Remember button candy? Here's how you can make these delightful, colorful peel-and-eat candies of your youth... at home in your own kitchen.
Candy Buttons
Recipe By Victoria Dwek
- Cook & Prep: 1 h
- Serving: 24
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Contains:
Ingredients (6)
Main ingredients
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Prepare Candy Buttons
Yields 50-60 strips.
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In the bowl of an electric mixer, beat the meringue powder and water until soft peaks form. Add the confectioners’ sugar and beat until stiff.
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Separate the icing into one bowl for each desired color and tint with gel food coloring. Add matching flavor extracts to each bowl and mix well (1/2 teaspoon if icing is divided in two, 1/4 teaspoon if icing is divided by four).
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Add icing into piping bags. For easy filling, insert the piping bag into a mason jar, and fold the top over the edges. Add icing to the bag with a spatula.
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Pipe dots onto copy paper and let harden overnight.
Tip:
Candy Button Flavors:
Orange Color—Orange Extract
Red or Pink Color—Cherry or Strawberry Extract
Yellow or Green Color—Lemon or Banana Extract
Blue Color—Raspberry Extract
White Color—Coconut Extract
Use vanilla extract as a default if you are missing extract for any flavor.
