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One-Eyed Monster Cupcakes

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Updated Mar 14, 2014
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Celebrate Halloween or fall with this fun and “scary” dessert. These cupcakes are made using Betty Crocker™ Super Moist™ chocolate cake mix and decorated with Betty Crocker® frosting and decorating gel.

One-Eyed Monster Cupcakes

  • Prep Time 30 min
  • Total 1 hr 30 min
  • Servings 24
  • Ingredients 8
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Ingredients

  • 1 box Betty Crocker™ Super Moist™ Milk Chocolate Cake Mix
  • Water, vegetable oil and eggs called for on cake mix box
  • 1/2 teaspoon neon green paste food color
  • 2 tubs (12 oz) Betty Crocker™ Whipped Fluffy White Frosting
  • 1/2 teaspoon purple paste food color
  • 24 large candy eyes
  • 2 tubes (0.68 oz each) Betty Crocker™ black decorating gel
  • 24 sour candy straws, cut into thirds

Instructions

  • Step 
    1
    Heat oven to 350°F. Place paper baking cup in each of 24 regular-size muffin cups. Make and bake cake mix as directed on box for cupcakes, using water, oil and eggs. Cool 10 minutes; remove from pans to cooling racks. Cool completely.
  • Step 
    2
    Stir green food color into 1 container of the frosting. Stir purple food color into remaining container of frosting. Spoon each color frosting into separate decorating bags fitted with star tip. Pipe frosting on cupcakes to look like monster’s fur.
  • Step 
    3
    Place 1 candy eye on each cupcake. With decorating gel, draw mouths. Insert 3 sour straw pieces into frosting on each cupcake to look like hair.

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