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Scaredy-Cat Cupcakes
 
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Prep Time: 0 Minutes
Cook Time: 20 Minutes
Ready In: 20 Minutes
Servings: 24
Get your kids in on the fun by letting them add the faces to these feline cupcakes. Adults can pipe on the frosting, while the kids decorate.
Ingredients:
1 package cake mix of your choice (regular size)
1 can (16 ounces) vanilla frosting
orange paste food coloring
1 cup chow mein noodles
2 teaspoons sugar
2 teaspoons baking cocoa
48 nacho tortilla chips, broken
assorted candies: green m&m's, miniature semisweet chocolate chips, black licorice twists and shoestring licorice
Directions:
1. Prepare and bake cake mix according to package directions for cupcakes; cool completely. Tint vanilla frosting orange. Using a star tip, pipe orange frosting onto cupcakes.
2. For whiskers, in a small bowl, combine the chow mein noodles, sugar and cocoa; set aside.
3. For cats' ears, insert nacho chips with pointed tips up. Use M&M's and miniature chocolate chips for eyes, pieces of licorice twists for noses and shoestring licorice for mouths. Arrange reserved chow mein noodles on cupcakes for whiskers. Yield: 2 dozen.
By RecipeOfHealth.com