Recipe of the Month: November

November's Recipe of the Month

Recipe from: BrightIdeas , M&Ms website
Name of Recipe: Gobbled-up Cupcakes

Details


• Prep Time: 10 min.


• Bake Time: 20 min.


• Decoration Time: 25 min.


• Difficulty:
  Easy


• Yield: Makes 24 cupcakes.

Ingredients
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• 1 box (18.25 oz.) yellow cake mix



• 36 pieces STARBURST® Fruit Chews



• 3 cups prepared chocolate frosting



• 24 thin chocolate wafers



• 24 pieces thin pretzel sticks



• 24 TWIX® Brand Miniatures



• ¼ cup M&M’S® Brand Chocolate Mini Baking Bits



• Fall-colored paper cupcake liners



• Small rolling pin



• Scissors



• Resealable plastic bag

Directions
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  1.
  Prepare cake batter according to instructions on box. Divide batter evenly into paper-lined cupcake cups.
  




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  2.
  Bake in a preheated 350°F oven for approximately 18-20 minutes, or until an inserted toothpick comes out clean. Cool completely.
  




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  3.
  Meanwhile, soften STARBURST® Fruit Chews (about 6 at a time) in the microwave for 2 to 3 seconds. Flatten them with a rolling pin and immediately cut into feathers using scissors. Use any red STARBURST® Fruit Chews scraps to make the waddle.
  




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  4.
  Frost the top of each cupcake. Using the scissors, snip a corner off of the resealable plastic bag and spoon 1 cup of chocolate frosting into the bag. For the tail: Pipe a line of frosting across the chocolate wafers and arrange three feathers on each one. Press pretzel stick to support wafer and press it into the cupcake. For the head: Pipe 4 dots on the short end of a TWIX® Cookie Bars candy to stick on the M&M’S® Brand Chocolate Candies eyes, nose and STARBURST® Fruit Chews waddle.