That’ll do, Pig. That’ll do.
I LOVE CUPCAKES. I mean, who doesn’t right? They are little bites of heaven…and as my friend Matty Binks wisely wrote…”Whoever created the first cupcake deserves a Nobel Peace Prize.” Anyway…I love to make fun animal inspired cupcakes. I like to say they are for my nieces and nephews…but really…I make them for me because I love cute things. Especially sugary frosted baked goods type cute things! These little piglet cupcakes were inspired by some cupcakes I saw on Flickr. YUM. But after going to 50 different cake decorating stores, and not finding any pink candy chocolates…I had to improvise. I ended up with the following recipe:
PIGGIE CUPCAKES
recipe from Julie Foxworthy
INGREDIENTS:
Strawberry Cake Mix
Eggs (for Cake Mix batter)
Oil (for Cake Mix batter)
Strawberry Frosting
Marshmallows (Large)
Mini Chocolate Chips
Strawberry Pink Sugar Wafer Cookies
Bag of Mini M&Ms
Pink Decorator Sugar
RECIPE INSTRUCTIONS:
- Bake and frost cupcakes per package directions
- Slice big marshmallows in half, and dip the sticky side in the pink decorator sugar
- Drill two little holes (I used a wooden kabob skewer) into the marshmallow where you would like the nostrils to go
- Fill each nostril with an upside down mini chocolate chip (so the flat side is showing)
- Set aside snouts
- Cut strawberry wafers into triangle shape pieces with a sharp chef’s knife…(some of the wafers will pull apart from the cream filling, but I just kept cutting a bunch of them, until I had enough that had stuck together)
- Pick out a bunch of blue mini M&M’s out of the bag and set aside
- Assemble the Pigs by placing on the snout, the ears, and the eyes
- Enjoy!
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