TULIP CUPCAKES

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Provided by Food Network

Categories dessert

Time 45m

Yield 12 cupcakes

Number Of Ingredients 6

1 cup white candy melts
1 12-ounce bag pink candy melts
1/2 cup vanilla frosting
Yellow food coloring
12 cupcakes with vanilla frosting
Yellow and black licorice sticks (from a bag of bridge mix)

Steps:

Melt the white and pink candy melts separately. Arrange 12 plastic spoons facedown on a cutting board. Put the white candy melts in a resealable plastic bag, snip a corner and pipe short lines on the tip of each spoon.
Dip the back of the spoons in the pink candy melts to cover; freeze until set, 5 minutes. Carefully pop off the petals and use the spoons to make more. (You'll need 6 to 8 petals per cupcake.)
Tint the 1/2 cup vanilla frosting yellow with food coloring. Pipe a small amount on each cupcake in the center, then insert the licorice sticks. Arrange the candy petals around the yellow frosting.