Bumble Bee Licorice Candies - cooking recipe

Ingredients

5 oz soft fondant icing
None None yellow food coloring
10 sticks soft licorice
1/2 cup powdered sugar

Preparation

Tint 3.5 oz fondant yellow by kneading food coloring into fondant on a surface dusted with powdered sugar. Knead remaining white fondant until soft. Wrap fondant separately in plastic wrap until ready to use.
Roll licorice pieces out to about 1/8 inch thick using a rolling pin. Roll pieces of fondant out to the same thickness as licorice. Stack licorice and fondant pieces together, alternating colors. Cut stack into 3/4 inch pieces then set aside until firm.