Blue cupcakes w/edible candy LEGO heads

January 17th, 2011 by justJENN

This was for the Kid’s LEGO party, here.

This was one of the things the Kid was VERY specific about. There HAD to be cupcakes and they HAD to have yellow LEGO heads on them that he could eat. Okie dokie, then…tyrannical 7 year old on the loose…

ingredients:
blue cupcakes (recipe here)
frosting
1 (14 ounce) bag of yellow candy melts
black royal icing

First I made a batch of cupcakes, then dyed them blue. I didn’t want a dark LEGO blue, somehow that seemed even less appealing then these bright blue ones. Blue food just ain’t appetizing. Then I frosted them and went to work on the lego heads…

The Kid wanted me to use fondant, (yes my 7 year old is well versed in cake decorating) but I decided to go another route.

Since I had drawn with chocolate before, I thought I’d try out candy melts and form LEGO heads. I’m not really a fan of candy melts, I like to use more natural products myself, but I figured I’d give it a shot because the yellow melts were certainly…yellow.

Then I melted a bag of candy melts in a double boiler, just enough – I didn’t want it totally runny, I needed a thicker consistency to manage on the parchment. If I had LEGO molds like with the chocolate minifigs, life would be so much easier.

I printed out LEGO head images from the computer, then covered that print with parchment paper. Working quickly with a piping bag and #2 tip, I outlined the LEGO head, then filled in the rest.

Use a toothpick to even it out a bit, but don’t worry, these will be flipped. Just use the toothpick to try and get rid of any air bubbles.

Let set in the freezer, then flip them over and you have a nice tidy LEGO head!

For the face, I just freehanded the eyes and mouth with some black royal icing!

There you have it! Perfect little edible toppers for your LEGO party!