Taste of Home
Santa Cupcakes
TOTAL TIME: Prep: 30 min. Bake: 20 min. + cooling
YIELD: about 1-1/2 dozen.
My kids leave out at least one cupcake for Santa on Christmas Eve. These seemed appropriate! —Sharon Skildum, Maple Grove, Minnesota
Ingredients
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1 package white cake mix (regular size)
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1 can (16 ounces) vanilla frosting (about 1-2/3 cups)
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Red gel or paste food coloring
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Miniature marshmallows
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Brown M&M's minis
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Red Hots
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Red jimmies
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Sweetened shredded coconut
Directions
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1.
Prepare and bake cake mix according to package directions for cupcakes, filling paper-lined muffin cups two-thirds full. Cool in pans 10 minutes before removing to wire racks; cool completely.
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2.
Tint 2/3 cup frosting red with food coloring. Place 3 tablespoons white frosting in a food-safe plastic bag; cut a 1/4-in. hole in one corner and reserve for piping.
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3.
Use remaining white frosting to cover two-thirds of each cupcake. For hats, cover remaining third of each cupcake with red frosting. Pipe fur trim with white frosting; add marshmallows for pompoms. Decorate with M&M's, Red Hots and jimmies for faces; add coconut for beards.
Nutrition Facts
1 cupcake: 276 calories, 12g fat (2g saturated fat), 31mg cholesterol, 249mg sodium, 40g carbohydrate (28g sugars, 0 fiber), 2g protein.
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