St. Nick Cupcakes

Name: St. Nick Cupcakes
Ingredients: 1 to 2 cans vanilla frosting (16 ounces each); Cupcakes and miniature cupcakes of your choice; Red sprinkles; Ivory paste food coloring; Candy-coated sunflower kernels; Red shoestring licorice; Starburst candies; Miniature marshmallows; Corn syrup; White nonpareils

10 ingredients

3 steps

Ingredients

1 to 2 cans vanilla frosting (16 ounces each)
Cupcakes and miniature cupcakes of your choice
Red sprinkles
Ivory paste food coloring
Candy-coated sunflower kernels
Red shoestring licorice
Starburst candies
Miniature marshmallows
Corn syrup
White nonpareils

Directions

1

Frost a cupcake; dip the top in red sprinkles. Tint a small amount of frosting ivory. Using ivory frosting, frost a miniature cupcake for the face. Lay cupcake on its side on top of sprinkled cupcake; secure each with a toothpick. Pipe frosting onto face for hair and beard. Attach sunflower kernels for eyes and nose and a licorice piece for the mouth.
2

For hat, place four red Starburst candies on a small piece of waxed paper; microwave on high for 3-5 seconds or until softened. Place candies side by side, using a rolling pin, roll candies together to 1/8-in. thickness. Cut into a triangle; form into a cone shape. Press seam to seal; gently form around a small ball of plastic wrap into a hat shape.
3

For pom-poms, cut marshmallows in half; roll each half in corn syrup then in nonpareils. Press onto the tip of hat and around brim. Remove plastic wrap from inside hat; attach to head with frosting. Repeat.