When it's your turn to provide the treat for a party, these Santa cupcakes will be scene-stealers. Kids will love to help decorate them.
Santa Cupcakes
- Prep Time 40 min
- Total 1 hr 30 min
- Ingredients 9
- Servings 24
Ingredients
- 1 pkg. cake mix (any flavor)
- Water
- Oil
- Eggs
- 1 (16-oz.) can vanilla frosting
- 2 tablespoons red decorator sugar
- 48 chocolate chips
- 24 red cinnamon candies
- 1 1/2 cups miniature marshmallows (about 144)
Instructions
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Step1Heat oven to 350°F. Line 24 muffin cups with paper baking cups. Prepare and bake cake mix as directed on package for cupcakes, using water, oil and eggs. Cool 30 minutes or until completely cooled.
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Step2Spread frosting over cupcakes. Sprinkle top 1/3 of each cupcake with about 1/8 teaspoon decorator sugar to form Santa's hat.
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Step3To make each Santa's face, place chocolate chips for eyes and cinnamon candy for nose. Cut 2 marshmallows in half lengthwise; arrange to form rim of hat. Cut 4 marshmallows in half crosswise; cover lower part of cupcake to form beard.
Nutrition
220
Calories
8g
Total Fat
2g
Protein
36g
Total Carbohydrate
25g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Cupcake (Yellow Cake)
- Calories
- 220
- Calories from Fat
- 70
- Total Fat
- 8g
- 12%
- Saturated Fat
- 2g
- 10%
- Cholesterol
- 25mg
- 8%
- Sodium
- 180mg
- 8%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 36g
- 12%
- Dietary Fiber
- 1g
- 4%
- Sugars
- 25g
- Protein
- 2g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 0%
- 0%
- Vitamin C
- 0%
- 0%
- Calcium
- 0%
- 0%
- Iron
- 4%
- 4%
Exchanges:
1/2 Starch; 2 Fruit; 2 1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 1 1/2 Fat;
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