Holiday Candle Pastries

These are really cute and quite easy to produce — they are nothing more than a mazarin pastry dressed up for the holidays. When combined with Christmas Tree Pastries and the petite Yule Log Pastries, they impart an elegant seasonal appearance to your pastry selection. To simplify, make plain mazarins (omitting the marzipan rings and dipping the top of the pastries in chocolate), top with apricot glaze and fondant, push the marzipan candles gently into the glaze on top of the pastries, and p