Okay, okay...technically these aren't hi hats, but yours hopefully will be!
As you'll recall from yesterday, I have been unsuccessful in all attempts to melt white chocolate. I'm frustrated by it, but at the same time, I'm glad that I can share my trials with everyone! It's a good lesson learned. You know the saying, "If life gives you lemons, make lemonade!"
These sweet ghosts are my compromise with Mother Nature. They are what I was able to achieve without my white chocolate or candy melts. However, I hadn't originally planned for today's hi hats to be ghosts at all. My original idea was more colorful, but I'm hoping to be able to share them with you next year. For now, I took advantage of the white, fluffy filling of a hi hat and came up with a pure white alternative for Halloween!
They're honestly pretty darned cute, though! Obviously, mine haven't been dipped, but they hardly look any different than you lovely dipped ghosts will look! These also aren't nearly as tall as they would be if everything had gone according to plan. Because of the nature of the frosting, I had to keep mine on the short side. Had I been able to dip them, they would have had a layer of chocolate to protect the frosting from the heat and humidity, so they could have been much taller (which I hope you will venture to do!). As it is, I actually love them!
Plus, they're not hard to make at all! I used the same frosting for these that I used in my original hi hat post. I had already had a vanilla cupcake made for my original plan, but these could easily be made in any flavor you choose. You can use the same cupcake from my other hi hat post, or, since the tops are coated in white chocolate, you could make a matching cupcake. If you choose to make a special flavor cupcake, like lemon, you could easily substitute half of the vanilla in the frosting with an extract to match the cupcake.
