What is Candy Bar at a wedding? DIY candy bar, ideas.
The most complete guide to the sweets and decor of the modern candy bar
Candy bar - sweet buffet table, buffet. But you don't want it because it's sweet, right? Candy bar is beautiful! It can become an excellent photo zone, determine the theme of the holiday.
Sweet buffets began to be made at American weddings. There it is an island of sophistication, charm, ribbons, frills, glass brilliance. At children's parties, they are easier. Because they are made for children. This means that we take unbreakable dishes and a lot of paper decor. But first things first.
What can be a candy bar at a children's party?
Each mother decides for herself what role the candy table will play at the child's holiday:
- Buffet. In this case, it is here that all the food that the hostess plans to treat guests will be offered. The buffet can be sweet, savory and mixed.
- Snack. The table is served with light snacks from fruits, light salads, crackers, cheeses. Everything that you can eat before taking the main course. But this option is suitable for either teenagers or adults. For children under 12-14 years old, I strongly do not recommend spraying like this.
- Sweet table with a compliment. The table menu is 100% sweet and may not be too varied. The idea is to prepare special bags, boxes and invite guests to take sweets with them. , the next day, guests will enjoy a complimentary dessert over a cup of tea or coffee and will remember your holiday again.
Bonus features of the candy bar:
- creating a festive, truly magical atmosphere
- beautiful backdrop for photos
- experimenting with new flavors and culinary trends
Candy Bar Decoration Pattern Sets
Fairy
Download digital set with attributes for decoration, print out decorate it for the holidays!
Set composition:
- invitation
- cupcake molds
- flag banner
- round toppers
- bottle labels
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What is included in the candy bar? Sweet buffet menu
cupcakes
Sponge cakes are small cakes, also known as muffins or mini cupcakes. A cap of cupcakes can be made from cream, icing, mastic or just powder. Inside they can be empty or stuffed. Moreover, I would choose the option based on the age of the birthday man and guests. The younger the audience, the simpler the cupcakes should be. 
Fruits and berries
The most suitable option is in the form of canapes, dough baskets or portioned fruit salads. It can be combined with fruit and berry sauces, caramel and cream. 
Cake pops
Biscuit on a stick. At first glance, everything is simple, but they are amazing. I fell in love with them from the first time, although in terms of calories this is a merciless dish. It is worth noting that cake pops are not only tasty, but also beautiful. Confectioners in this case are akin to jewelers. With cake pops. 
marshmallow
Airy marshmallows are just as easy to decorate. If you dip it into the icing and then into a cup with sugar decorative balls, you get an almost professional product. 
macaroons or macaroons
French double-layered biscuits with filling. With the help of dyes, the dough and cream are dyed in pleasant pastel colors. The dessert looks and tastes very tender.
Cookies, eclairs, cream baskets and other pastries
Everything that you can take in your hand and eat without utensils and in almost one bite. The main attention is on appearance.
Ethnic sweets
For themed holidays, you can focus, for example, on oriental sweets. At children's parties, this is an unpopular option.
Not limited to food. Let's move on to drinks.
Peppa Pig Pattern Sets
Peppa Pig
Download digital set with templates for candy bar decorations. Print him and decorate the holiday!
Set composition:
- invitation
- cupcake molds
- flag banner
- thank you gift box
- round toppers
- bottle labels
199 rub
Beverages
Always in great demand lemonade, fruit drink, compote, juice. Such, but delicious drinks for the children's table. The main packaging.
Up to 12-13 years old, jugs have nothing to do on a sweet buffet. All drinks are served in portions in glasses, jars, bottles with personalized labels. Preferably with a tube.
Hot drinks (fruit tea, cocoa) can be offered once at the allotted time. So that there is an adult on the distribution and that the children do not run around with cups at this time.
Milkshakes (milkshakes)
They must also be served at a certain time, as they tend to settle.
Dishes for candy bar
Everything that stands on the table without movement and simply acts as a stand can be either cardboard, foam and wood (durable), or glass, porcelain (fragile).
And everything that children pick up, regardless of age, should be as unbreakable as possible. Quality plastic, tempered glass, etc.
In the case of a candy bar, the most unexpected items can be used instead of the usual dishes: flower pots, glass jars, decorative buckets, children's toys, baskets, candlesticks, boxes, vases, etc.
