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Back to School: An Apple for Teacher

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In case you missed it: Here is the {Candy} Apple cupcake I posted over at Someday Crafts.

The inspiration for this project came from OohlalaCandy.com, they make cute candy cupcakes, including an Apple for back to school. I saw it, loved it, and knew I could make it!

Here is what we are making:

Here is what you need:

  • Red Jelly beans or red candy. I paid way too much for Jelly Belly’s at the mall. Joanns has solid packs of M&Ms for 5.99 then you could use a coupon. However, the Jelly Belly’s are apple flavored so that is a plus
  • Cupcake liners or I used some ramekins from Dollar Tree. Three for $1.
  • Plastic wrap or shrink wrap
  • Skewers or toothpicks
  • Ribbon for a leaf (or a silk flower leaf)
  • Candy straws – also from Dollar Tree
Step 1. Layout some plastic wrap on something with sides. This will catch any candies that try to escape.

Step 2: Pour your candy in the center of the plastic wrap. 3/4 of a pound of jellybeans got me 2 apples worth.

Step 3. Bring all four corners of the plastic wrap up and twist. It will form a ball.

Step 4. Form your ball how you want it and get the plastic pulled pretty tight. You want it to look shrink wrapped or as close to it as you can.

Step 5. Secure the ball with tape and snip off any extra plastic wrap.

Step 6: Put your jelly beans into your cupcake liner or ramekin.

Step 7. Cut a piece of ribbon 3-4″ long and singe or fray check both ends.

Step 8: Bring the “right” side of one end of the ribbon around and stack it on the right side of the other end to form a leaf shape.

Step 9: Cut a small slit in the end of your ribbon and put it on the skewer.

Step 10: Insert the skewer into your jellybeans and slide all the way down to the bottom of the cup.

Step 11: Trim your skewer and work the candy straw onto the skewer. It is easier if the skewer has a point to it, so cutting at an angle may be helpful.

You are done! I can’t wait for my 4 year old’s preschool teachers to get them on the first day of school!

Variation: I put a package of sour straws at the bottom of one of the apples. That helped it look a little fuller because I hadn’t split the jelly beans exactly even.

Other fun variations:

  • Use a pretzel stick for the stem instead of a candy straw.
  • Color the end of a lollipop brown and use the end of the stick as the straw. You would just put the lollipop upside down and insert the stick through the jellybeans.
If you decide to create some, I’d love to see them. Please send me an email to cuteasafoxcreations@gmail.com or upload them straight to my Facebook wall.

Recommended Reading:

Back to School Lollipop Treat for teacher Back to School Teacher Questionnaire Back to School ideas

Comments

  10. VERY cute! What teacher would love to get one of these?! I am going to have to give it a try!!

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  19. Super cute idea. Thanks for passing in on. Came from Skip to my Lou. I will definitely try to do this for my kiddos teacher.

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  32. I bought the stuff to make this tonight. I went to my local Dollar Tree and they didn’t have any of those cute red ramekins. I also looked all over Wal-mart for something. All I could find was some red cupcake liners. I hope they will hold up. How long ago did you get those ramekins? Maybe I could try another Dollar Tree. I also bought red M&M’s. I’ll be sure and link up a picture once I make them. 🙂

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  36. I am headed out to my Dollar Tree today to see if I can find some of those cute Ramekins! I like the M&M idea and might have to make one of those for my kids teachers for the first day of school!

    Thanks for sharing it on Show and Tell Saturday!

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  39. these are so curte I love them I am sure my daughter who is an apple lover would want them just for her but can only imagine how the teacher and student feels when these are presented i am sure it is a proud moment

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  48. I made these a couple of nights ago for my son to bring to his pre-k teachers this morning. They absolutely loved them and I liked that I was able to include my son in crafting them. You can see my version on my blog (along with a link back to this post) here: http://juanshappywife.blogspot.com/2012/09/craft-tutorial-candy-apple-for-teacher.html. Thank you for sharing.

    The Happy Wife/Danielle Garcia
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