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Caterpillar Cupcakes
A creepy crawly critter made of colorful cupcakes.
Prep time: 10 min.
Baking time: 21 min.
Decoration time: 30 min.
Difficulty: Easy
What you'll need:
  • 1 bag M&M’S® Brand Milk Chocolate Candies
  • 1 box (18.25-oz) yellow cake mix
  • 2 cans (12-oz.) whipped vanilla frosting
  • Orange food coloring
  • 1 can (16-oz.) chocolate frosting
  • 1 large marshmallow
  • Blue and red licorice laces
  • 2 12-cup cupcake pans
  • 24 paper cupcake liners
  • 3 resealable plastic bags
  • Spatula
What to do:
  1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Line the cupcake pans with the paper cupcake liners.
  2. Prepare the cake mix according to the package instructions and divide the batter evenly between the prepared cupcake pans.
  3. Bake for approximately 18-21 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Remove from the oven, transfer to a wire rack and let cool completely.
  4. Spoon 1/2 cup of the vanilla frosting into a resealable plastic bag with a small snipped corner and set aside. Tint the remaining vanilla frosting orange and spoon into another resealable plastic bag with a small corner snipped.
  5. Reserve one cupcake for the caterpillar's face. Using the photograph as guide, arrange the remaining cupcakes into a caterpillar shape. Frost the top of all the cupcakes orange so that it looks like one big cake. Spoon 1 cup of chocolate frosting into a resealable plastic bag with a small corner snipped. Pipe horizontal lines every 2 inches down the entire length of the caterpillar. Cover the chocolate lines with a continuous lines of M&M'S® Brand Milk Chocolate Candies.
  6. Frost the reserved cupcake orange. Cut the marshmallow in half and attach to the cupcake with the cut side up. Pipe a dot with the vanilla frosting and attach M&M'S® Brand Milk Chocolate Candies for the eyes. Pipe dots to create a smile and attach M&M'S® Brand Milk Chocolate Candies. Use the red licorice laces for antennae and the blue ones for eyelashes.
Makes 24 cupcakes.
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