Best Recipe for Baby Animal Cupcakes
Ingredients
- 1 box (18.25 oz.) yellow cake mix
- 1 can (16 oz.) vanilla frosting
- Red and yellow food coloring
- 1 cup STARBURST® Brand Jellybeans
- 1/2 cup M&M'S® Brand Minis Chocolate Candies
- 12 pieces STARBURST® Fruit Chews
- 12 Large marshmallows
- Pink sugar crystals
- Chocolate sprinkles
Instructions
- Special equipment: 2 12-cup cupcake tins 24 paper cupcake liners
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Line the muffin cups with the paper cupcake liners. Prepare the cake mix according to the package instructions, divide the batter between the cups. Bake for 21-25 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
- Remove from the oven, transfer to a wire rack, and let cool completely. To decorate, use the photo as a guide: For Bunny
- Tint vanilla frosting light pink and frost the top of the cupcake.
- Cut a marshmallow in half crosswise and squeeze the sides to make ears. Dip the sticky cut edges in pink sugar crystals and attach as the ears.
- Cut a STARBURST® Fruit Chew diagonally and arrange as the bow tie.
- Use M&M'S® Brand Chocolate Candies for the eyes and button, a STARBURST® Brand Jellybean for the nose, and chocolate sprinkles for the whiskers. For Chickie
- Tint vanilla frosting a pale yellow and frost the top of the cupcake.
- Use STARBURST® Brand Jellybeans for the rooster comb and beak and M&M'S® Brand Minis Chocolate Candies for the eyes.
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