12th Man Cupcakes

Well the Superbowl is over, it was a great game from the screaming and yelling in my living room last night. Living in Seattle it was a huge deal we made it there 2 years in a row! Me not being a football girl and a non bandwagon hopper it wasn't a big thing for me. BUT, the charity I work for Birthday Dreams had a 15 y/o homeless girl having a Seahawks themed party.  I made the 12th man treats for Cole's class on Friday and thought I could do that on top of a cupcake also!

WELL my first idea was to make a 12 and do the M&M cake (I made previously for this charity) done in the Seahawk colors!  BUT my order of M&Ms from Amazon arrived an hour before the game which of course was hours after the cake was due.  So I went to plan B Sunday AM.  I got up super early and made the treats and then cupcakes!

What you need:

Candy Melts - Dark Blue

Candy Melts - Green

Candy Melts - White

Vanilla Wafers - I used Minis

Food Writer Black

Rice Krispy Treats
Cupcakes (Chocolate Cupcakes were requested)
Frosting (I used my Sturdy Buttercream)

I used the mini wafers again since they needed to fit on cupcakes. I made a double batch of rice krispy treats,I cut them into rectangles to be the bodies. I melted my Candy Melts and dipped the treats, just about 2/3 of the treat. I used my fondant spreader to make the chocolate smooth for the shirts. I took a food writer and make the face on the mini wafers. I melted some white candy melts and made the 12 on the blue and green to be the shirts. The second time I made them I used a piping bag with my small top to write the 12 it was a lot cleaner this time. I then put a dollop of white chocolate on the un-dipped part of the treat to attach the face. I made a few Flags and square's with the 12 on it too.

I frosted my cupcakes and added the 12th men and flags to them and loaded them up into a clear cupcake containers (I bought mine on Amazon).  I love these containers they make it so easy to deliver cupcakes. They stay nice without being destroyed in the travel.

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12th Man Rice Krispy Treats

Since we live in Washington this Superbowl is a special one. My oldest son's teacher is a HUGE fan.  She took a picture of her class all dressed up and was on Website of the local News Station. So I wanted to do something fun for her class room, I was going to make this for my youngest son's class too but he was sick so I only had to make enough for one class room. I wanted a deep blue but Micheal's was out so I had to tint a light blue, it made the chocolate a little hard to manage. I found this idea for 12th Man on Party Pincing.

**Updated with better pictures from my 2nd time making them **

What you need:

Candy Melts - Dark Blue

Candy Melts - Green

Candy Melts - White

Vanilla Wafers - I used Minis

Food Writer Black

Rice Krispy Treats

I used the mini wafers since I was going to have to make 60 of these for the two classes and wanted to stretch my rice krispy treats I made. I cut them into rectangles to be the bodies. I melted my Candy Melts and dipped the treats, just about 2/3 of the treat.  I took a food writer and made the face. I melted some white candy melts and made the 12 on the blue and green to be the shirts. I then put a dollop on the un-dipped part of the treat to attach the face.  I found when I did the green I used my fondant spreader knife and they turned out a little cleaner. Lesson learned for next time!

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Featured Recipe ... SeaHawk Cupcake

A BIG thank you to Laura from I'm Not a Trophy Wife for featuring me on Friday Favorites #87. Even though she is Bronco country she featured my cupcakes ... lol she cracked me up LOVE her!  I'm so not a football fan even though they won the superbowl last time, I didn't hop on the band wagon.  But hubs filled me in ... lol.

I made these SeaHawk cupcakes for the charity I work for Birthday Dreams (bringing birthday's to homeless kids).  

Have a great weekend!

Birthday Dreams ... SeaHawk Cupcakes

Next cupcake I signed up for was a SeaHawk's themed party.  For non football people like me the SeaHawk's is a football team here in Seattle that won the SuperBowl.  I just love this charity Birthday Dreams (bringing birthday's to homeless kids). 

Modeling Chocolate

12oz Candy Melts

1/4 Cup light corn Syrup

Melt your Candy Melts in microwave (mine takes about 2 minutes). Stir them to become smooth and add the corn syrup.  It will become thick and form a ball.  Wrap in plastic wrap and let it sit out and dry.  Takes a few hours or over night is best. (Alexis note: I found to roll this out use a little powder sugar (like you would do with flour), also you have to kneed it a little like you would dough to make it easy to roll out).

What you Need:

Frosted Cupcakes (I use my Sturdy Buttercream Frosting)

White Modeling Chocolate

Brown Modeling Chocolate

Black Modeling Chocolate

Blue Modeling Chocolate
Green Modeling Chocolate
Football Cutter
Circle Cutter
Number Mold

Cut a circle with a circle cutter Blue and Green.  On the Blue I added the Number 12 (Seattle Fans are known as the 12th man). On the Green I added SEA for Seattle.  I cut out brown footballs and added white for the laces.  This was on of the quickest cupcakes I've done so far.  I love that they are simple but fit perfect with the SeaHawk themes.

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