Sheep Cupcakes

I grew up on a farm and sheep are my favorite animal.  Unfortunately I’m not so good at making sheep out of icing. I started off with a cupcake rough iced to look like grass.

Then I covered an oreo truffle in white chocolate and placed it on the cupcake.
 
I’d had a long day and just wanted to be done with cupcakes (sometimes even I get to that point and I LOVE cupcakes), and so I was in a rush piping his legs.

As you can see his front right leg is a bit deformed, but other than that, he was quite a sweet little sheep.  I only had one truffle ball left, so I couldn’t redo his leg without messing up the grass on the cupcake, so I just left him as he was.

He looked fine from the other side with his funny leg obscured.  Once again I realized how many attempts the people who publish cake decorating books must have to make before they get the perfect cupcake design, I just don’t have the time to make 10 sheep and chose the best one.  I piped a ball of icing for his head and used a mini marshmallow cut in half for his ears and put some flowers around him.  The flowers are Wilton flower sprinkles I found at Joann and I piped a dot of icing in the center and put a white pearlized sprinkle in the middle.

Oreo Truffle Chicks

Make a batch of oreo truffles.  Roll the truffles into balls and leave in the freezer for at least 10-15 minutes.

Melt some yellow candy coating and dip the cold truffle balls into it.  I put them on a spoon and roll them round.  Because the truffles are cold the candy sets almost immediately.

Because chicks are fluffy the coating doesn’t need to be smooth, in fact it usually looks better if it’s a bit rough and ‘feathery’.

I tried three different looks to see which was cutest and I liked the third one best.

White eyes on a chick just look odd.

This little chick looked the best to me, but he really needed bigger wings.  I can’t find big heart sprinkles in any color other than pink, but maybe I’m not looking hard enough. He’ll probably be the tastiest chick you’ll eat.