How to Make Candy Decorations

The very sight of chocolate sauce dripping over cakes, studded with chocolate chips and candy faces trigger the urge to grab them at once. Then you sink your teeth into the soft cake and the taste lingers on. It's actually what chocolate lovers do. Candy decorations are also a way to garnish cakes, brownies, pancakes, pies, donuts and waffles. Owing to its tempting appeal, such decorations are usually seen during kids' birthday parties and baby shower ceremonies. If you are still wondering how to make candy decorations, then this article will be the perfect guide for you. Take a look.

How to Make Candy Decorations for Cakes

The mold required to make candies are available in a variety of forms. The designs depend on the theme of the party. For examples, smiling faces are perfect for joyous ceremonies while a gloomy candy is ideal for retirement or farewell parties. Therefore, try improvising with the candy molds once the basic technique of making candy decoration is clear to you. The steps are simple. Here we go.

Step 1
Arrange the ingredients for making the candy mold. This includes candy melt gels or powders and food coloring agents. You will also require a big spoon, rubber spatula and a double broiler candy mold. Some easy to mold candy decoration ideas are explained below.

Step 2
Pick up the best quality candy molt from a local craft store. The discs of cocoa butter are actually melts of candies and they are available in many colorful designs. The best option for colorful candy melts are gel and power. The coloring will not mix unless the candy has melted smoothly.

Step 3
The candy is first melted on the top of the double broiler by constantly stirring with a rubber spatula. Keep the heat low to get a creamy consistency. The top of the broiler is kept in hot water. Add the coloring agent in the hot candy and mix thoroughly. It should not be added if the candy has solidified.

Step 4
Now place the broiler on the table and pour the melted chocolate on the molts. Air bubble formation is avoided by tapping both sides of the mold. The top of the melt is smoothened with the spatula so that the desired shape is attained after the candy is taken out from the molts.

Step 5
Now place the molts separately inside the freezer. The candies can also be cooled in room temperature if there's no sufficient room inside the freezer. Place each molts for 10-15 minutes inside the freezer so that they come out with ease. You can pop the candies out from the molts. You can experiment with many more such cake decorating ideas.

This was the general technique for making candies. You can make candy icicles with simple ingredients as well. Candy canes are much-loved by people during the Christmas, Halloween and other festive seasons. So how to do you make candy cane decorations? Catch a glimpse.

• Fill a cookie sheet with a thick coat of powdered sugar.
• In one cup of water, mix granulated sugar (1 cup) and corn syrup (1 cup).
• Check the temperature while cooking the mixture over a medium heat.
• Add 2-3 drops of food coloring agent along with ½ teaspoon of peppermint oil to the boiling mixture. Stir constantly.
• Now pour the molten caramel over the cookie sheets in the form of thin strips (6-8 inches).
• Cool a little so that you can roll the candy like a rope.
• Twist the stuff and hook on the top and then place it on a cookie sheet for hardening.

You can now wrap the candy canes with colorful and attractive plastic wraps. Decorate with a curling ribbon and hang like a wreath. Candy cane gifts are prepared as decorative pieces over cakes or they are simple hung, adding a tempting feel to the ambiance. Shrink dink candy cane, faced-candy steaks, candy icicles, etc., are some improvisations of the basic technique. Make yummy delicacies and celebrate the festive season with pomp and joy.