After seeing these cute peppermint trays we featured by Tutto Bella, I wanted to find a way to make it a stand (I have a big obsession with anything on a stand and collect cake stands). Candy canes make the perfect holder! You can make these cute peppermint cupcake stands with just a few simple items! Set them on dessert tables or serve your holiday dessert on its own unique little cupcake stand!
WHAT YOU’LL NEED
4 regular candy canes
Christmas ribbon
4-inch cookie cutter
peppermint candies (unwrapped)
WHAT TO DO
1. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper and preheat oven to 300 degrees F.
2. Spray the inside of your cookie cutter with cooking spray and set on parchment paper.
3. Fill the cutter with peppermints. Bake for 6-8 minutes (as it starts to melt, it goes fast so watch carefully).
4. Let cool several minutes then carefully push out of cutter.
5. Use adhesive glue, hot glue, and tape to hold candy canes together. We used a bit of tape around the top and it barely showed. Tie holiday ribbon around the candy canes.
6. Use a drop of hot glue to adhere the round disk to the candy cane stand. Enjoy!
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love it!
Thanks Carrie!!
You are a genius. Just too too cute. Thanks so much for sharing. This is my first few days on Pinterest and I’m addicted.
This is so cute!! Do you think you could make the stand any bigger or would it be too heavy for the candy canes?
Hi Erin! I think it would be too heavy for the candy canes UNLESS you find those big candy canes that are more specialty-type. Other than THAT…you could also make 3 of the candy cane “stands” THEN put a larger round peppermint tray on top, that way it has more support. :)
What a great idea!
Adorable, what a great idea!
Happy Holidays Courtney!!!
Love this…making one now!
Just finished making this, so cool!
Such a lovely idea, but you could use hot sugar syrup to fix everything together and then it would be edible. I hate to waste food. You could secure the candy canes with a ribbon as shown. Merry Christmas
I’m grateful for such a great idea, mayhaps you should not seek to improve but be appreciative that it was a great idea that she shared!
Thanks Nicola for the neat idea and thank Raechef1 for the sweet appreciation. I’m glad so many people enjoyed it! Happy Holidays!
You’re so creative! That cupcake looks delish!
Awesome idea! Looking forward to trying. Where did you get your peppermint candies?
This has to be the cutest cupcake stand ever! I have to try this Thanks!
Squeee! Just love this! :)
What brand of peppermint candies did you use for this project? The pictured mints do not look like the Brach’s Star Brites Peppermint Starlight Mints described in your peppermint trays tutorial. Fabulous idea!