On our way to yoga this morning, Amy and I were discussing the "treats" we'd be sending to school with the kids on Monday. I was going to make owl eyes out of dried fruit (Ok...maybe NOT a big hit with the kids on Halloween.) Amy told me about these guys. Last night she made a batch of full-sized cupcakes with M&M's and mini chocolate chip eyes. They sounded adorable, so after picking Josie and my niece Natalie up from school, the three of us decided that making a trial-run batch of Mummy Cupcakes was necessary. (It was.) To give the little guys at least one redeeming quality, I made pumpkin cupcakes instead of traditional cupcakes.
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Ingredients
Chocolate cake mix
15 oz. can of pumpkin
White frosting
Mini M&M's
Small tube of black gel frosting (not pictured)
Directions
Preheat oven to 350˚F. Mix together the cake mix and the pumpkin. Fill the wells of a mini-muffin tray 3/4 of the way full. Bake for 12-15 minutes. Remove from oven, and while still warm, press two M&M's into each cupcake for the eyes.
After allowing them to cool completely, use a flat tip and a bag of frosting and go back and forth over the mummy faces until they are covered. Using the gel, plop a tiny dot onto the center of each eye.
Oh, and if anyone cares, I figured it out and they are 90 calories each. Not too spooky!
Those cupcakes are adorable. Am going to share the recipe with my daughter for the grandkids! Thanks.
ReplyDeleteSo cute!!! clever and crafty!
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