Snowman Cupcakes

Total Time: 2 hrs 18 mins Preparation Time: 2 hrs Cook Time: 18 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 15
• 1 (18 1/2 ounce) package yellow cake mix or 1 (18 1/2 ounce) package cake mix
• 2 (16 ounce) containers vanilla frosting
• 4 cups flaked coconut
• 15 large marshmallows
• 15 reese miniature peanut butter cups
• 30 small pretzel sticks (for arms)
• 45 small red-hot candies (for buttons)
• green decorating gel (for eyes)
• red decorating gel (for nose)

Recipe

• 1 preheat the oven to 350°f.
• 2 line 15 regular sized muffin cups and 15 miniature muffin cups with paper liners.
• 3 prepare cake mix according to package directions.
• 4 fill muffins cups approximately 1/2 full.
• 5 bake mini muffins about 12 minutes and bake regular muffins about 18 minutes, or until they test done when inserting a toothpick into the center.
• 6 cool in pans 10 minutes.
• 7 remove from pans and place on wire racks to cool completely.
• 8 remove paper liners after they are cooled.
• 9 for each snowman:.
• 10 placing the regular size snowman upside down on your tray, frost the bottom (now the top) and sides of the cupcake and coat with coconut.
• 11 repeat with miniature cupcake (also placing upside down).
• 12 attach mini cupcake to regular sized cupcake with a dab of frosting to make the snowman body.
• 13 attach a marshmallow to mini cupcake with a dab of frosting to form snowman head.
• 14 attach upside down reese's cup to marshmallow with a dab of frosting to form snowman hat.
• 15 make arms from the pretzels and place red-hot"buttons" down the front of the snowman.
• 16 pipe on eyes and nose with the decorating gels.
• 17 repeat with the remaining cupcakes.
• 18 makes 15 snowmen.