Seashell Cupcakes for a Beachy Bridal Shower

These cupcakes were so much fun to make! They are vanilla and chocolate cupcakes with a vanilla bean buttercream. I then made chocolate seashells by swirling white, chocolate, and dark chocolate in candy molds. Then I painted them and added some luster dust while the food coloring was still wet.

I made the seaweed pieces by piping white chocolate on parchment paper and letting it harden. I finished each cupcake by adding a few candy pearls and some crushed graham crackers "sand."