The Valentine’s Day soap cupcakes looked good enough to eat. Add to that the fact that I scented mine with a yummy amaretto-like fragrance oil, which is my favorite flavor, and I just had to make an edible version.
To make these yumtastic goodies, you will need 2 boxes of Jello (I used cherry), a bag of jelly hearts, a can of whipped cream, silicone cupcake liners or foil cupcake papers, and optional cake sparkles to give it, well, sparkle!
Make the Jello according to the directions for Jigglers. Jigglers call for 4 boxes. I used 2 and halved the amount of water.
Pour the jello into the cupcake liners. If you use foil ones, leave the paper layer in. I tried it with the paper and without. It is much easier to remove the jello from the paper. I think it would be awesome to use the silicone cupcake liners, but I use mine for soap and I don’t have any that I use for food.
The way I filled mine yielded 7 Jello cupcakes.
Melt and pour soapers, resist the urge to spray with alcohol to remove the surface bubbles!
Refrigerate until fully set. It took one hour for mine.
You can leave the jello in the papers (as pictured above) or take them out (pictured below), before decorating. It’s up to you. If you want to remove the paper, first peel away the foil. Then, go around the top gently rubbing the jello away from the paper. Once you loosen the top all the way around, you can just peel off the paper and it should come off fine.
Top with whipped cream and cake sparkles, if desired. Place a jelly heart on top. Wait until just before serving to top, or the whipped cream will melt! If you want them to last longer, try Cool Whip, which holds its form better.
If you push a toothpick into the jelly heart, then push the other end into the jello, the heart will stand up better.
Jello and soap cupcake BFFs.
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