Quickie Food Project for "people who have walked in darkness, have seen a great light"
Bake chocolate cupcakes ahead of time, then kids fill center with white or yellow "light" icing/fluff.
Here is a video with several easy techniques for filling cupcakes:
And there are many more videos and recipes online for cupcakes and fillings.
You could remove the cupcake liner and insert the filling from the bottom to conceal the hole. It's a common way to create filled cupcakes. Then you would not have to put frosting on the top to "hide" the hole.
I would use a 'dark' chocolate cupcake, and fill with white icing to illustrate the verse.
Then...kids could insert "people" (gummies) through the bottom to see the light.
Regarding the Gummy Bears inside the cupcakes...
You could bake the "people" into the dark cupcakes. I saw a recipe that said this:
- Freeze the gummy bears.
- Fill the cupcake paper half full with batter
- Add gummy bear
- Finish filling the cupcake paper and bake.
Also, I really like the Fortune Cookie ideas above, too...because it contains a message. Jesus is that message.