Tigger Tails - not chocolate dipped

I was determined to have "Tigger Tails" at my daughter's birthday.  If you've been to Disneyland you've probably seen them.  They're marshmallows dipped in orange chocolate with a Tigger zig zag.

Well, I've tried the chocolate covered mashmallows and to me they are just way too sweet.  So...I looked up if there was a way just to dye the Marshmallows...and there was!

So I googled and I used this as a reference:

http://www.dashrecipes.com/blogs/dashboard/2012/06/29-how-to-dye-marshmallows.html

I made my dye really dark though.  That was by accident.  It almost looked like it was on the verge of red.  My husband told me to try a batch and it worked, I just didn't have to submerge it as long.

 

 I used the short lollipop/cake pop sticks instead of skewers.  I didn't want kids poking themselves.  I dipped 3 marshmallows.  The stick became orange as well, but I was okay with that and honestly, I just didn't have time to dye the marshmallows before putting them on the stick.

I then used melted chocolate and piped it through a ziploc bag.  I didn't do this for a few hours though.  I let the marshmallows dry in the refrigerator for about 4-5 hours.  I piped the chocolate on and then put them back in the fridge to make sure it hardened faster. 

The final part came when I took the foldable sandwich bags and cut the side that was folded...put them in and tied ribbon around it.  And that was it.  I actually got a lot of compliments on it.  Some people didn't know what it was exactly but just said "this is good."

Tigger, Piglet, and Eeyore themed cupcakes

Someone once told me...Keep it simple stupid...

I wasn't planning on fully decorating the cupcakes.  It just happened.  I was just going to put plain white cream cheese frosting with some Winnie the Pooh picks.  You know, a picture of the Winnie the Pooh that's on a stick/toothpick and you shove it in the cupcake?

Well I didn't end up doing that...I ended up doing this...

Eeyore's Tail Cupcake

Tigger's Tail Cupcake

Piglet's Body Cupcake

My husband accidentally dyed the one of the frosting batches orange.  He was trying to make a honey gold for my daughter's smash cake.  I told him I would use whatever he "messed up" on for the cupcakes because I didn't care about the color of the icing.  It just so happen that I had leftover chocolate in a ziploc bag that I "tubed" out for the marshmallow dyed tigger tails...so I got the bright idea to do Tigger on the cupcakes.  Then i couldn't help but do Piglet so I added a little bit of red food coloring to white frosting...and you get the story right?

So there it is...my Winnie the Pooh Friends themed cupcake...

Honey Pot Centerpieces

These were orginally intended to be used as centerpieces for my daughter's first birthday.  It was so hot though that I couldn't leave them outside for fear of the chocolate melting.  Either way, our plan was to raffle off the centerpieces. You could also use this as the prices for games.

I bought a regular planters pot and put in the Styrofoam that is used to hold the fake flower and pants.  I also shredded some construction paper and used it as filler.  I used the really long lollipop sticks to hold up the candy bars.  You tape the stick to back (I used scotch packing tape).  My sister-in-law did the arrangement for me as I had my doctor appointment.  She did a great job.

After, I painted the honey pot.  I used white Acrylic paint as my primer so that the color that I did want to use would show.

Here is the after picture with the honey around the pot and the word "hunny" painted on.  Notice that the N's are backwards as well.  The next day I did stick a mylar Winnie The Pooh shaped balloon in the middle, but didn't get a picture of it.  Maybe someone from the birthday party has a picture of it.  Well anyways, people enjoyed the raffle because of the prize!  

Finished Woozle Pinata

So here is the finished Woozle Pinata finally for my daughters 1st birthday Winnie the Pooh birthday.  Here is a close-up of the face.  I did the eyes out of construction paper as well as the "stitches" on the Woozle.  I decided to not make the pinata "ruffle-y" and just do a smooth look.

This picture the stitching wasn't finished.  If you don't know what I mean by stitching, in the "Blustery Day" portion of "The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh" movie, the woozle looks like a stuffed animal in Pooh's nightmare, just alike all of them are...stuffed animals.

Here is a close-up of the top half, and yes we did make it "fly."   Not just drag it up and down hanging from a tree.

 And here is a view of the body.

Some people didn't appreciate this detail; but I find that the ones who truly know Winnie the Pooh and the stories (and not just a popular Disney Character) knew what it was and was glad I chose an "enemy" of Pooh Bear to use as a Pinata.  :)