Conversation Heart Cupcake Toppers

Conversation Heart Cupcake Toppers

Here is a Valentine's Day tutorial that I shared over at The 36th Avenue.

Do you follow Desirée's blog?

If not, you are missing out...it is fabulous!

Come make some Conversation Heart Cupcake Toppers with me!

You will need:

heart cookie cutter

wax paper

candy melts

red gel food coloring

a batch of cupcakes

frosting (you can buy it or use this buttercream recipe)

First, make a template by tracing your cookie cutter on a piece of paper.

Tape your template to a piece of cardboard or the back of a cookie sheet.

Tape a piece of wax paper over the template.

Next, put your candy melts in a bowl and microwave:
Cook for 30 seconds, stir, and repeat until they are completely melted.

(My green and purple candy melts were both darker than I wanted,

so I mixed them each with white candy melts to lighten the color.)

Put each color in a separate decorating bag, or in a ziploc with the corner snipped off.

Filling in the outline, pipe the candy melts on to your wax paper.

Put the hearts in the fridge for a few minutes to set up.

When the hearts have hardened, carefully peel them off the wax paper.

Tint a small amount of frosting red and put it in a decorating bag,

or you can just use a tube of red gel food coloring.

Write messages on the flat side of your hearts...

you can personalize them any way you like!

Frost your cupcakes and place a heart on top of each one.

Share the love and give them to your sweethearts!

Enjoy!