate the orange nose and mix up the eyeballs to make Cookie Monster cupcakes. We used a “star” instead of “grass” tip to make a similar version of Cookie Monster cupcakes on November 2, which is Cookie Monster’s birthday.
  • For a baking challenge, make Elmo macarons for his birthday! Check out our MacAttack post for decorating techniques.
  • See more Elmo cake and cupcake decorating ideas on the Elmo Cake website.
 

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