Wicked Witch Cupcakes

Directions

1. 1
   Tint buttercream green with gel-paste food color.
2. 2
   Spoon a generous mound of buttercream onto each cupcake; using an offset spatula, smooth into a dome shape.
3. 3
   (Or use an ice-cream scoop to place a mound of buttercream atop each cupcake.)
4. 4
   Place an inverted sugar cone on top of each cupcake, tilting cones slightly backward.
5. 5
   Press two candy-coated chocolates and one piece of candy corn into buttercream to make the eyes and nose.
6. 6
   With a paring knife or kitchen shears, snip licorice laces into pieceslonger ones (about 2 1/2 inches) for hair, and shorter (about 1/2 inch) for eyebrows and bangs.
7. 7
   Insert longer licorice pieces into frosting, just below the sugar cones, to make hair, and press two short licorice pieces over eyes, slanting them slightly to make eyebrows.
8. 8
   Decorated cupcakes can be stored up to 1 day at room temperature.