Funny Frog Cupcakes

As St. Patrick’s Day approaches the focus is on everything green. So how cute are these delicious froggy cupcakes?! They are easy, fun and the perfect project for my mom readers and their children of all ages. Decorates with icing and M&M’s candies. 

Funny Frog Cupcakes

Prep Time: 20 min. – Bake Time: 20-25 min. – Decoration Time: 20 min. – Difficulty: Easy – Yield: Makes 24 cupcakes.

Ingredients

1 box (18.25 oz.) chocolate cake mix

1 ½ cans (16 oz. each) vanilla frosting

1 tube (6 oz.) red decorating icing

Green food coloring

⅓ cup M&M’S® Brand MINIS® Milk Chocolate Candies

48 pieces M&M’S® Brand Peanut Chocolate Candies

2 (12-cup) cupcake pans

Spatula

24 paper cupcake liners

Resealable plastic bag

Directions

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.

For more creative recipes including “Lily Pond Treats,” go to http://www.brightideas.com

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