Stranger Things Candy Carton Assembly Food

STRANGER THINGS RING POP CAKES

Steps:

• WHAT YOU WILL NEED:.
• White cake, buttercream frosting, royal icing, shortbread, white candy melts, silver sugar beads, silver powder paint and unflavored vodka (to paint on the powder paint).
• WHITE CAKE:.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• In a large bowl, sift flours, baking powder, and salt. Set aside.
• In stand mixer, cream together butter and sugar. Once creamed, add egg whites.
• In a glass, whisk together vanilla and milk. Begin adding flour mixture to the butter, sugar and egg batter, alternating with the milk mixture, whisking just until incorporated.
• Mix until just combined, being careful not to over-mix.
• Pour batter into two buttered and floured 9-inch pans. Bake in preheated oven until a tester, inserted into the cake, comes out clean, about 30 minutes.
• Out of the oven, cool the pans for 10 minutes before removing from baking sheet. At which point, they should be covered and chilled until ready to use.
• BUTTERCREAM FROSTING:.
• In a stand mixer, beat room-temperature butter until fluffy.
• Add icing sugar one cup at a time. Then add whipping cream and salt and mix until combined.
• SHORTBREAD BASE:.
• Heat oven to 350 degrees F.
• In a stand mixer, cream butter and powdered sugar. Add vanilla and flour and mix until dough ball forms. Roll out and cut out circular shapes, ring holes and a thin pipe shapes (as shown in photos). Place them on parchment-lined baking sheet and bake 6-8 minutes until just golden brown.
• Once cooled, assemble using royal icing. (NOTE: I used a clean Dremel tool to perfect the edges and drill-out lock and key sections of my bases. Purchasing one to using only for baking has been a great investment.).
• ASSEMBLY:.
• Remove chilled cakes from fridge. Using a serrated blade, remove every edge and brown section, leaving only the fluffy white cake interior.
• Crumb into bowl and mix in buttercream frosting. From into 2-3 inch balls and freeze on a parchment-lined sheet.
• Once frozen, take out one at a time. Using a sharp blade, slice into a ring pop diamond form and set back into freezer.
• Melt white candy melts and insert a sharpened wooden dowel into the end base of the diamond cake ball and dip it into the melted candy melts. Tap gently until all excess has dripped off and have a toothpick handy to pierce any air bubbles.
• Stick base of wooden dowel in a foam carton so the diamond won't be disturbed.
• Once set, remove from wooden dowel. Using a little melting chocolate, adhere it to the shortbread cookie base. Once set and firm, chill for another 10 minutes and decorate with royal icing, sugar beads and silver powder paint.
• (NOTE: I worked with each one at a time and kept whatever I wasn't working on in the fridge for ensured rigidity of the diamond.).

STRANGER THINGS DODECA-DEMON COOKIES

Steps:

• CHOCOLATE CRUNCH COOKIE:.
• Heat oven to 375.
• Cream butter and brown sugar in a stand mixer. Add molasses, salt, cocoa powder, and egg. Beat until thoroughly mixed and slowly add flour. Mix until a dough ball forms. Remove the dough from the mixing bowl, and roll out 1/8 inch thickness on floured cutting table.
• Using pentagon shape template, cut out as many shapes as you need (12 pentagons per cookie) and bake for 6-8 minutes.
• Once out of the oven, cover with parchment. Using a slightly smaller baking sheet, press down on cookies to ensure they are smooth.
• ROYAL ICING:.
• In a stand mixer, beat egg whites till frothy. Add sugar until desired consistency is reached.
• ASSEMBLY:.
• Once cookies have cooled, assemble halves using royal icing. (This part is hard so be patient. I printed out the pattern, cut it out, and taped the edges together and trimmed about a 8th inch off the bottom points. Then, I flipped it upside down and assembled cookies over it. Once set, I removed it. There may be an easier way to do it, but this method worked for me.).
• After your halves have set and dried, glue them together using royal icing. Once that sets, use a dremel tool to perfect the edges, carve out one of the faces for the teeth, and created grooves along all the edges.
• Decorate it with royal icing and use some gold powder paint to highlight the desired areas.

STRANGER THINGS CANDY CARTON ASSEMBLY

Steps:

• You'll need:.
• • 8 1/2 X 11" Photo Paper.
• • Glue stick.
• • Scissors.
• • Exacto Knife or Razor Blade.
• • Straight Edge or ruler.
• • Binder Clips.
• On a cutting board, cut out the carton pattern using the exacto knife. Write out the 'to and from' section now if you want to ensure your handwriting looks nice.
• Once the shape is cut perfectly, use the straight edge and the back of your blade to score your carton where the folds will take place. Once done, refold everything being careful not to dent any of the flat surfaces. Use the glue stick to first seal the side seam.
• Once dry and set, you can glue and fold in the top section. I used several binder clips to hold it in place until it was dry. Don't seal the bottom until you're ready to fill with candy. The better your pre-folds are done and the dryer that first seam attachment is set, the easier folding in the top will be.