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

Ingredients

1 package (18-1/4 ounces) chocolate cake mix
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 peanut butter cream-filled sandwich cookies

Directions

Prepare and bake cake batter according to package directions for cupcakes. Cool completely on wire racks.
Set aside 1/4 cup frosting. Frost cupcakes with remaining frosting. With a serrated knife, cut off and discard a fourth from 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 a mouth on each.
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 sandwich cookies; cut each in half. Position one on each side of cupcakes for ears. Yield: 2 dozen.

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

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Reviewed on Oct. 02, 2009 by farmgirl54

I made these for my little girl's 38th birthday! It was an instant hit. She loves Curious George and my "little monkey" loved the gag birthday cupcakes!

Reviewed on Sep. 28, 2009 by msb1805

We made these for my son's 3rd birthday party. They were easy enough for my 11 year old to help, and they were so adorable. A big hit at the party for both the kids and adults. My son loved them!

Reviewed on Sep. 01, 2009 by GreenCatHat

I'm just a big kid at heart and I love monkeys and such so when I decided to have a jungle like house warming party these and the cookies were a big hit along with the other stuff of course. :o)

Reviewed on Aug. 12, 2009 by karimichelle68

I made these for my daughter's birthday, and they were a hit! When I posted the pictures, everyone asked how to make them! They were fun and easy to make!

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