Everything can be the opposite here: we eat from glasses, and we drink from cans. Let children do what is in their nature.
Candy bar decor and accessories
The main task of the candy bar is only one - to attract attention. If you notice a swarming crowd in a cherished place at a holiday, then the task is completed. Professional decoration is carried out by specialists. It's expensive, but usually worth it, pardon the tautology.
Hand made in the area of the candy bar has also not been canceled. There is where to turn around. You can download a special set, as in the example above, print it out, and lay out / hang all the elements. And you can do everything with your own hands. But in conditions of lack of time, this is a difficult task, believe me.
In addition to decorations, you can decorate the table with toys, figurines, photographs, thematic elements. And do not forget about the tablecloth, path, napkins, etc.
(the so-called candy bars) have become one of the main elements in the preparation of the celebration. Today, many couples prefer to arrange an attractive table with lots of sweets in addition to a giant wedding cake, and some even completely abandon one mono cake in favor of a sweet variety.
After all, why choose just one dessert when you can offer your guests an entire buffet full of delicious, favorite desserts? Not only does a wedding candy bar offer your guests more choices, it can also be more cost effective depending on what type of desserts you choose and how many sweets you're willing to make yourself.
While decorating a candy bar might seem like a pretty simple task (cakes + donuts = success, right?), it takes a lot of effort to make the candy table look attractive and match the color scheme and overall style of your wedding.
On the Internet you can find many examples of perfectly served, colorful candy bars, and in the article, in turn, you can find some useful tips on how to make it as beautiful and profitable as possible.
beautiful location
What is the difference between a candy bar and a regular sweet table? First of all, a beautiful, harmonious arrangement of desserts on the table. By placing dessert bowls on frilly coasters of various heights, you achieve depth and visual harmony, allowing you to highlight the most important elements of your sweet table, such as cake.
How to achieve different heights on the dessert table? Cake stands are an obvious choice and will allow you to create a cute decoration for every dessert. Try to find a large assortment of coasters in various sizes and heights, otherwise a table filled with the same containers of cakes and pastries will not have the visual effect you are looking for.
If you're on a tight budget and short on time to find enough interesting cake stands, you have a few options to add the height you need. For example, you can create interesting DIY cake stands!
For these purposes, you can use antique boxes, books, boxes, or any other interesting items that you can find. A variety of items will create the desired height, and you will not need to use special cake stands.
If you're planning a rustic wedding, you can use old wooden crates or boxes and cover them with a cloth or tablecloth to disguise the stand. For a travel-style wedding, you can use small bags for coasters, which, combined with a globe and a model airplane, will look very stylish.
Decor elements
Okay, you already have a candy bar theme and you know how to beautifully arrange desserts on the table. But so far this is not enough to talk about a full-fledged, wedding candy bar - you need to add festive decorations!
The easiest way to fill the table with decorative elements is to add flowers, candles and/or items related to your wedding theme. Ask when talking to your florist (or whoever you are going to buy flowers from) if he can provide you with a few different vases for decoration of the table, or ... garden tools. Small buckets or garden watering cans make great containers for bouquets.
Your guests will be happy to know what delicious desserts they can choose from, especially if you provide several types of desserts with different toppings to choose from! Write about the composition of pastries and cakes, as well as candy fillings, by writing this information on handmade signs, and fix them on dessert dishes.
Believe me, this is a very constructive idea!
And, of course, the desserts themselves!
The last step is to make sure you have everything planned and ready for your wedding day. If you are going to prepare a sweet table yourself, it is clear that this will take a little more time than if you just had to pick up your wedding cake from the bakery. If you are not planning on picking up your wedding desserts yourself, entrust a trusted family member or friend to drop by the bakery on time to get the cake and other desserts (cupcakes, donuts, cookies, candies, etc.) and everything you need to decorate the candy bar .
In terms of quantity, it is always better to have a surplus of food on your wedding day than a half-empty table and hungry guests. The same is true for desserts! In case you don't have a big cake, you should prepare 3-4 mini desserts per person (if cake is available, take 1-2 mini desserts per person).
It is also worth diversifying the choice of desserts on the festive table. For example, if you plan to have 3-4 mini desserts per guest, then you should have 5-6 sweet options to choose from.
