I'm making some sugar bottles ahead of time (I've got 3 made & a few to go) and noticed that they have gotten sticky. I've placed them seperately on parchment paper in 9 x 13 pans. Is there any way to prevent the stickiness or to get rid of it?
Also, I have to put the bottles in the cake before it's picked up. Do I need to put a dowel in the cake & place the bottle over it, or can I just push it into the cake?
Thx!

I found that you can't just push the bottles in the cake. Air backs up in the bottle and it pushed it back up and almost pushed it out of my cake. Even when I took a circle of cake out and made a hole. You might try a small hole just to cover the bottom and a clear straw, or several taped together to make it stronger. I sprayed my bottles lightly with veg. oil. and put them in a zip loc baggie. I found that when I left them out just sitting on a tray...if it rained they became cloudy. Hope this helps.

Silica gel packets will keep them dry and they won't become sticky.

Do a google search and you'll find them

I cut a hole the size of the bottom of the bottle..only about an inch deep. Just enough to cover the bottom edge of the bottle. The straws work like dowels but you really don't see the clear straws.