Black Cat Cupcakes Recipe

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If a black cat crosses your path, we hope it's one of these cute chocolaty creations. This time-saving recipe relies on a boxed cake mix and a can of prepared frosting jazzed up with simple cookie and candy decorations.

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Black Cat Cupcakes Recipe

Prep: 15 min. Bake: 20 min. + cooling

Yield: 24 Servings

15 20 35

Ingredients

1 package chocolate cake mix (regular size)
1 can (16 ounces) dark chocolate frosting
12 Oreo cookies, quartered
48 yellow jelly beans
24 black jelly beans
24 pieces black rope licorice

Directions

Prepare and bake cake mix according to package directions for cupcakes, filling paper-lined muffin cups two-thirds full. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks to cool completely.
Frost tops of cupcakes. Insert two cookie pieces into each for ears. Add yellow jelly beans for eyes and a black jelly bean for nose. Cut each piece of licorice into thirds, then in half; place three halves on each side of nose for whiskers. Yield: 2 dozen.

Originally published as Black Cat Cupcakes in Quick Cooking September/October 1998, p39