Ugly Christmas Sweater Ornaments Using Melted Peppermints!

 We are 2 days out from Christmas, but I thought you might have time to squeeze in a couple more peppermint ornaments.

Ugly Christmas Sweater Ornaments!

Just in time for your Ugly Christmas Sweater Party..well..maybe!

These are super simple to make, because we are using store-bought, ready-made cupcake toppers!

You might remember the Peppermint Stockings I made a couple of years ago.

Or maybe the Peppermint Mittens or Peppermint Mini Mug Gingerbread House. If you want a super easy and quick craft with no time for cutters, here are my Peppermint Christmas Tree Lollipops!

Christmas begins with Christ and I love our family's tradition of reading the Christmas Story on Christmas Eve night.

Luke 2:11 "For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord....."

Wishing you all a very Blessed Christmas!

 My brother's family had ugly Christmas sweater photos made last year for their annual Christmas card! 

It was adorable and ugly all at the same time. 

I have a whole year to plan ours!

 I am using both red and green for my ornaments.

 I found all my cupcake toppers at Michaels and Walmart.

 Christmasy green..

 and Christmasy red..

 In addition to the toppers, I used a variety of sprinkles. Also, not pictured, I used red Disco Dust and attached all decorations with corn syrup.

Ahh, so lovely! You can get your own top quality sweater cutter here at Copper Gifts.

Liberally spray cookie cutter and #10 decorating tip with cooking spray.

Heat oven to 325 degrees. You will melt peppermints for about 10 minutes.

Place candies on parchment lined baking pan. I like to stagger my candies just as you would with bricks. 

The finished look is so pretty.

I determine the placement of and how many candies I need by the size and shape of my cutter.

Bake at 325 degrees for 10 minutes or until they look as pictured in photo.

Immediately upon removing from oven, firmly press cookie cutter and decorating tip into melted candy. 

Wait 3-4 minutes, (be careful as this is still fairly warm) and press cutters completely through. Break off the outer candies and remove cutters. Lay back down onto pan and let cool.

So many decorating possibilities with these cuties..oops, uglies!

Attach candies with corn syrup or royal icing.

I am so loving this elfie sweater!

Let's make a red one..

Now this is what I'm talkin' about! 

UGLY!

I painted on some corn syrup and sprinkled on red Disco Dust for the cuffs and collar.

LOVE!

 Hey Santa!

 Wouldn't you love to have these little guys hanging around!

That's it!

MERRY CHRISTMAS FROM
SUGARTOWN SWEETS!

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Mickey Mouse Santa Belt Ornaments

 We are eight days out from Christmas and hubby has no gifts for me under the tree. 

That is sooo okay with me because my present this year can't be wrapped. We are going to Disney World!

My favorite holiday is Christmas and the two places we love best this time of year are 

Disney World and New York City.

Mickey Mouse..here we come! 

 Liberally spray cutters with non-stick spray.

 Place Starlight peppermint candies on parchment lined baking sheet.

 Place pan in 325 degree oven for 10 minutes.

 Roll out red fondant and use cutters to make belt buckle. Coat with disco dust. Let dry.

 I also attached a couple of silver dragees for Santa's buttons and tied on some cute
 Christmas ribbon for hanging.

 HO HO HO!

Merry Christmas From

Sugartown Sweets

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Melted Peppermint Ornaments~Mittens!

 Melted Peppermint Ornaments!
Remember the Peppermint Stocking Ornaments I made last year..well you just gotta have some mittens to go with! So here they are..sweet and easy of course. The Christmas season is my favorite and I'm so excited that we are getting our tree next weekend..earlier than ever before. Whoo hoo! I'll wait to say Merry Christmas until we've had my next favorite holiday..Thanksgiving. *wink*

Pretty Red Starlight Mints..I had to go to five stores to find these. It's that crafty peppermint time of year! 

I found these at the Dollar Tree. They melted up perfectly!

It should be fairly easy to find a mitten cookie cutter..I bought mine in a set last year at Michael's craft store. I also used a Wilton #10 decorator tip.

Using your cookie cutter as a guide will help you determine how many, and where to position your candies. Parchment paper is my liner of choice. 

Place pan in your pre-heated oven.

At the 10 minute mark (or when they look like the candy in the photo) remove from oven and firmly press cutters into melted candies. 

Around the 3-4 minute mark, (though still fairly warm) you should be able to remove candy from cutters. Gently press and twist tip through and remove. Now pick up the candy piece and gently press cutter completely through. Lay the piece back on pan to finish cooling.

Unless you have left and right mitten cutters, you can try my method. I used the dull side of cutter to cut candy. I then used one hand to hold it down on pan while using my other hand to lift up and break candy from the outside. Does that make sense? I hope so!

You'll need these...

..a fondant roller and candy sprinkles to decorate your mittens.

Follow photo below to get that nice finished edge on cuff.

Follow photo instructions below. While the peppermints aren't necessarily sticky, the natural tack of the candy and fondant stick together nicely on their own.

**Warm Candy Mittens**

I used these yummy Twizzlers for the mitten "strings". Just pull off a string and tie onto ornament.

Attach candy sprinkles with a dab of corn syrup.

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