Take a look at Martha's shark cupcakes:
Martha's folks simply use blue paper for the shark fins. I'm not a huge fan of putting non-edible things on cupcakes--it just doesn't seem right. I knew there had to be an alternative, and I found it just in time: fruit leather. How clever is that?!
Of course, the only kind they had at the store was apple, which explains why my shark fins are a weird brown/green color, but it totally works. Fruit leather is yummy, easy to cut and stayed put on the cupcakes. Blueberry, if they even make a blueberry fruit leather, would have been perfect. 
I got three fins out of one piece of fruit leather. Plus two yummy bites of scraps. Delicious!
Side note: honey-flavor teddy grahams dipped in coconut buttercream frosting are out of this world. While I was making the cupcakes, I ate about 20 teddies this way. If you have extra frosting, reach for the teddy grahams, or at least some graham crackers. It's a simple combination, but so so so good. Trust me on this.
Tomorrow, the easiest step of all: molding the chocolate shells. Seriously, I could do it in my sleep. And I probably have. In which case, I would have eaten them all, so there hasn't been any evidence of sleep-candy-making yet. Still, I'm fairly certain this has happened.
3 comments:
I'm pretty sure I've seen Grape Fruit Leather, but I think it was a different brand. That might be better?
I agree with Helen that I've seen grape fruit leather- i'm sure Kroger carries it. Another idea that might work is marzipan, which you can color however you want. Also very tasty. - L
Wow - I've never even heard of fruit leather! Thanks for teaching me something new.
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