This means that if you are planning a candy bar and one large cake for 100 people, then you will need about 2-3 servings per person (including a slice of cake per 100 grams), or about 250 grams of dessert in total. At the same time, in addition to the cake, there should be 4-5 different types of dessert to choose from on the table.
Now that you have learned the basic principles of planning and organization, you will be able to create the best wedding candy bar imaginable and delight your invited guests with beautiful and delicious sweets.
Candy Bar at a wedding is delicious and beautiful. Many do not understand its meaning, but guests at the buffet will be happy to have a bite to eat something sweet, especially if the buffet lasts an hour or two. This is an opportunity to try sweets and have time to get hungry for a banquet dinner. And if you do not have a banquet planned, then such a sweet table is simply necessary at the buffet table!
What such a sweet table can consist of, who makes it, how to choose and order it, where to put it and what not to forget about, I will tell you now using the example of one of our weddings, which took place in mid-September.
Candy bar is a spectacularly designed buffet table with a variety of sweets and sometimes even drinks.
A good effective candy bar is usually the result of teamwork:
the bride dreams
- the organizer listens and suggests
— the decorator develops the design
– accessories, dishes, floristry are selected
- a table is searched, a tablecloth is sewn, a backdrop or top decoration is being prepared
– confectioners, by order of the organizer, make all the necessary goodies
On the wedding day, everything is set up, the dishes are thoroughly washed and rubbed, and lastly, confectioners arrive and lay out the “sweets” on the dishes.
Candy bar can be far from alone, it can be supported by other pleasant entertainment in the composition. In our pictures, in addition to the “kendik”, an apparatus with cotton candy and a cart with a chocolate fountain and “Tutti Frutti” fruit skewers were added. There was a photo zone nearby in style and all this served as a decoration for the ceremony, which will be a separate story.
The decor is not so difficult to choose, but the bride never knows how to fill the sweet table. Most often I hear: "I want it to be beautiful and that's it." And then the organizer begins to think.
The organizer at this place must fish out two factors:
- the budget that the bride is ready to allocate for sweets
- what dishes and decor the decorator has, and of course, what kind of color scheme we have at the wedding
Knowing these factors helps to make the most optimal order without complicating anyone's life.
Of course, especially demanding brides will not mind tasting sweet sets. And they, too, cannot be denied this, think over in advance what you will treat your customers to and order a few things for them a few days before the holiday.
The most standard sweets for "kendik":
- small cakes
- cake pops (cakes on sticks)
- cupcakes (cupcakes with cream)
- baskets with cream and fruits
- macarons (light cookies with cream)
- marshmallow, meringue, marshmallow (little things)
- portioned desserts in cups: tiramisu, panna cotta, etc.
Another sweet table is great with drinks - juices or lemonades in a beautiful design. Here we have dispensers with taps, there is juice.
It is very important that next to the handsome candy bar there is a table with dessert utensils, glasses, patty plates and napkins. On the table itself, this beauty can interfere with the picture, but guests will have a hard time without these important devices.
You can, of course, put a waiter, but you must admit, it is much more exciting to cut the cake yourself, choose from an assortment of sweets and share emotions with guests. Self-service is a pleasant part of the ritual.
If you have a candy bar, this does not mean at all that you need to give up a buffet table, let those who do not like sweets have a shrimp on a skewer or vol-au-vent with caviar before the banquet.
A table with champagne will perfectly complement the exit bar, where bartenders can prepare any cocktail for any guest. And let guests who do not drink low-alcohol drinks drink a glass of vodka or a little whiskey at the buffet table.
To our deep regret, the territory near the restaurant where this wedding took place is rather limited and the “rear” view of our green lawn is not as attractive as we would like, but there was no alternative corner for our sweet fair.
But if you have the choice and opportunity, try to have something uniform as the background for your sweet table. If it is cool and drizzling with rain / heat and the sun is scorching, a tent or room is a great option, the back wall can be separately decorated with ribbons, frames, pompons.
If you think that such a table will be unclaimed, you are deeply mistaken, sometimes the bride did not even manage to see the candy bar, as the guests “swept away” everything before her appearance at the ceremony.
Recently, there has been a tendency to make such decorated buffet tables not only with sweets, we personally have already managed to make at one of the weddings instead of Candy bar Beer bar - a coolly decorated table with a bunch of hearty snacks and delicious foam. In autumn, a wine bar with cheeses and wine is relevant, and for lovers of Japanese or Italian cuisine, this can also be something special.
