They’re The Bee’s Knees!

They’re The Bee’s Knees!

There isn’t a whole lot of (good tasting) Gluten Free goodies out there, and even less that can be decorated to fit a party theme. Fondant is the perfect medium for turning Rice Krispie Treats into a decorated party treat. I used home made Marshmallow Fondant on these Bumble Bee Treats.

Bumble Bee Treats

What You Need:

1 recipe Marshmallow Fondant

1 recipe Rice Krispie Treats

Yellow Gel food coloring

Brown Gel food Coloring*

Egg shape cookie cutter

Heart Shape cookie cutter

Wilton Candy Eyes (I found mine at Walmart)

Knife

Rolling Pin

Powdered Sugar

*I have found Marshmallow fondant doesn’t hold very dark colors well; the fondant gets very tacky so I went with a brown instead on traditional black. If you want to use black I would suggest buying pre-made colored fondant.

• Remove your Rice Krispie Treats from the pan onto the counter. Use your egg shape cutter to cut out the base of the bees.

cut the krispies with a egg cutter

• Use the scrapes by pushing them into the cutter with your fingers until it is full to create more bee shaped treats
• Set your bee bases to the side
• Divide your fondant into 3 parts (1/2 and two ¼ parts)
• Color the largest fondant section yellow.
• Color a smaller fondant section brown
• Leave the last section white

Bodies

•  Roll out your yellow on a surface dusted with powdered sugar
• Using the same egg shaped cutter, cut out as many egg shapes as you need for your bee bases

Use the egg cutter on rolled out yellow fondant for the bee bodies

•  Using a small brush, lightly “paint” water across the back of a egg shaped fondant piece
•  Place the damp side down onto the rice krispie bee base
• Repeat until all your bees are covered in yellow fondant

Stripes

•  Roll out the brown fondant on a surface dusted with powdered sugar
• Using the same egg shaped cutter, cut out as many egg shapes as you have bees

use the egg cutter on the brown fondant

• Stack your brown fondant egg shapes

stack your brown egg shapes

•  Using a sharp knife slice your brown egg shapes to create a head, stripes and butt section. (You will discard two brown stripes)

cut your head, butt and stripes out of the brown fondant

•   Using a small brush, lightly “paint” water across the back of a head, butt and stripe section for each bee and attach them to the yellow fondant coved base
• Repeat until all your bees are striped with brown fondant

Wings

• Roll out the white fondant on a surface dusted with powdered sugar

cut out heart shapes from the white fondant

• Using a heart shaped cutter, cut out as many hearts as you have bees
• Using a sharp knife slice your heart in half (depending on how large your heart cutter is, you may end up needing to trim down your wings along the center edge. I cut a additional ½ inch out of the middle of the heart shape to get the look I wanted)

use knife to cut heart shapes in half

•  Using a small brush, lightly “paint” water across the back of the wings and attach them small points centered underneath the head
•    Repeat until all your bees have wings

steps sequence

Use a paper towel to brush any excess powdered sugar from the fondant after they are assembled

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