Santa Clause Cupcakes

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins Preparation Time: 1 hr Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 24 paper baking cups
• 1 (18 ounce) package cake mix (any flavor)
• 1 (16 ounce) container vanilla frosting (add wiltons color paste if you would like to change the color of santa's face)
• red sugar crystals
• miniature m&m baking bits
• mini marshmallows

Recipe

• 1 prepare and bake cake mix according to package directions for cupcakes.
• 2 cool completely.
• 3 frost each cupecake with vanilla frosting.
• 4 decorate each cupcake to look like santa.
• 5 for hat, sprinkle top third and half way down one side of cupcake with the red sugar crystals.
• 6 place mini m&m's on frosting for eyes and nose.
• 7 cut two mini marshmallows in half lengthwise, place at edge of red sugar for hat brim.
• 8 place one mini mashmallow at end of red sugar on side for the hat tip.
• 9 for beard, place about ten mini marshmallows over bottom third of frosting.
• 10 store in airtight container.