FARM FRIEND CUPCAKES

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These chick and pig cupcakes just can't get more adorable. Young children especially are taken with them! -Colleen Palmer, Epping, New Hampshire

Provided by Taste of Home

Time 1h10m

Yield 2 dozen.

Number Of Ingredients 5

Ingredients

1 package devil's food cake mix (regular size)
3 cans (16 ounces each) vanilla frosting
Pink and yellow paste food coloring
M&M's miniature baking bits
Assorted candies (White buttermints, pink mint candy lozenges and Good & Plenty candies)

Steps:

Prepare cake batter according to package directions. Fill 24 paper-lined muffin cups two-thirds full. Bake at 350° for 21-26 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks. Cool completely., For pigs, tint 1 can of frosting pink; frost 12 cupcakes. Attach baking bits and dessert mints for eyes, pink candy lozenges for snouts, baking bits for nostrils and Good & Plenty candies for ears. , For chicks, tint 2-1/2 cups frosting yellow; transfer to a pastry bag. Insert #17 star tip; pipe frosting onto 11 cupcakes. Pipe on feathers. Attach baking bits and dessert mints for eyes and candy corn for beaks.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 357 calories, Fat 14g fat (7g saturated fat), Cholesterol 34mg cholesterol, Sodium 323mg sodium, Carbohydrate 56g carbohydrate (41g sugars, Fiber 0 fiber), Protein 2g protein.