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Kids will love helping to make this edible mini menorah as a centerpiece for Hanukkah!

Ingredients
10 mini powdered donuts

1 (16-oz) can vanilla frosting

Blue food coloring

Silver dragées

9 blue candy canes

9 mini yellow mint chips

Blue jelly beans


Directions
1.    Stir a few drops of blue food coloring into the can of vanilla frosting until incorporated and the desired blue color is achieved.
2.    Using a knife to spread or a 1M swirl decorating tip, frost the tops of 9 donuts (leave one unfrosted). Use frosting to attach one frosted donut to the top of the unfrosted donut; place in the center of the platter.
3.    Place 4 donuts on each side of the middle donut.
4.    Top with silver dragées (sprinkle candies).
5.    Use a small knife to cut the candy canes at the curve.
6.    Push a candy cane stick in the center of each donut.
7.    Use a bit of frosting to attach the yellow chips to the top of each candy stick.
8.    Decorate the rest of the platter with blue jelly beans.

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Recipe provided by Norene Cox, blogger, mom of two boys and author of her new book, Sweet Treats for the Holidays.

 

 

 

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