Saturday, October 6, 2012

Frankie Cupcakes

(Courtesy of Taste of Home)
Frankie Cupcakes Recipe

Ingredients:
Pretzel sticks
Large marshmallows
Corn syrup
Green colored sugar
1 can (16 oz.) vanilla frosting
Purple and black paste food coloring
Cupcakes of your choice
Purple nonpareils
Candy coated licorice, spearmint leaves and Nerds candies
1 can (16 oz.) chocolate frosting

Directions:
Insert a pretzel stick into a flat end of each marshmallow. Using a clean paint brush, lightly coat marshmallows with corn syrup. Immediately roll top and sides in green colored sugar; allow to dry for 20 minutes.

Meanwhile, set aside 1/4 cup vanilla frosting. Tint remaining vanilla frosting purple and spread over cupcakes. Roll edge of cupcakes in nonpareils; set aside.

To decorate face, press candy coated licorice bolts into each side. Cut a small piece of spearmint leaf into an eyebrow, press cut side onto face. Using remaining vanilla frosting, pipe eyes; add Nerd candy eyeballs. Pipe chocolate frosting onto faces for mouths and stitches as desired.

Carefully insert pretzel stick into the center of each cupcake. Tint remaining chocolate frosting black. Using pastry tip 233, add black hair.

If desired, use black frosting to pipe the collar of a suit jacket outline. Fill in the center with black. 

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