Easy Cupcakes

What could be cuter than a batch of kitty cupcakes? These cute cats are fun for kids (or grownups) to make, and are super easy thanks to graham cracker ears, a gumdrop nose and licorice whiskers.

What You Need: 1 cupcake (baked and cooled); white frosting (or use chocolate for a brown cat, or add orange for a calico!); red licorice; red gumdrop; two green M&Ms; graham crackers.
Make That Cupcake!: Frost cupcake. Use licorice to make whiskers and mouth. Add gumdrop nose and M&M eyes. Cut graham cracker in half (those are squares) and stick in diagonally for ears.
(This design is based on an idea in a vintage publication by Current.)

The moon on this cupcake, which is perfect for Halloween, is actually a banana candy!

What You Need: 1 cupcake (baked and cooled); chocolate frosting; Junior Mint; brown M&M; bit of black licorice (for tail); black writing icing or gel and Runts banana candy.
Make That Cupcake!: Frost cupcake. Position Junior Mint as cat body and M&M as head. Use writing icing to draw triangle ears. Add black licorice for tail (or you could just draw the tail). Add banana moon and there you go! A fun cat for Halloween or anytime.