| Level: | Easy |
| Total: | 1 hr |
| Prep: | 40 min |
| Cook: | 20 min |
| Yield: | 24 cupcakes |
Ingredients
- 1 box (18.25 oz.) chocolate cake mix
- 1 1/2 cans (16 oz. each) vanilla frosting
- 1 tube (6 oz.) red decorating icing
- Green food coloring
- cup M&M’S® Brand MINIS® Milk Chocolate Candies
- 48 pieces M&M’S® Brand Peanut Chocolate Candies
- Other supplies:
- 2 (12-cup) cupcake pans
- Spatula
- 24 paper cupcake liners
- Resealable plastic bag
Instructions
- 1. Preheat oven to 350°F. Line the cupcake pans with the paper cupcake liners.
- 2. Prepare the cake mix according to the package directions. Divide the batter evenly between the prepared pans.
- 3. Bake for 20-25 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.
- 4. Spoon 1/4 cup of vanilla frosting into a resealable plastic bag; set aside. Tint the remaining frosting green.
- 5. Spread the cupcakes’ tops with the green frosting.
- 6. On each cupcake, place 2 green M&M’S® close together as eyes. Snip a small corner of the resealable plastic bag, and use the vanilla frosting to pipe dots on the green M&M’S® Brand Chocolate Candies. Attach 2 brown M&M’S® Brand MINIS® Chocolate Candies as pupils. On the back, attach green M&M’S® Brand Chocolate Candies as warts, and then pipe a red mouth with the decorating icing.