1 DAY IN ADVANCE

Make candy bases. Melt white Candy Melts candy according to package directions. Place largest Cut-Out from rounds Cut-Out set on non-stick cookie sheet. Fill 3/16 in. deep with melted candy. Tap to settle; chill until firm, 10 to 15 minutes. Make one base for each treat.

DAY OF CELEBRATION

Make mini doughnuts. Prepare doughnuts following recipe directions . Bake and cool six doughnuts for each treat in 12-cavity mini doughnut pan.

Assemble treats. Use melted candy in cut parchment bag to pipe a ring around bottom of one doughnut. Attach to center of base. Chill until firm, 3 to 5 minutes. Use scissors to cut a 6 in. cookie treat stick to 4 1/2 in. Dip one end in melted candy and insert through doughnut hole to base. Chill until firm.

Tint portions of white decorator icing Christmas red/red-red combination (for red) and royal blue. Leave remainder white. Thin icing slightly according to package directions. Use tip 5 and red icing to pipe over top of first doughnut, allowing icing to drip slightly over sides. Position next doughnut on top. Repeat process with white icing and then blue icing to make a stack of six doughnuts. Let icing set, 10 to 15 minutes. Insert patriotic foil pix in center of top doughnut.