New Use For Wilton's Candy Plastic Bottles
Baking By SugarBakerz Updated 21 Feb 2007 , 4:53pm by bertie
Well, let me start by saying that I have 4 dozen mini's and 3 dozen regulars due on V-day, cupcakes that is... so I decided to bake today and ice/decorate tomorrow. I put 24 of the little CC holders in my CC pan and thought, how ever am I going to get the batter in these things without overflowing them? Tried a pitcher, too much too fast for the little guys, tried to spoon, too messy... and then I got a bright idea... I had bought the large wilton plastic bottle for candy making last week and hadn't used it... I figured hmmmmmm.. they put condiments in them, so why not? Not to mention the control over my batter I would have.. so needless to say I used a rubber funnel and poured the batter into the batter and then took scissors and snipped off the top of the nose of it to make it thick enough for batter, and voila... like a charm, I have 2 dozen in the oven baking now in no time... I just thought I would share my genius moment with CC 
Guess I can't use that one now!!
THANK YOU!!! I have about 50 cupcakes due on Wed. for my girls school parties. I will be baking and icing them tomorrow. I'm not doing any real decorating on them this year. I know Bad Mommy. 
The kids only want the sugar out of them anyway. I'm taking the easy way out this year.
That is a great idea too, but I have one of those pampered chef scoops and that booger overflows my little mini's!
you've actually inspired me to use those for a project i am working on now.. i have made a few dozen cake balls in the shape of kisses.. but its very hard to dip them like you would a regular cake ball.. i think i will use the bottle to pour over the top of them.. woo hoo..
This has turned into a GREAT thread...thanks Lori! The scoop I have is made for minis (from Williams Sonoma) so they dispense the perfect amount, however, yours would be a faster alternative.....don't have to "scoop" each time! Also, the idea of using them to cover cake balls w/ chocolate is genious!
I like the idea of using the 1 ounce cookie scoop. they all come out even at one ounce!
but we used to pipe the muffins and soft dough cookies with a bag!
I love those bottles. I had my daughters girl scout troop over before Christmas to decorate cookies and we put the icing in these bottles. It was easy for them to control the icing when they covered the entire cookies with a thin icing and then they used bags of icing when they did the details.
Just another use for them..... 
angie..that's a great idea, when we did the cookies at the mall we brought a few dozen of these.
The school participated in some activity promoting the kids and one of the things was to let them decorate their own cookies.
the bottles made this experience great for us ( clean ) and fun for them!
What a great idea! I hate when it drips on the liners too so I use a big piping bag. I tend to use those for everything! Great tip!
Candy..you know..I think you're right! lol
I use a small paint tip that I push into my bottles to outline my chocolate transfers..
and I have all the chocolate colors in the bottles for easy handling
That is a great idea for that bottle!
I use the Wilton Easy-Pour Candy Funnel, it is great, the little lever on it lets me have all of the control!!!
I can fill about 6 or so liners with each fill up- no fuss, no mess!
Can I ask if anyone has had problems with the top of the Wilton bottle "blowing" out on them? I had some royal icing in one and was squeezing the bottle and then it exploded--the top flew right on top of the cookie. 
the royal icing was thin consistency.
Can I ask if anyone has had problems with the top of the Wilton bottle "blowing" out on them? I had some royal icing in one and was squeezing the bottle and then it exploded--the top flew right on top of the cookie.
the royal icing was thin consistency.
Yes,that happens with my chocolate all the time, I have to hold the bottle in one hand and a paper towel on the other and keep an eye out to keep wiping the rim where the bottle and tip meet.
Great ideas! I love the frosting idea in the bottles. I"ve always have taken disposable bags to school events that end up squirting frosting out the other end! Such a mess!
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