Mouse Cupcakes

Name: Mouse Cupcakes
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 12 serving(s)
Ingredients: 1 16-oz can vanilla frosting; 12 vanilla cupcakes, chilled; 36 mini vanilla wafers (such as Nilla Wafers); 2 c. desiccated coconut; 12 small pink jelly beans (such as Jelly Belly); 24 black pearls (such as Wilton); 4 black licorice laces; 1 16-oz can vanilla frosting (tinted with yellow food coloring); 12 circus peanuts

By The Good Housekeeping Test KitchenPublished: Jul 27, 2018

Alan Richardson

Yields:

12 serving(s)

Total Time:

50 mins

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These classic vanilla cupcakes as masked as kid-friendly critters.

Note: You can make mice any color; simply tint desiccated coconut with food coloring and spread on waxed paper to dry before using.

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Ingredients

Mouse Cupcakes

1
16-oz can vanilla frosting
12
vanilla cupcakes, chilled
36
mini vanilla wafers (such as Nilla Wafers)
2 cups
desiccated coconut
12
small pink jelly beans (such as Jelly Belly)
24
black pearls (such as Wilton)
4
black licorice laces

Cheese-Slice Cupcakes

1
16-oz can vanilla frosting (tinted with yellow food coloring)
12
vanilla cupcakes, chilled
12
circus peanuts

Directions

Mouse Cupcakes
1. Step 1Spoon 1/2 cup frosting into resealable plastic bag. Spread cupcakes with remaining frosting and smooth. For heads, place vanilla wafer on each cupcake, flat side down, overhanging edge slightly. For ears, add 2 more wafers against back of head, standing up with flat side facing out.
2. Step 2Snip small corner from bag of frosting. Pipe some frosting over cookie head to cover. Pipe line of frosting around cookie ears.
3. Step 3Sprinkle coconut over cupcakes, making sure to cover tops completely. Remove any excess coconut from frosted areas and use small brush to expose unfrosted centers of ears. Gently press coconut to reshape.
4. Step 4Pipe dot of frosting on front tip of each head and add jelly bean nose. Add pearl eyes, pressing into frosting to secure. For tails, cut licorice laces into twelve 3-inch pieces. Insert tails into frosting on edges of cupcakes, opposite heads.
Cheese-Slice Cupcakes
1. Step 1For each cupcake, place 1 circus peanut on its side and cut lengthwise into thirds.
2. Step 2Arrange 3 slices with flat sides down and slightly overlapping. Roll slices, pressing together into roughly 2 1/4-inch shapes.
3. Step 3Trim rolled candy into 2-inch squares. For holes, use pastry tips, straws, or cookie cutter to remove small holes of various sizes from each square. Tint vanilla frosting pale yellow with food coloring; spread on 12 chilled vanilla cupcakes and top with slices as desired.