Frankie Cupcakes Recipe

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These cupcakes are sure to impress the guests at your Halloween party. They will disappear soon after you set them out!—Taste of Home Test Kitchen
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Frankie Cupcakes Recipe
  • Prep: 45 min.
  • Yield: 24 Servings
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Ingredients

  • Pretzel sticks
  • Large marshmallows
  • Corn syrup
  • Green colored sugar
  • 1 can (16 ounces) 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 ounces) 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. Yield: Varied.

Originally published as Frankie Cupcakes in Halloween Food & Fun 2010 , p31

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Reviewed on Nov. 05, 2012 by Puppito

They were a little messy to make but they were soo cute. My son just loved them.

Reviewed on Nov. 05, 2012 by skeneally

A huge hit at my daughters bake sale. A bit messy to make.

 
 

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