Summer Grillin’ with a Sizzling Fondant Tutorial

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Who’s ready to do some Sum­mer­time grillin’ with a siz­zling ham­burg­er and hot dog?! I have to admit that I’ve nev­er real­ly grilled any­thing on the bar­be­cue before. Back in high school, I decid­ed to fry up some pot­stick­ers with my lit­tle broth­er, Les, and let’s just say it did­n’t go so well… as flames shot up from the stove and engulfed those poor defense­less pot­stick­ers! Then, just the oth­er day, I was watch­ing a seg­ment on a news show about the dan­gers of propane tanks on bbq’s, with a full demon­stra­tion of an explo­sion that burned those man­nequin legs right off! I mean, it’s a prac­ti­cal­ly a mir­a­cle I’ve made it this far. So, to pro­long my life, as well as the lives of those around me, I decid­ed to take plea­sure in oth­ers’ abil­i­ties to grill, while stick­ing to my mis­sion of turn­ing every­thing into fondant!

I was super excit­ed to get the oppor­tu­ni­ty to work with Wilton to cook up these tuto­ri­als to make fon­dant ham­burg­ers and hot dogs for your Sum­mer get-togeth­ers, espe­cial­ly since yes­ter­day was just Nation­al Hot Dog Day! Wilton sent over some of their new Dec­o­ra­tor Pre­ferred  fon­dant to try out and I was very pleased with the new for­mu­la for mak­ing and mold­ing cup­cake top­pers. I liked the pli­a­bil­i­ty of the fon­dant and noticed right away that it allowed me to fix some small mis­takes, like a nail inden­ta­tion, with more ease than I was used to in the past. Oh, and for this spe­cif­ic project, I used the fon­dant as is, but if I want­ed to firm it up a bit, I would add some Tylose pow­der and allow it to set.

To re-cre­ate both the ham­burg­er and hot dog fon­dant top­pers for your next bar­be­cue, head on over to the Wilton blog for the step-by-step instruc­tions and cor­re­spond­ing images. And be sure to check out Wilton’s Face­book page to enter the give­away for a chance to win a copy of my book, Sweet & Unique Cup­cake Top­pers, along with a Wilton Dec­o­rat­ing Kit!!!

And don’t for­get: safe­ty first, keep calm and grill on! 😉