MOUSE CUPCAKES

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You need candy and two types of frosting -- chocolate and Swiss meringue buttercream -- to bring these adorable desserts to life.

Provided by Martha Stewart

Categories     Food & Cooking     Dessert & Treats Recipes     Cupcake Recipes

Number Of Ingredients 9

Cupcakes (any flavor)
Swiss Meringue Buttercream for Cupcake Decorating
Chocolate candy wafers, such as Necco
Chocolate Frosting for Cupcake Decorating
Black licorice rounds
Black licorice laces, cut into 1 1/2-inch lengths
Chocolate-covered sunflower seeds
Pastry bag
Small plain round pastry tip

Steps:

  • Frost tops of cupcakes with buttercream. For ears, make 2 small horizontal slits with a paring knife in top of 1 cupcake, just above paper liner, and then insert a wafer halfway into each slit.
  • For nose, pipe chocolate frosting in an oval shape over lower half of cupcake, and spread smoothly; place a licorice round in the center.
  • For whiskers, insert 3 licorice laces into frosting on each side of nose. For eyes, place 2 sunflower seeds directly above nose.

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