Ingredients
- Bake or buy cupcakes
- Cake liners with designs
- Frosting
- Icing
- Sprinkles
- Candy
- Whatever you want for decoration
- Graham Crackers or Milaon cookies or wafer or nutter butters.
- Melted chocolate or candy melts or something similar
- Cookie sticks such as Pirouettes or hard pretzel sticks
Preparation
Step 1
BAKE (or buy…he he) your favorite cupcakes
Remember to chose your cake liners with your designs in mind as they will be visible on the bottom of the shoes.
DECORATE your cupcakes
You can use frosting, icing, sprinkles, candy, etc. Don’t be shy with food coloring!
PREPARE the shoe arches
For the shoe arches, you can use a number of different types of cookies/crackers. Some favorite options are: graham crackers, Milaon cookies, wafers, and nutter butters. Basically, you can use anything that can give you the desired oblong-like shape. Note: You may need to cut your chosen item into the necessary shape if you can’t find something that is already oblong.
DECORATE your arches
Cover one side of your arch with melted chocolate, candy melts, or something similar and set aside to dry (or place in the fridge to dry faster). Once dry, you can frost the edges, add sprinkles, candy, or anything else you fancy.
Time for the HEELS
Cookie sticks such as Pirouettes or hard pretzel sticks work really well for the heel but feel free to experiment with other options. Cut a diagonal angle on one end (for your arch to rest on).
ATTACH the Arch & Heel
Use a spoon or knife to gently create a small linear space on one edge of your cupcake. Remove a small piece of the cupcake to expose a small hole where you will insert the arch. Attach the arch by gently pressing it into your cupcake. Note: make sure to continue supporting the arch with your hand until the heel is attached. Next, dip the angled portion of your heel into left over melted chocolate or candy melts (re-heat if not still hot). Then gently stabilize the heel under the arch. NOTE: Do not touch them again until fully dried and stable to move.
Accessorize, Accessorize, Accessorize
Once fully dried & stable, you can accessorize your shoe cupcakes however you like! Let you imagine run!
Remember shoes come in pairs so we recommend decorating your cakes in pairs for best results. Enjoy!