Zoo Crew Sets Sail Candy Boats

Name: Zoo Crew Sets Sail Candy Boats
Prep time: 1 h 15 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 1 h 45 min
Ingredients: to taste white candy melts (for making the hull); to taste orange candy color (to dye part of the white candy orange); to taste purple candy color (to dye part of the white candy purple); to taste green candy color (to dye part of the white candy green); to taste yellow candy color (to dye part of the white candy yellow); 4 oz white ready-to-use fondant (add 1/2 tsp Gum-Tex); to taste royal icing (see page 118) (for assembly and decoration); to taste crispy rice cereal treats (to fill the hull); 1 dessert shell candy mold (for making boat shapes); a few jungle buddies fun cutouts (insert into candy boats)

This Ark-shaped candy ship is decorated with small colorful fondant houses and animal standees, making it perfect for a first birthday celebration.

1h 45m

Easy

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Ingredients

white candy melts (for making the hull) to taste

orange candy color (to dye part of the white candy orange) to taste

purple candy color (to dye part of the white candy purple) to taste

green candy color (to dye part of the white candy green) to taste

yellow candy color (to dye part of the white candy yellow) to taste

white ready-to-use fondant (add 1/2 tsp Gum-Tex) 4 oz

royal icing (see page 118) (for assembly and decoration) to taste

crispy rice cereal treats (to fill the hull) to taste

dessert shell candy mold (for making boat shapes) 1

jungle buddies fun cutouts (insert into candy boats) a few

Instructions

Prepare the fondant cabins in advance

Add 1/2 tsp Gum-Tex to 4 oz of fondant. Tint 1 oz of fondant orange, purple, yellow, and green respectively; roll out to 1/8 inch thick. Use templates to cut cabins, roofs, and easels in each color. Tint royal icing to match the fondant colors; use icing to attach roofs to the different colored cabins, leaving a 1/4 inch overlap; use a #3 piping tip to pipe e-motion details. Let dry. Attach the easel to the back and let dry on a cornstarch-dusted cake board.

Make the candy boat hull

Tint melted white candy orange, purple, yellow, and green to match the fondant. Follow the mold instructions to make dessert shell boat shapes. Refrigerate until set; unmold and trim edges. Place the boat shells into the outer mold; fill with the rice cereal treat mixture to just below the top. Seal with melted candy and smooth the top. Refrigerate until set; unmold.

Assemble the candy boat

Use melted candy to attach the cabins to the boat. Use a craft knife to poke small holes in the candy for placing animals. Insert the jungle buddies cutouts, trimming if needed. Each boat serves 1.