Jolly marshmallow snowmen

Ingredients

• 18  marshmallows white
• 250 g chocolate icing white
• 18  strawberries 
• 250 g powdered sugar 
• 6  cupcake liners 
• 6 servings betty writing gel black
• 3  round steak black halved
• 6  cranberry-orange relish 
• 18  general foods international suisse mocha cafe mini
• 24  marshmallows white mini
• 6 servings pretzel sticks mini
• 6 servings coarsely sugar cubes crushed
• 6  round cake 

Equipment

• kitchen scissors

Directions

1. Take one cake pop stick and thread on a marshmallow, narrow end on first. Thread on a second marshmallow, wide end on first so the the two wide ends meet in the middle. Thread a third marshmallow on sideways so the narrow round end makes the snowman's face.
2. Knead the white fondant icing and divide into
3. Shape each one into a rough mound and stick the snowmen into these bases.
4. Take three strawberry laces and twist together. Tie around a snowman's neck and then trim off the excess with scissors. Repeat for the other snowmen.
5. Using a little royal icing stick a Pontefract cake on each head. Using a little black writing icing, stick a Liquorice Allsort on top of each Pontefract cake.
6. Pipe on two eyes using black writing icing. Using royal icing, stick a Tic Tac on each face for a carrot nose. Stick mini chocolate beans on the bodies as buttons.
7. Using royal icing, stick four mini marshmallows on each snowman to represent arms. Stick a candy cane or pretzel stick to the end of one of each of the snowmen's arms, attaching the bottom end to the icing mound.
8. Take a little royal icing and thin with a few drops of water.
9. Brush or dab on the base and sprinkle over the crushed sugar cubes. Leave to set.