How To Put A Piping Tip On A Plastic Bag

Place the coupler ring over the decorating piping or pastry tip.

How to put a piping tip on a plastic bag. The second part the ring is used to secure your tip in place. Push the piping tip down into the bag so that the opening of the tip protrudes through the hole in the bag. Once youve done this step you can fill the bag with frosting.

If youre not using a tip at all thats pretty easy. The yellow line indicates where to cut the piping bag. You want to make sure that you are snipping off enough so that the coupler can peak out over the bag but not enough that the whole coupler falls out.

Add your tip and the screw top of the coupler like you normally do. You need a gallon-size Ziploc bag duct tape and scissors. You should be able to push a small part of the coupler out of the opening of the decorating bag.

If youre using a tip with no coupler I use this method when Im using a larger tip for frosting cupcakes just push the tip into the bag and trim the piping bag so that about half of the tip sticks out. You can also use a food safe marker if you wish. Kate Van VleckDemand Media.

You want it full so fill it to the top of the cup but still giving your bag. Cut the bag at the line then push the tip. Depending on purpose and consistency of the filling choose the adequate tip and insert it into the top part of the coupler.

If you dont plan on changing tips you do not need to use a coupler. Screw the ring on to hold the tip in place. When you put pressure on the piping bag to squeeze out the icing it should not come out from the other end.