Skeleton Cupcakes

Yield: 10 Servings

Ingredients

• 1  stick (1/4 lb.) unsalted butter
• 1/2  cup  shortening
• 3  cups  confectioners' sugar
• 1/2  teaspoon  vanilla extract
• 1/8  teaspoon  salt
• 10  Chocolate Cupcakes
• 20  brown M&M's
• 1  long strand black licorice
• 25  white mini jellybeans
• 10  mini Chocolate Cupcakes
• 1  (9 oz.) box chocolate wafers

Preparation

Beat together butter and shortening for 2 minutes. Slowly beat in confectioners' sugar. Add vanilla and salt; beat for 1 minute. Mound 1/4 cup frosting in center of top of each larger cupcake.

For faces, add M&M's, pieces of licorice and halved jellybeans (see photo).

For hats, dab frosting on mini cupcakes, invert and stick to chocolate wafers. Put one on each icing mound.

Nutritional Information

Calories:

572

Fat:

27g (sat 10g)

Protein:

4g

Carbohydrate:

81g

Fiber:

2g

Cholesterol:

48mg

Sodium:

364mg