DIY Edible Terrariums

• Produce

  • 4 Blackberries
  • 1 Cacao nibs
  • 4 Kiwis
  • 4 Raspberries
  • 20 Strawberry tips

• Refrigerated

  • 1 tbsp Nondairy milk

• Breakfast Foods

  • 3 cup Cereal, gluten free
  • 2 drops Food coloring and water to mix evenly into cereal, all natural green

• Baking & Spices

  • 1 Chocolate sprinkles
  • 1/4 cup Cocoa powder, dark
  • 1 Food coloring, all natural black
  • 1/3 cup Non-hydrogenated shortening
  • 1 1/2 cup Powdered sugar

• Bread & Baked Goods

  • 1 Recipe gluten free chocolate cupcakes

• Desserts

  • 20 Marshmallows
  • 2 cup Marshmallows

• Other

  • clean paint brush
  • 10 Toothpicks broken in half

Found on forkandbeans.com

Description

Ingredients

• 1 recipe gluten free chocolate cupcakes
• ⅓ c. non-hydrogenated shortening
• 1½ c. powdered sugar
• ¼ c. dark cocoa powder (or use regular)
• 1 Tbsp. nondairy milk
• 3 c. gluten free cereal (like Chex, etc) or pretzels, crushed
• couple drops all natural green food coloring and water to mix evenly into cereal
• 20 strawberry tips
• 20 marshmallows
• 10 toothpicks, broken in half
• 4 kiwis, peeled
• 4 raspberries, for top
• chocolate sprinkles, for the prickles
• 2 kiwis (Follow instructions here on how to make)
• 4 blackberries
• 2 c. marshmallows
• all natural black food coloring (find online at Natural Candy Store)
• clean paint brush
• cacao nibs

Directions

• See recipe notes for make ahead prep!
• Preheat your oven to 350 degrees. Follow the instructions here for the cupcakes. Allow to fully cool.
• While your cupcakes are cooling, line the counter with parchment paper. Add a few drops of the black food coloring in a small bowl with equal parts water. Mix together and paint the marshmallows until evenly colored. Allow to dry.
• Mix together all the ingredients for the frosting with an electric mixer over medium speed until fluffy. Add more milk if needed. Lightly frost each cupcake.
• Use a 7 terracotta bottom for the terrarium holder. Cover with the crushed green cereal moss and add 3 cupcakes.
• On one cupcake, add three strawberry marshmallow mushrooms. Use half of the toothpick to hold together and keep in place in the cupcake. Add a few marshmallow rocks and some cereal moss.
• On another cupcake, add the kiwi cactus and a strawberry marshmallow mushroom. Lightly throw some cereal moss and cacao nibs on the frosting.
• For the last cupcake, add the kiwi lotus flower.
• Scatter more marshmallow rocks on the floor of the terrarium along with cacao nibs. Maybe add another strawberry marshmallow mushroom and top off with an adorable gnome (optional).