ALOHA LEI CUPCAKES

A Hawaiian luau is the ultimate beach bash. Tropical parties need necklaces of flowers—especially ones you can eat! Enjoy these tasty blooms, then hula until sunset.

INGREDIENTS

vanilla frosting

12 mini cupcakes

36 jellybeans

96 wafer candies in a variety of colors

18 green wafer candies

1. Frost the top of each cupcake.

2. Place three jellybeans in the center of each cupcake. Surround the jellybeans with four wafer candy petals. Then add four more petals behind the first ones.

3. With an adult’s help, gently drag a knife across the surfaces of the green wafers to score them. Don’t try to cut straight through the wafers or they will crack.

4. Break the green wafers in half along the scored line.

5. Tuck the green wafer pieces behind the petals to look like leaves.

6. Arrange the cupcakes on a platter to look like a lei.

Makes 12 flower cupcakes

~ A basket of blooms ~

You can also arrange these flower cupcakes in a basket. Cut a block of flower foam to fit tightly in a basket. Cover the foam with plastic wrap. Poke a lollipop stick into the foam. Place a cupcake on the stick to hold it in place. Repeat with more lollipop sticks and cupcakes until you have a bunch of beautiful blooms.