ONE-EYED MONSTER CUPCAKES

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Celebrate Halloween or fall with this fun and "scary" dessert. These cupcakes are made using Betty Crocker™ Super Moist™ chocolate cake mix and decorated with Betty Crocker® frosting and decorating gel.

Provided by Betty Crocker Kitchens

Categories     Dessert

Time 1h30m

Yield 24

Number Of Ingredients 8

1 box Betty Crocker™ Super Moist™ milk chocolate cake mix
Water, vegetable oil and eggs called for on cake mix box
1/2 teaspoon neon green paste food color
2 containers Betty Crocker™ Whipped fluffy white frosting
1/2 teaspoon purple paste food color
24 large candy eyes
2 tubes (0.68 oz each) Betty Crocker™ black decorating gel
24 sour candy straws, cut into thirds

Steps:

  • Heat oven to 350°F. Place paper baking cup in each of 24 regular-size muffin cups. Make and bake cake mix as directed on box for cupcakes, using water, oil and eggs. Cool 10 minutes; remove from pans to cooling racks. Cool completely.
  • Stir green food color into 1 container of the frosting. Stir purple food color into remaining container of frosting. Spoon each color frosting into separate decorating bags fitted with star tip. Pipe frosting on cupcakes to look like monster's fur.
  • Place 1 candy eye on each cupcake. With decorating gel, draw mouths. Insert 3 sour straw pieces into frosting on each cupcake to look like hair.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 280, Carbohydrate 41 g, Fat 2, Fiber 0 g, Protein 2 g, SaturatedFat 3 g, ServingSize 1 Serving, Sodium 160 mg

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