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Cupcakes: Beehive Cupcakes

Source of Recipe

Mars


Recipe Introduction

"So bee-utiful they'll start a buzz anywhere you serve them!"

List of Ingredients

1 13-oz. bag SNICKERS® Brand Miniatures for Easter
1 14-oz. bag STARBURST® Brand Jellybeans Original Fruits
1 14-oz. bag M&M'S® Brand Milk Chocolate Candies for Easter
2 (12-cup) muffin tins
24 paper cupcake liners
1 18-oz. box your favorite cake mix
2 16-oz. cans classic vanilla frosting
Yellow food coloring
Resealable plastic bag
1 tube chocolate decorative frosting, with plain tip
1/4 cup sliced almonds
Traceable flower pattern (click here to print one)*
3 pieces of construction paper in bright, spring colors (orange, pink, green, etc.)
Serving tray, optional



Recipe

*http://www.marsbrightideas.com/easter/recipes/r_1160_1.jsp

Unwrap all the SNICKERS® Brand Miniatures for Easter. Separate 24 whole SNICKERS® Brand Miniature pieces. Chop the remaining pieces and set aside.

Line the 2 muffin tins with the paper cupcake liners. Prepare the cake mix, fold in the chopped SNICKERS® Brand Miniatures for Easter, and bake according to the package directions.

Let the cupcakes cool to room temperature.

In the meantime, tint the frosting with yellow food coloring to the desired shade. Dab a teaspoon of frosting on the bottom of each remaining SNICKERS® Brand Miniatures for Easter piece and place one on top of each cupcake.
Frost the top of the cupcake to cover both the cupcake and candy. This will help support the frosting beehive.

Spoon the remaining frosting into a resealable plastic bag. Using scissors, snip a small corner of the bag. Pipe the frosting in a spiral fashion, starting at the bottom of the hive and working your way up to the top.

Separate the orange STARBURST® Brand Jellybeans Original Fruits from the rest of the package. Place them randomly around the hive, and gently squeeze the chocolate frosting in a zigzag pattern on top of them.

For the bee's wings: Place an almond slice on both sides of each orange STARBURST® Brand Jellybeans Original Fruit piece.

To serve, use the flower pattern to create flower cut-outs from the construction paper. Place the flowers on a table or serving tray, put a hive on each flower, and sprinkle with M&M'S® Brand Milk Chocolate Candies for Easter.

Makes 24 cupcakes.