• white fondant
• red fondant
• dark ivory fondant
• royal icing
• buttercream icing
• crushed peppermint
• gingerbread boy cutter
• clay extruder
• tip #12
• tip #1A
• standard size cupcakes
• edible glue
• pastry bags
• black food coloring

Accents shoud be made several days ahead of time and may be made up to a month or two ahead.

Sucker cupcakes - feed a fondant extruder, fitted with a round opening, with a thin snake of red rolled fondant and a fat snake of white rolled fondant. Twist the fed rope to form a candy sucker. Create the sucker stick with dark ivory rolled fondant. Attach the stick to the sucker using edible glue. Ice cupcake with buttercream icing using tip #1A. Roll edges in crushed peppermint.

Gingerbread boy cupcakes - cut gingerbread boy using a gingerbread boy cookie cutter and dark ivory rolled fondant. Cut the button using tip #12 and red rolled fondant. Pipe details with royal icing. Ice cupcake with buttercream icing usingtip #1A. Roll edges in crushed peppermint.< /p>