Impress your guests and add a sweet charm to your baby shower celebrations with these simple candy pacifier cupcake toppers.
Here are a few more baby shower ideas we think you’ll enjoy – Baby Shower Printables, Baby Shower Game, and Edible Flower Ice Cubes.
Cupcakes are always a hit at parties, but adding a unique and creative topper can make them truly memorable.
Candy pacifiers are a fun and adorable addition, perfect for baby showers, first birthdays, or any event celebrating little ones.
Follow this step-by-step tutorial to create your own candy pacifier cupcake toppers!
How to Make Candy Pacifiers
Materials Needed:
- Lifesaver candies (or any round hard candy with a hole in the middle)
- Mike and Ike candies (or any cylinder-shaped candies)
- Icing
- Cupcakes
Step 1: Assemble the Pacifier Base
Place a small dot of icing in the center of 1 lifesaver. This will be the adhesive to hold the candy pacifier together. Place another lifesaver onto the icing so it is standing up. Hold it in place for a few seconds to ensure it sticks firmly. Let it dry for a few minutes.
Step 2: Prepare the Nipples
Cut a Mike and Ike candy in half to use as the nipple of the pacifier.
Step 3: Attach the Nipples
Add a little more icing on the same hole of the lifesaver. Press the Mike and Ike candy into the icing. Hold it in place until it is secure. Allow the pacifier to dry completely.
Step 5: Decorate Your Cupcakes
Now that your candy pacifiers are ready, it’s time to decorate your cupcakes! Gently place a pacifier into the center of each cupcake.
Tips for Success:
- If you’re making a large batch, assemble the candy pacifiers in stages to allow adequate drying time.
- Use a small amount of icing to avoid excess mess.
- Store the finished candy pacifiers in an airtight container until you’re ready to use them to keep them fresh and secure.
Candy Pacifiers
Ingredients
- 24 Lifesaver candies, or any round hard candy with a hole in the middle
- 6 Mike and Ike candies, or any cylinder-shaped candies
- 2 tbsp Icing
- 12 Cupcakes
Instructions
- Place a small dot of icing in the center of 1 lifesaver. This will be the adhesive to hold the candy pacifier together. Place another lifesaver onto the icing so it is standing up. Hold it in place for a few seconds to ensure it sticks firmly. Let it dry for a few minutes.
- Cut a Mike and Ike candy in half to use as the nipple of the pacifier.
- Add a little more icing on the same hole of the lifesaver. Press the Mike and Ike candy into the icing. Hold it in place until it is secure. Allow the pacifier to dry completely.
- Now that your candy pacifiers are ready, it’s time to decorate your cupcakes! Gently place a pacifier into the center of each cupcake.
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How cute! I may make these for my daughter’s shower coming up in a few weeks. I’ve shared this link on my site, Indiana Inker. Thanks for sharing.
Kelly
I know you did these quite sometime ago, but I wanted to let you know that I made them just changed up a few things! http://kaylasmalltownlife.blogspot.com/2011/05/pacifier-cupcake-toppers.html
Thanks for the awesome/adorable idea!!! 😉
Those are so cute! What a great idea! Thanks for linking up to Hoo's got talent!
A wonderful job. Super helpful ifonmraiton.
Steph,
These are a great idea! Who can't think of a time when these would have come in handy? Thanks for the inspiration.
Fabulous! This are just so stinkn cute!!!!!!!!!!!!
Paula
Adorable! What a great cupcake topper!
These are absolutely adorable!! And seem quite easy to make, thanks to your tutorial! Thanks for sharing!
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Those turned out super cute!
That is so darn cute!!
hmmm… never thought about that! Fruity and minty probably dont do well together! I was just thinking about the separate tastes- I prefer the fruity lifesaver to the spearmint ones, but together with a peppermint patty, I am not so sure about!
Just a question about taste…..do they taste great together with the peppermint lifesaver? I was worried because I have a large bag of spearmint ones (and I'm going to make this for my best friend's shower coming up here!) and didn't want them to taste funky together with the peppermint candy and then the different lifesaver.
I really appreciate you sharing this great idea-I can't wait to give these a try.
so fun! love these!!!
Those are cute! I think most of us would have to buy a new glue gun for the project. Trust me, if you saw mine, you wouldn't want it touching food! At least a glue gun is cheap and can be used again for anyone who's having a shower. It really is a cute idea.
Okay, these are super cute!!!