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Tootsie Roll turtle cupcake

admin — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 21:38:06 +0000

Tootsie Roll turtle cupcake

This happy green turtle cupcake is topped with tasty Tootsie Rolls and chocolate-covered raisins. Wearing plastic gloves, you can mold Tootsie Rolls, caramels, Starbursts, Airheads and other candies into all kinds of fun shapes. This design is similar to one I saw in a Betty Crocker publication.

What You Need: 1 cupcake; frosting tinted green; chocolate-covered raisins such as Raisinets; Tootsie Rolls (any size); toothpick.

How to Make It: Frost cupcake green. Add 6 to 10 Raisinets to top for turtle shell “spots.” Wearing gloves, shape chunks of Tootsie roll into four legs, a tail and a head. Use toothpick to draw eyes and a mouth. Add to cupcake.

Chocolate monkey cupcakes

admin — Sun, 19 Jun 2011 06:26:25 +0000

Chocolate monkey cupcake

Mmmm… What could be more delicious than a chocolate monkey cupcake? Certainly not monkey brains; that’s gross. Seriously, though, kids can easily make these pretty primates.

What You Need: 1 cupcake; chocolate frosting; black writing icing; 2 chocolate candy “melts”; 2 brown mini M&Ms or other brown candy such as Raisinettes; chocolate sprinkles.

How to Make It: Frost cupcake. Position chocolate melts as ears on left and right side. Sprinkle chocolate jimmies near top for “hair.” Using writing icing in a tube to draw nostrils and mouth. Add chocolate eyes.

Green frog cupcakes

admin — Tue, 17 May 2011 17:53:43 +0000

Green frog cupcakes

When I saw white chocolate candy “melts” in the bulk bins of my local grocery store, I knew they would make great frog eyes. Make up a batch of cupcake for your next hoppin’ party.

What You Need: 1 cupcake; green frosting; red string licorice; black string licorice (or just use writing icing); black or dark brown M&Ms; white chocolate melting disks.

How to Make It: Frost cupcake green. Position lengths of red and black licorice as shown for mouse and nostrils. Use dab of icing to stick black M&Ms to white disks. Stick into cupcake for eyes.

White mouse cupcakes

admin — Wed, 04 May 2011 18:56:56 +0000

White mouse cupcake

Here’s a cute little white mouse cupcake for any party, Christmas time, etc. Make a bunch of mice in different colors! The fuzzy look comes from “pulling” the frosting up with the edge of a butter knife or spatula. Also, get your melts from the supermarket bulk bin to save money while buying only what you need.

What You Need: 1 cupcake; white frosting; 2 white chocolate “melts”; 2 mini chocolate chips; pink jelly bean or other pink candy; black string licorice.

How to Make It: Frost cupcake with a thick layer of white icing (canned is fine). Use a butter knife or spatula edge and press lightly onto frosting and then pull up to create little peaks for a fuzzy appearance. Add wafer candies for ears as well as candy eyes and nose. Stick one end of licorice into back of mouse for tail.

Pink bunny rabbit cupcakes

admin — Fri, 22 Apr 2011 20:37:33 +0000

Pink bunny cupcake

For Easter or anything, these bright pink bunny cupcakes will be a hit with the kids.

What You Need: cupcake; pink frosting (strawberry in a can works well); 1 pink Mentos candy; 2 mini marshmallows; 2 pink Jordan almonds; 2 mini chocolate chips; 2 Tic Tacs.

How to Make It: Frost cupcake. Frost 3 sides of each mini marshmallow and place on cupcake for bunny cheeks. Add Mentos nose, Tic Tac teeth, mini chocolate chip eyes, and 2 Jordan almond ears.

Marshmallow Easter bunny cupcakes

admin — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 17:46:22 +0000

Marshmallow Easter bunny cupcake

Make the ears less pointy, and it’s a lamb! I modified this idea from a magazine. So cute for Easter.

What You need: cupcake; white frosting; mini marshmallows; 1 large marshmallow; 2 1/2 pink Jelly Belly jelly beans; 2 mini chocolate chips; kitchen shears.

How to Make it: Cut large marshmallow in half widthwise, pinch to form points, and add jelly beans to the sticky sides. Place near top for ears. Arrange mini marshmallows to form rabbit fur. Cut jellybean in half and place for nose. Add two mini chocolate chips for eyes.

Candy bunny cupcakes

admin — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 16:52:18 +0000

Candy bunny cupcake

Go crazy with candies on this white bunny cupcake for Easter. Use jelly beans, candy corn, mini marshmallows or whatever you have on hand. Set out an assortment of candies for a fun decorating project for kids.

What You Need: cupcake, white frosting, assorted candies. (I used: Jordan almonds for ears, mini marshmallow cut in half for cheeks, 2 Easter candy corns for bow tie, pink Jelly Belly for nose, large Wilton’s sprinkle circle for eyes, blue mini M&M for eyeball, and pink gel icing in a tube for the mouth).

How to Make It: Frost cupcake. Arrange 2 candy corns point-to-point for bow. Add other candies as shown, or however you’d like!

Chocolate bunny and carrots cupcakes

admin — Fri, 08 Apr 2011 17:01:30 +0000

Chocolate bunny cupcakes

Here’s a cupcake concept that is dependent on what fun, seasonal decorations you can find. This surprisingly detailed, wrapped chocolate rabbit was found in the bulk bin Easter area of a grocery store (Winco). A brown bunny could be Peter Rabbit. The carrots are from Kake Kreations, but could be made at home.

What You Need: 1 cupcake; chocolate frosting (looks like garden dirt! You could also add crushed oreos); carrots made from icing.

How to Make It: Frost cupcake, position sitting rabbit on top, and add carrots — some on the ground, some “planted” in it.

Chocolate pretzel reindeer cupcakes

admin — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 17:28:40 +0000

Pretzel reindeer cupcake

I just can’t stop making reindeer cupcakes! I’m out of control! This version of Rudolph, great for Christmas parties, uses chocolate covered pretzels for the antlers. If you have trouble with your antlers flopping over (poor reindeer!), you can stabilize them with toothpicks, but take them out before giving to children.

What You Need: 1 cupcake; milk chocolate frosting; chocolate-covered pretzels such as Flipz; 2 black or dark brown M&Ms; cherry sour ball.

How to Make It: Frost cupcake. Stick pretzels into cupcake (you may want to cut little slits for them). Add eyes and nose.

Shark cupcakes

admin — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 07:42:54 +0000

Shark cupcake

All you need is a gummy shark and a knife (poor sharky!) to make this simple shark cupcake for an ocean-themed party, aquarium visit, or other event.

What You Need: 1 cupcake; white, off-white, or light blue frosting; 1 gummy shark; knife or kitchen shears.

How to Make It: Frost cupcake. Carefully cut the shark slightly above its tail fin. Place the tail and the rest of the shark’s body a short ways apart on the cupcake, so it looks like his midsection is underwater.