These edible fondant light sabers are perfect for cupcakes and cakes! A fun activity to make with any young Jedi.
Dallin is turning 7 and asked for a Star Wars themed cake. There were so many ideas going through my mind with such a fun theme. I knew that, no matter what, light sabers needed to be involved somehow. That is how these little edible fondant light sabers were born. They were ridiculously easy to make and the kids had a great time helping me! We made a giant batch and used some on cupcakes to bring to his class and saved the rest for his birthday cake.
Wouldn’t these make a fun activity for kids to make at a Star Wars themed party? I let mine dry for a couple of days so that they’d be stiff enough to decorate cupcakes, but kids honestly wouldn’t care about that. They could make one and eat it right there.
Dallin said that these cupcakes were awesome and his classmates apparently thought so, too.
Edible Fondant Light Sabers
You’ll need some fondant in a variety of colors. I like this recipe for marshmallow fondant. Inexpensive, easy, and it tastes a lot better than store bought fondant.
Kids can make and eat their light sabers right away, but if you plan on using them for cakes and cupcakes you’ll want to let them dry for a couple of days first. That way they’ll hold their shape and be nice and firm. Like light sabers!
Edible Fondant Light Sabers
These edible light sabers are perfect for cupcakes and cakes! A fun activity to make with any young Jedi.
Cost: $5
Equipment
- knife
- Rolling Pin
- baking sheet
- wax paper
Materials
- fondant
- corn starch
- clear vanilla
Instructions
- Cover your surface with some corn starch or powdered sugar. Roll out your fondant into a long rope. This one is about 1/2″ thick.
- Cut into desired light saber lengths. Ours were 2″ in length and the handles were 3/4 “.
- Do the same with the fondant that you are going to use for the handles. We attached them to the lights with some clear vanilla extract. Just dab some on the end of the green section with a paintbrush and add the handle. Push together gently and set on a sheet with waxed paper.
- To form the grooves, simply score with a knife.
- Let dry for 2 days or until hard.
- Add them to your cupcakes shortly before serving.
Notes
Add light sabers to your cupcakes shortly before serving. They shouldn’t be on the cupcakes more than 8-12 hours ahead of serving or they will start to get soft again by soaking in some of the moisture from the frosting.
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This post was originally shared in 2010.
Welcome! I'm Brandy, mother to 5 darling kiddos and a cute black lab named Toby. My husband is in the Coast Guard so we've lived all over the place, turning each house into a home. I love baking, sewing, making cute things with my kids, and sharing what I've learned with all of you!
Hey there
Just making these now for my little star wars fanatics 5th birthday. Its my first time attempting anything like this so I’m a bit nervous!
Where did you leave them to dry? In the fridge or outside? And I’m worried they are going to stick to my parchment paper – did you grease the paper beforehand?
Thanks!
Jo
Hi Jo! No need to grease the paper, they will dry and come right off! I just let them dry on a baking sheet on my counter. You will do great!!
Thanks Brandy.
So far so good! I bought some silver food paint and just painted the handles – they look awesome! Next fear is that they don’t flop on the cupcakes.
I’m sure they will be great! Silver food paint, what a GREAT idea!
How far ahead can you make the light sabers using the marshmallow fondant recipe? And how would you store them until party time?
Hi Lisa, if the kids plan on eating the sabers, I wouldn’t make them more than a day in advance since so that they will still be somewhat soft. If they are just for decoration, then you can make them up to two weeks in advance. Hope that helps!
We just had a Star Wars birthday party – I wish I had come across these beforehand! Great idea!
I might need to make some of these for my star wars fans
Thank you so much for sharing this recipe! I made it just recently and it’s delicious. My fiance and I just started a food blog of our own and our first post is about the petits fours I made using this fondant^^ I linked to the recipe and to your page <3
These are awesome! We love them 🙂
These are awesome! We love them 🙂
i see light sabers in my sons future…i feel like our blogs should be married…or at least dating….I’ve got the glue gun and you have the glue sticks!
I’m so bookmarking these and filing in my party files! These are awesome! thank you for linking up with All About You Monday. I hope you come back next week where the theme is all about ribbon but any fun project, craft, recipe, etc is welcomed! So glad I found your blog!
Oh, my grandsons would love these! What a great idea!
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My boys LOVE all things Star Wars! These little light sabers would be PERFECT for them. What a great idea! I’m no chef, but this looks easy enough for me to do. 🙂
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my son would jump to the moon if he had these served to him!!!
oh yes, he is planning on being darth vadar for halloween, so these might be made real soon!
thanks so much. great instructions.
happy weekend.
kellie
Those are stinkin’ adorable. My son would LOVE these!!!
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I love these, my kids are going to go wild for these too!
Oh, you are the Fondant Master!
We are just getting into Star Wars at our house, and I forsee this idea being of great use to me in the future…
VERY cute!! 🙂