HOWTO Make melted snowman cupcakes

Here's a nice little technique to make sad melted snowman cupcakes:

Pour a couple of cups of icing sugar (powdered sugar) into a bowl and stir in some cold water, a little at a time until you have a spreadable icing - don't make it too runny.
Spread onto the cupcake. Pop on the head and use a little of the icing to glue on the Smartie, hat and nose. Use the black icing tube for the eyes and buttons.

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Anonymous

What is the head made out of? Doesn’t say…..
Anonymous

What are the head, eyes, nose, etc., made of?
Anonymous

You could probably use a marshmallow for the head.
Anonymous

no no no..smarties are:
http://www.smarties.co.uk/home/
cinemajay

Thank you Lady Katey, I was wondering what those were! Smarties in the US are like compressed pills of pixie stick sugar. Not at all like M&Ms:

http://www.smarties.com/
Anonymous

Her recipe uses ready to roll icing (eg Regalice) for the head, shaped into a ball about the size of a cherry tomato. A marshmallow could work, but could you round off the standard cylinder-shaped American marshmallows?

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Pipenta

Those are delightful.
Raging Bender

Someone has to say it: It’s Frosting the Snowman!
Lady Katey

Adorable.

Obviously the British “Smartie”… which is like an American “M&M.”