If you don’t want to make a themed table, then negotiate with the restaurant and effectively arrange a buffet table. For example, we have a service for those who do not like restaurant snacks - we make a decorated full-fledged buffet with homemade goodies: pastries, snacks, fragrant cookies, cheese cap pies, etc.
In general, please yourself despite the difficult times. Such a table will definitely become a feature of the event, it will be remembered by the guests on Instagram.
Organization: Alexandra Marchenko and Art de Vivre agency
Photo: Andrey Novozhilov
Decor: Maria Demyanova and Sea Buckthorn Studio
Sweets: Mister Biscuit Company
What is a children's holiday without a sweet table? Parents always want to pamper their children and guests with something tasty and unusual. But you can please children not only by serving goodies, but also by beautifully decorating a table for sweets, which is called a candy bar. This tradition came to us from America, where it is customary to make candy bars at weddings and other festive events. A beautifully decorated table with snacks or sweets will make your holiday creative, magical and delicious!
Tips for decorating a candy bar:
- Usually, the table for sweets is decorated in one style that matches your celebration. Today it is fashionable to dedicate children's holidays to certain topics, fairy tales, cartoon characters.
- Choose a small table that is mostly placed against the wall to set the backdrop. Various decorative elements can be used for the background: balls, garlands, paper flowers, ribbons, etc.
- A tablecloth is laid on the table, which can also be decorated depending on your desire.
- Pick up dishes in the same style, preferably neutral colors. You will also need coasters and vases with high legs, beautiful jars, cocktail tubes.
- Accessories in the form of flags, postcards, inscriptions, toys, flower arrangements, labels can be made by hand. In craft and decor stores, you can also find many suitable accessories for decorating a candy bar.
- And, of course, sweets. Often the main place is occupied by a cake, it is placed in the center. They also serve cupcakes, macaroons, cakes, glazed cookies, marmalade, marshmallows, marshmallows, baklava, sherbet, fruits and berries, dried fruits, glazed nuts and drinks.
Features of a candy bar for a children's event:
- the candy bar can act as a buffet, so you put out everything you have prepared. It should be noted that there should be enough sweets for all those invited, and children, as you know, are still sweet-toothed. Therefore, for very young children, it is better to lay out more fruits, berries, cookies and homemade drinks;
- candy bar as a compliment and gratitude to the guests for coming. When the guests disperse, each of them will take sweets with them. To do this, it is worth putting bags (preferably paper ones), boxes, so that it is convenient to carry your sweet gifts home;
- it is better to use plastic, wooden, tempered glass dishes;
- drinks are best served in portions to avoid broken dishes. Hot drinks are served separately.
An excellent article about the design of a candy bar "How to design a candy bar or a game without rules on a sweet table"
Candy bar is another Western tradition that we are happy to transfer to Russian weddings, children's parties and corporate parties. From the concept of "sweet table" five years ago, candy bar differs in a large number of decorative elements and ostentatious confectionery chic
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The sweet table is designed to support a theme party. There are many examples on the net, you don’t need to fantasize much. Very elegant! An incomparable sweet accent for almost any celebration.
Background, tablecloth and skirt
background is required.
the table can be stepped to make it easier for guests to find holiday decorations
I need a custom tablecloth. Often used buffet skirts and draperies
Dishes for candy bar
There are no rules here either, sometimes it is enough to place sweets on trays, but the use of unusually shaped glassware for dragees, marmalade and lollipops has already become a tradition. I think the most important thing in this case is to ensure tightness, because all these sweets quickly wind out or, on the contrary, gain moisture. However, the most common baby food jars and colored glass bottles are often decorated.
designer stuff
On the sweet table, it is customary to use beautiful items for decor, I will quickly list:
porcelain, plastic, metal figurines and figurines
volumetric letters and words ("LOVE", "Family", names and first letters of initials)
paper decorations
natural and artificial flowers
decorative candles
photo frames with newlyweds and birthdays
satin ribbons
Stuffed Toys
flags, caps, balloons
confetti, serpentine, coins
The sweets themselves, finally
This, of course, is the most important component of the candy bar. Long-term storage products can be delivered in advance, cream cakes are taken out already at the guests.
