Red Hot Icing
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put a little kick on your cupcake
I first made this as a cookie sandwich filling. It is yummy on just about any dessert, though. Have fun with your red hots!
cooking information
- Yield: 5+ Cups of Icing
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Cooking Time: None
all ingredients
- 1 Cup Red Hot Candies
- 1 Large Container of Vanilla Frosting
- 2 Large Containers of Cream Cheese Frosting
recipe instruction
1. To your food processor, add your red hot candies. Blend until fine. (**This is a very loud process; do not be alarmed.)
2. To your stand mixer, add your cream cheese icing, vanilla icing, and fine red hot candies. Using the paddle attachment, blend together.
3. Place in an air-tight container and store until use.
cooking tips
- This is an amazingly fun twist on classic icing that can often be too sweet. It tastes great on cakes, cupcakes, and, in between whoopee pies. Make sure, though, to forewarn your guests that it might be a little spicy.
- Whenever I am playing with different flavors of icing I always use cream cheese as a base because it’s not too sweet, and then, a portion of the classic vanilla icing so there is sweet part without it tasting all like cream cheese.
- For this recipe I used red hots, but you can play with this concept. I’ve added orange juice and zest for orange icing, red wine reduction, and even fresh herbs to change the flavors. It’s amazingly easy and adds just a little bit of homemade to any box mix.
