Mini Tropical Drink Cupcake Toppers
Mini Tropical Drink Cupcake Toppers: Make edible tropical cupcake toppers and add some fun to your party cupcakes! These adorable toppers are easy to make and will add something special to. Perfect for a luau, pool party or beach theme party. There are TWO styles to choose from. Which ever way you choose, all the ingredients are easy to find at your grocery store.
How to Make Mini Tropical Drink Cupcake Topper Without Pineapple Wedge
- INGREDIENTS (full printable instructions below)
- malted candy balls (Whoppers)
- white candy melts
- licorice bites (cut into small strips and then in half
- flow shaped sprinkles
- green sprinkles
- DIRECTIONS
- Cut a small portion of the top of a malted candy off (I used a serrated knife).
- Spoon a small dollop of melted chocolate on the top of the cut malted ball. Add the licorice straw, flower sprinkles and green sprinkles.
How to Make Mini Tropical Drink Cupcake Topper With Pineapple Wedge
- INGREDIENTS (full printable instructions below)
- malted candy balls (Whoppers)
- white candy melts
- twizzlers pull and peel
- white nonpareils (sprinkles)
- flower shaped sprinkles
- yellow candy melts
- red ball shaped sprinkles
- DIRECTIONS
- Cut a small portion of the top of a malted candy off.
- Pull licorice into straws and then cut into little quarter inch pieces.
- Cut yellow candy melts into small wedges.
- Dip the top of the malt ball into melted white candy and then into the white nonpareils. While candy is still soft insert a tiny little piece of the licorice. Hold in place a few seconds until the melted candy takes hold of the licorice.
- Dip yellow candy melt wedges (pineapple) into melted white candy, place on top of the nonpareils. Using tweezers; dip red round sprinkle (cherry) into the melted candy and place in front of the yellow wedge.
Mini Tropical Drink Cupcake Toppers
Yield:
AS MANY AS YOU NEED
Make edible cupcake toppers perfect for your summer parties!
Materials
For the Topper WITHOUT a Pineapple Wedge:
- malted candy balls (Whoppers)
- white candy melts
- licorice bites (cut into small strips and then in half)
- flower shaped sprinkles
- green sprinkles
For the Topper WITH a Pineapple Wedge:
- malted candy balls (Whoppers)
- white candy melts
- Twizzlers Pull and Peel
- white nonpareils (sprinkles)
- flow shaped sprinkles
- yellow candy melts
- red ball shaped sprinkles
Tools
- serrated knife
- tweezers
Instructions
Topper Without a Pineapple Wedge:
- Cut a small portion of the top of a malted candy off (I used a serrated knife).
- Spoon a small dollop of melted chocolate on the top of the cut malted ball. Add the licorice straw, flower sprinkles and green sprinkles.
Topper With a Pineapple Wedge:
- Cut a small portion of the top of a malted candy off.
- Pull licorice into straws and then cut into little quarter inch pieces.
- Cut yellow candy melts into small wedges.
- Dip the top of the malt ball into melted white candy and then into the white nonpareils. While candy is still soft insert a tiny little piece of the licorice. Hold in place a few seconds until the melted candy takes hold of the licorice.
- Dip yellow candy melt wedges (pineapple) into melted white candy, place on top of the nonpareils. Using tweezers; dip red round sprinkle (cherry) into the melted candy and place in front of the yellow wedge.
Notes
RED BALL SPRINKLES: These will most likely be included in a sprinkle mix. Mine came from a Christmas Holly Mix I found at Walmart.
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Those are SO creative, Sheryl!! How fun! Love the Tropical Mango Cupcakes too! 🙂
Simply adorable!! I love cupcake toppers, and these are some of the best I’ve seen!
Sheryl, these are just too darn cute for words! LOVE! Pinned, sharing and tweeted – have a fabulous Friday!
Those are so adorable Sheryl! I need to make these the next time I make some cocktail cupcakes. They would be perfect. 🙂
Thanks Lisa, that’s a great idea. 🙂
Super cute! I have never made my own cupcake toppers before, but now I’m wondering why not! They are adorable!
I have been racking my brain for the right topper to the cupcakes I am making for the annual St. Bernard school/church dinner auction. This years theme is luau and this topper will be perfect. I can’t wait to make it!! Thanks for the idea.
Yay Cynthia! I love these little cuties. 🙂
Where do you buy your extracts and molds?
Hi Donna, I found everything on Amazon. 🙂