Animal Cupcake Decorating

Ingredients

• 8 baked cupcakes
• For lion decoration :-
• some dark orange frosting in plastic bag
• some light orange frosting in plastic bag
• 1/2 cups caramel popcorn
• 4 brown miniature candy-coated chocolate baking bits
• 8 pretzel sticks (1/2 inch pieces)
• 4 pieces Cheerios cereal (any flavor)
• some black frosting
• For Tiger Decoration :-
• some dark orange frosting
• 4 orange chewy fruit-flavored gumdrops, cut in half crosswise, top halves discarded
• 4 brown miniature candy-coated chocolate baking bits
• some black frosting
• some light orange frosting
• For Zebra Decoration :-
• 2 round vanilla wafer cookies
• 4 brown miniature candy-coated chocolate baking bits
• 8 black chewy licorice-flavored gumdrops, cut in half vertically
• some vanilla frosting
• some black frosting
• For Monkey Decoration :-
• 4 brown miniature candy-coated chocolate baking bits
• 4 miniature marshmallows, cut in half crosswise, pieces flattened
• 4 small round chocolate-covered creamy mints
• some dark chocolate frosting
• some light brown frosting
• some black frosting

1. For lion decoration : Frost 2 cupcakes with darker orange frosting. For muzzle, spread or pipe small circle of lighter orange frosting on cupcakes. place caramel corn around edges of cupcakes for mane.
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2. For eyes, add brown baking bits. For whiskers, insert pretzel sticks in cupcakes. For ears, add cereal pieces. Using black frosting, pipe on mouth and nose.
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3. For tiger : Frost the 2 cupcakes with darker orange frosting. Then pipe small circle of lighter orange frosting. For ears use orange candies, use black frosting to pipe on stripes, nose and mouth. For eyes, add brown baking bits.
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4. For zebra : Cut small horizontal slit in top of 2 cupcakes near edge of paper cup. Insert edge of vanilla wafer cookie into each slit to create elongated face, adding small amount of vanilla frosting to cookie before inserting to help stick.
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5. Frost cupcakes with vanilla frosting. For muzzles, frost cookies with black frosting. With black frosting, pipe on stripes and mane. Add brown baking bits for nostrils and eyes. For ears, add black gumdrop halves, cut sides down.
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6. For monkey :- Frost 2 cupcakes with chocolate frosting. For muzzle, pipe circle of light brown on each cupcake that starts in middle and extends to edge, pipe small tuft of hair on opposite edge.
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7. For each eye, attach brown baking bit to marshmallow half with light brown frosting; place on cupcakes. With black frosting, pipe on nose and mouth. For ears, add mints. Enjoy!