Little Critter Cupcakes
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Top the cupcakes with green frosting to make a grassy field for your critters. Decorate with candy butterflies or ladybugs for a fun summer party dessert.


Little Critter Cupcakes


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Prep Time: 1 hr
Total Time: 1 hr 19 mins
Servings: 24 cupcakes
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Ingredients
 
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  • 1  box (18.25 ounces)  yellow-cake mixOn Sale
  • 1  can (16 ounces)  vanilla frostingOn Sale
  •     Green food coloringOn Sale
  •     Froot LoopsOn Sale
  •     Snack 'Ums Big Boomin' PopsOn Sale
  •     MarshmallowsOn Sale
  •     Pink and yellow sugarsOn Sale
  •     Red and black licorice stringsOn Sale
  •     Brown decorating icingOn Sale
  •     Candy eyesOn Sale
  •     Flower sprinklesOn Sale
  •     Keebler Rainbow Vanilla WafersOn Sale
  •     Reduced-fat chocolate Nilla WafersOn Sale
  •     Hershey's candy-coated milk-chocolate sprinklesOn Sale

Directions
1.
Heat oven to 350 degrees F. Line two 12-cup muffin pans with paper liners. Prepare cake mix according to package directions, and bake 24 cupcakes. Cool completely. Tint frosting green with food coloring, and frost cupcakes.

For Butterflies
Stand 6 Froot Loops in a row down center of cupcake for the body. Place 1 Snack 'Ums pop at end for head. Cut 2 marshmallows in half, and sprinkle cut side with pink or yellow sugars. Place on cupcake as wings. Cut 2 red licorice strings 1-1/2 inches long, and insert for antennae. Pipe 2 dots of decorating icing onto head, and attach candy eyes.

For Ladybugs
Roll edge of frosted cupcake in flower sprinkles. For wings, cut 1 red-colored wafer in half, and attach with decorating icing to chocolate-wafer body. Place ladybug in center of cupcake. Pipe small dots of icing onto red wafer, and pipe a circle for the head. Attach candy eyes and a red candy-coated milk-chocolate sprinkle for nose. Cut 2 black-licorice strings 1-1/2 inches long, and insert for antennae.

For Bees
Roll edge of frosted cupcake in flower sprinkles. Place an orange wafer in center of cupcake. Pipe lines of icing onto wafer. Cut a marshmallow in half, and attach for wings. Using the icing, pipe a circle for the head. Attach candy eyes and yellow candy-coated milk-chocolate sprinkle for nose. Cut a 1-inch piece of black licorice, and insert into back of bee for stinger.

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