What can be laid out on a festive sweet table:
cake (one-story or multi-tiered)
cupcakes and cake pops (I apologize for using these names, but many of the pastry shops you will go to call small cakes in an edible cup “one tooth” and fun cakes on a stick.
meringue (a few drops of food coloring and the meringue will turn pink, blue and green)
nuts in multi-colored glaze
marmalade
oriental sweets (baklava, sherbet, Turkish delight)
cookie
dried apricots, prunes, dates, raisins and other dried fruits and berries
candied fruit
marshmallow, pastille
lollipops
chocolate medals
marzipan figurines
We continue the idea of sweets,
10 MOST INEXPENSIVE SWEETS FOR A CANDY BAR
You will be surprised, but quite affordable and familiar sweets can become a spectacular and inexpensive filling for a sweet table.
1. PASTILA, JUMMY OR SHERBET. Such a treat will look great on a square or rectangular plate, folded in a slide.
2. ZEFIR. Covered with chocolate icing, creme brulee, white-pink or just white. Such a treat will look great on round, square or oblong dishes. May be completed with small toppers.
3. M&MS. Do you have a bright party and need red, blue or yellow colors? Separate a bag of sweets by color and pour into any transparent dish. If several of the listed colors suit you, then lay the dragees in layers.
4. CHOCOLATE. White, black, milk. Break into pieces and fold into a pyramid in a square plate.
5. MINI CAKE. Ordinary cupcakes can completely replace expensive cupcakes. Top with whipped cream and berries.
6. COOKIES. Now there are a large number of different cookies in stores. Laid out in a slide on a beautiful plate, it will look great.
7. CAKES: eclairs, bushes, baskets, potatoes. Here the choice is huge, just do not overload the table. Choose one or two types.
8. BEARS BARNEY. They will perfectly complement the party, the main theme of which is teddy bears. It is best to put them on an oblong plate.
9. LOLLIPOPS. Sold in specialized stores in large shopping centers. They can be put in glasses filled with m&ms.
10. CORN STICKS OR POPCORN. It will look good in large voluminous vases or special boxes with a holiday theme.
Do not forget about fruits, berries, nuts.
Source: Masterskaya Lakomka
Fruits and berries
The most suitable option is in the form of canapes, dough baskets or portioned fruit salads. It can be combined with fruit and berry sauces, caramel and cream.
cupcakes
Sponge cakes are small cakes, also known as muffins or mini cupcakes. A cap of cupcakes can be made from cream, icing, mastic or just powder. Inside they can be empty or stuffed. Moreover, I would choose the option based on the age of the birthday man and guests. The younger the audience, the simpler the cupcakes should be.
Cake pops
Biscuit on a stick. At first glance, everything is simple, but they are amazing. It is worth noting that cake pops are not only tasty, but also beautiful. Confectioners in this case are akin to jewelers. Small biscuit cakes in the form of a ball on a stick. The dessert is covered with chocolate, caramel or mastic of any color and decorated.
marshmallow
Airy marshmallows are just as easy to decorate. If you dip it into the icing, and then into a cup with sugar decorative balls, you get an almost professional product.
macaroons or macaroons
French double-layered biscuits with filling. With the help of dyes, the dough and cream are dyed in pleasant pastel colors. Dessert looks and tastes very delicate French dessert made from macaroons and fruit filling. Dyes allow you to make dough of any color: red, blue, green, etc.
A simple recipe for New Year's "Macarons".
Ingredients:
Chopped almonds - 110 g
Powdered sugar - 200 g
- vanilla sugar - 1/2 tsp
- sugar - 50 g
- egg white - 3 pcs
- for filling chocolate paste, jam or cream
Cooking:
1. Add sugar and vanilla sugar to the almonds, mix until smooth in a blender
2. Beat the egg whites until foamy, gradually add the sugar until the mixture reaches the consistency of a meringue (not very dry), add the almond mixture and mix quickly (the dough should become liquid)
3. Cover the baking sheet with parchment paper, use a pastry bag to lay out round cookies 4 cm in diameter 4. Set them aside for 30-40 minutes until they harden
5. Bake for 8-10 minutes in the oven at 150 C
6. Cool and grease with cream.
7. Draw with glaze.
Happy tea!
