This DIY edible bottle cake topper is perfect for a 21st birthday cake decoration or anyone who loves wine!
There are several ways you can make this bottle cake topper. You can use all chocolate or all fondant, but I’ve found those methods can be too heavy.
Today, I’m going to show you how to make a cake topper with Rice Krispie treats and candy melts.
You’ll only need three ingredients to make this cake topper, and two of them will be for the modeling chocolate. Modeling chocolate is very pliable like fondant—it tastes loads better and easier to work with, I promise.
Ingredients:
How to Make Modeling Chocolate:
To make modeling chocolate, you’ll need candy melts and light corn syrup. Make this a night before, as it takes a few hours to set.
Take a bag of candy melts (about 15 ounces) and melt it in the microwave in a microwave-safe bowl. Microwave for 30 seconds, and then check to see if it’s melted. Continue to microwave 10 seconds at a time until fully melted.
Next, if you’re using white candy melts, you can add food coloring to the corn syrup at this point and mix. Add the syrup with the melts and fold until mixture seizes. Do not overmix or the mixture will get oily.
Pour mixture onto plastic wrap and let it set until it is a bit firm. This usually takes a couple of hours. Once set, unwrap your chocolate and knead it until smooth. Smash any hard lumps with your finger, and wrap again until you’re ready to use it.
Modeling chocolate will usually be hard every time you go to use it. You can warm it up in the microwave for a few seconds to make pliable.
How to Make an Edible Bottle:
Use Rice Krispies to form the bottle shape. I used a round cookie cutter to cut the Rice Krispies.
Stack the Rice Krispies together and smoosh it so it bonds together. Then, shape the top of the bottle with your hands. You can also use a knife to carve the bottle shape.
Knead your modeling chocolate. Roll it out or place in pieces onto the bottle and smooth it out with your fingers. The warmth of your hands will help make it smooth.
Once shaped, you can add details with more modeling chocolate or paint on it with food coloring. You can also print a label and wrap it around the bottle.
I hope you try making this topper. All the steps are the same for making any type of shape you’d like! xo. Ren
You can see more of Ren’s posts here:
- Bridgerton-Inspired Royal Icing Cookies
- How to Make a Watercolor Cake
- How to Pipe Frosting Ruffles
- How to Make Cakesicles
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Supplies
- 15 ounces candy melts
- corn syrup (light)
- Rice Krispie treats
Instructions
- To make modeling chocolate, you’ll need candy melts and light corn syrup. Make this a night before, as it takes a few hours to set.
- Take a bag of candy melts (about 15 ounces) and melt it in the microwave in a microwave-safe bowl. Microwave for 30 seconds, and then check to see if it’s melted. Continue to microwave 10 seconds at a time until fully melted.
- Next, if you’re using white candy melts, you can add food coloring to the corn syrup at this point and mix. Add the syrup with the melts and fold until mixture seizes. Do not overmix or the mixture will get oily.
- Pour mixture onto plastic wrap and let it set until it is a bit firm. This usually takes a couple of hours.
- Once set, unwrap your chocolate and knead it until smooth. Smash any hard lumps with your fingers.
- Wrap again until you’re ready to use it. Modeling chocolate will usually be hard every time you go to use it. You can warm it up in the microwave for a few seconds to make pliable.
- Use Rice Krispies to form the bottle shape. I used a round cookie cutter to cut the Rice Krispies.Stack the Rice Krispies together and smoosh it so it bonds together. Then, shape the top of the bottle with your hands. You can also use a knife to carve the bottle shape.
- Knead your modeling chocolate. Roll it out or place in pieces onto the bottle. Smooth it out with your fingers.
- Once shaped, you can add details with more modeling chocolate or paint on it with food coloring. You can also print a label and wrap it around the bottle.
I had no idea it was this easy to make modeling chocolate! I always thought it was some kind of fancy ingredient you had to be a pastry chef to get. Thank you so much for sharing!
This is so fun Ren!
This is incredible Ren!