Black Cat Cupcakes
(from wkphipps’s recipe box)
Source: Ladies' Home Journal
Prep time: 90 minutes
Serves 12 people
Categories: Halloween Desserts
Ingredients
- 3/4 cup Chocolate Cream Cheese Frosting
- 24 small yellow gumdrops
- Black licorice laces
- 12 standard-size cupcakes
- 1 cup chocolate sprinkles
- 24 chocolate Candy Melts or chocolate coating dots
Directions
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Fit a piping bag with a #4 plain tip and fill with 1/4 cup frosting; set aside.
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To make eyes, cut an 1/8-inch thick slice off the larger end of each gumdrop; add a small piece of licorice lace to the cut side of each slice.
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For ears, cut chocolate coating dots into triangle shapes with a paring knife.
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Cut licorice laces into 1-1/2- to 2-inch lengths for whiskers.
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Frost cupcakes;
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Coat generously with chocolate sprinkles.
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Insert ears into the icing of each cupcake, add whiskers and eyes and pipe a frosting nose.