Eclairs, cream baskets and other pastries
Everything that you can take in your hand and eat without utensils and in almost one bite. The main attention is on appearance
Cookie
It is baked in different forms and decorated according to the theme of the holiday.
Marmalade, marshmallow, marshmallow, candied fruit
Due to the variety of shapes and colors, they fit perfectly into any candy bar composition.
Trifles
- portioned desserts, consisting of biscuits, fruits, berries and cream. Served in transparent bowls. They are prepared simply, they look very beautiful and appetizing, they are eaten with great pleasure.
Sugar crystal on a stick
Bright straw.
You only need to melt the chocolate in a water bath and dip the straw
Beverages
Always in great demand lemonade, fruit drink, compote, juice. Such inexpensive, but tasty drinks for the children's table. The main packaging.
Up to 12-13 years old, jugs have nothing to do on a sweet buffet. All drinks are served in portions in glasses, jars, bottles with personalized labels. Preferably with a tube.
Hot drinks (fruit tea, cocoa) can be offered once at the allotted time. So that there is an adult on the distribution and that the children do not run around with cups at this time.
Milkshakes (milkshakes)
They must also be served at a certain time, since they tend to settle
Recipe:
Dark chocolate and orange panna cotta
Ingredients:
Dark chocolate:
- Dark chocolate - 125 g
- Orange peel
Panna cotta:
Cream (low fat) - 300 ml
- Milk - 125 ml
- Gelatin - 2 teaspoons
- Bitter orange confiture - 2 tablespoons
- Sugar - 1/2 cup
Cooking:
1. Dark Chocolate Cream:
Break up the chocolate and place in a bowl. Boil the cream and pour over the chocolate, add the grated zest and stir until the chocolate is melted. Place the glasses in a saucepan on an incline and pour in the chocolate. Thus, put the pan in the refrigerator for 2-3 hours to set the shape.
2. Orange Panna Cotta:
Pour gelatin into milk (25 ml) and place a bowl of milk in a water bath. The gelatin should dissolve. Bring the cream, sugar and the rest of the milk to a boil over low heat. Remove from heat and pour the gelatin into the cream, add the marmalade. Thoroughly mix the entire mixture so that the gelatin is distributed. Add sugar if necessary. Cool to room temperature and pour over the hardened chocolate. Refrigerate for 4 hours or leave overnight.
Bon appetit!
ZEFIR "HOME-STYLE"
INGREDIENTS:
● 4 cups of sugar;
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● 2 tbsp. gelatin (20 g);
● 1 tsp. citric acid;
● 0.5 tsp. soda.
COOKING:
Soak gelatin in advance (2 tbsp. with a top of 100 g of water). Pour sugar into a saucepan, pour a glass of cold water and put on medium heat, not forgetting to stir. From the moment of boiling, we detect 3 minutes and add the prepared gelatin, remove the pan and mix everything thoroughly until the gelatin is completely dissolved. We let the liquid cool down a little, but, only a little, we will beat hot.
Beat with a mixer for 5 minutes at medium speed, take a break for 5 minutes and beat again for exactly 5 minutes.
Add citric acid and soda.
Beat again, but with a hand whisk for about 10 minutes. Let the mass stand for about 20 minutes. The marshmallow mass will double, so there will be a lot of marshmallows. Prepare trays, cutting boards, preferably from plastic. not stuck.
When the tortillas are firm, carefully remove them with a thin knife and glue them together in pairs. Zephyr is ready!
Happy tea!
strawberry fudge
Ingredients:
●340 ml sweetened condensed milk
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●600 g powdered sugar
●30 g oil
●275g fresh or frozen strawberries, chopped
●2 tablespoons of lemon juice
Cooking:
1. Grease a baking dish with butter (approximately 23x23 cm).
2. Combine condensed milk, powdered sugar and butter in a large saucepan; bring to a boil over medium heat.
3. Add strawberries and lemon juice. Cook, stirring constantly, until the temperature of the mixture reaches 112-115 degrees or, if you do not have a food thermometer, until the state of "soft ball" (if you drop the mixture into a glass of cold water, it should form a soft ball, not melt).
4. Remove from heat and quickly pour the mass into the mold. When the mixture hardens slightly, you can create patterns with a knife. Let cool completely before cutting.
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