Snowmen cupcakes

By DobbyB

Ingredients

• * SNOWMEN:
• 1 to 2 * 1 to 2 cans vanilla frosting (16 ounces each)
• * Cupcakes of your choice
• * Coarse sugar
• * Chocolate wafers
• * semisweet chocolate chips and miniature semisweet chocolate chips
• * Orange candy slices
• * Additional vanilla frosting
• * Blue food coloring, pearl dragees, blue jumbo diamond sprinkles and edible glitter, optional

Details

Servings 36

Preparation

Step 1

* Frost cupcakes, reserving some frosting for decorating as desired.
* For snowmen cupcakes: Dip the top of each cupcake in coarse sugar; gently shake off excess sugar. For stovepipe hats, microwave chocolate wafers for a few seconds to slightly soften as needed. Use a serrated knife to cut two narrow strips from opposite sides of each wafer. (Large center piece will form crown of hat; one strip will form the brim.)
* Add chips and mini chips to cupcake to form eyes and mouth. Cut a small piece of orange slice to form the nose.
* Stick brim of hat, rounded side up, into top of cupcake; insert hat crown into the top edge. Secure with additional frosting. Color frosting if desired; place in a resealable plastic bag. Cut a small hole in corner of bag. Pipe a decorative hat band; add dragees and sprinkles if desired. Sprinkle cupcakes with glitter if desired. Yield: varies.