Pansy Cupcakes Happy Spring

Ingredients: 3/4 cup(s) each pink, blue, yellow and purple candy melts* 3 cup(s) Vanilla Buttercream Frosting Green paste (icing) food color* 12 yellow cupcakes 1/4 cup(s) milk chocolate candy melts* Brown and yellow coated small candies (such as Hershey’s Chocolate Shoppe Sprinkles)

To decorate: 5 ziptop bags, small artist’s paintbrush, green cupcake liners

Place each color candy melt (except milk chocolate) in a separate ziptop bag. Line 2 baking sheets with wax paper. Working with 1 color at a time, heat in microwave on high about 1 minute until wafers melt. Cut a tiny tip off 1 bottom corner of bag and pipe about one hundred 3/4- to 1-in.-long

teardrop shapes onto a lined baking sheet (see photo, above). Repeat with each color. Refrigerate until needed. Spoon 1/2 cup frosting into a ziptop bag; set aside. Tint remaining frosting light green. Spread evenly on top of cupcakes. Peeling petals from wax paper as you go, arrange 6 or 7 flowers,

5 petals (flat side up) for each, on each cupcake. Melt chocolate candy melts in a small bowl in microwave. With paintbrush, paint chocolate on petals from center out. Snip a small corner from bag with white frosting and pipe a dab in center of each flower. Glue 3 small candies in center. Cut top of

green cupcake liners in a zigzag fashion; set decorated cupcake in each. *Available in stores selling party and cake decorating supplies. If you don't want to make the flowers they can be purchased already made.

**They have premade flowers available where baking goods are sold**