Monkey Cupcakes Recipe

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Kids‘ eyes will light up when they see these cute jungle goodies. "They never fail to make my grandkids smile, and they’re always a hit at bake sales," says Sandra Seaman of Greensburg, Pennsylvania.

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Monkey Cupcakes Recipe

Prep: 30 min. Bake: 20 min. + cooling

Yield: 24 Servings

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Ingredients

1 package chocolate cake mix (regular size)
1 can (16 ounces) chocolate frosting
24 vanilla wafers
Black and red decorating gel
48 pastel blue and/or green milk chocolate M&M's
12 Nutter Butter cookies

Directions

Prepare batter and bake according to package directions for cupcakes; cool completely.
Set aside 1/4 cup frosting. Frost cupcakes with remaining frosting. With a serrated knife, cut off and discard a fourth of each vanilla wafer. Place a wafer on each cupcake, with the rounded edge of wafer near edge of cupcake, for face. Add dots of black gel for nostrils. With red gel, pipe on mouths.
Place M&M's above wafers for eyes; add dots of black gel for pupils. Using reserved frosting and a #16 star tip, pipe hair. Carefully separate cookies; cut each in half. Position one on each side of cupcakes for ears. Yield: 2 dozen.

How-To: Kids' little fingers are just the right size for placing pieces. Cupcake assembly»
Give kids creative freedom to ensure that no two monkey faces are the same. Monkey faces»

Nutritional Facts 1 cupcake equals 265 calories, 12 g fat (4 g saturated fat), 27 mg cholesterol, 247 mg sodium, 36 g carbohydrate, 1 g fiber, 3 g protein.

Originally published as Monkey Cupcakes in Taste of Home April/May 2007, p45