make individual servings

• Fill your silicone cupcake mold with melted chocolate, some nuts, and raisins. Let rest in the freezer on a plate. Store in the fridge in a Ziploc bag for easy access by kids or to use in fondue.

• Make different types of jello and scoop them out for a neat serving. Serve with pastry cream and fruit. If you make your own ice cream, you can freeze some in these cups and unmold to serve. Mini muffin cups are ideal for one-bite snacks—they hold just a little over a tablespoon.

• In addition to desserts, you can make large ice cubes that are ideal for large events. You can use it in punch bowls and large beverage dispensers. You can add a mint leaf or a lemon wedge in each cupcake pod to make them look pretty.

• Freeze a fruity yogurt with your choice of fruits and berries. Take them out every morning for a quick and easy breakfast on a hot summer morning.

party serving platter

• Have a party? Have you ever thought of having a cupcake station at your party? Your silicone cupcake liners will be colorful holders for holding cupcake toppings. You can fill the pods with different treats like crumbled, 100 and 1000 Oreos, Smarties, buttercream frosting, melted chocolate, caramel, and chocolate chips. Do the same with the cake pops.

• For a cocktail, use them to serve different types of chips and dips and vegetable sticks or even fruit and yogurt sticks for a brunch party. It will be a plate that is spacious enough to hold a bit of each food item at your party. Place a few of them in different places around your party venue. Save space and washing time!

• If you’re the type of person who likes to throw informal parties at home, place a silicone cupcake liner at each place setting with your guests’ treats. These treats are anything from warm, freshly baked quiches and cakes or pates and cheese and crackers or cold jelly and custard and fruit and yogurt that’s pre-chilled in the freezer overnight.

recycle

• Sort your kids’ old crayons by shade or you can mix them up for a wacky effect. Separate them in the different cupcake molds, put them in the oven for a few minutes and once melted, let them cool and harden. Children will have fun drawing with their “new” colored crayons.

• Melt old candles in liquid candle wax in a silicone cupcake pan. Once melted add a new wick and allow to cool and set. Ready! A new and improved floating sail. Mix different colored candles for different effects.

• Use your silicone cupcake liners as a palette for your kids to make “fake” paint. Shaving cream mixed with food coloring, of course with a different color in each cupcake pod. Or if you have little ones (who want to eat everything) use natural yogurt with food coloring. Your artists can paint with these in the bathroom or outside in an inflatable pool. Easy to play and easy to clean.

What else do you use your silicone cupcake molds for?