Scarecrow Cupcakes

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 16 ounces vanilla frosting
• brown food coloring paste (icing)
• 12 unfrosted cupcakes
• 3 small orange slices, cut in four 1/4 inch thick pieces
• 24 brown miniature m&m's chocolate candies
• 1 brown decorating frosting
• potato sticks, from can or bag
• 1 piece red fruit leather
• 24 soft caramel candies
• 1 leaf shaped candy sprinkles

Recipe

• 1 tint frosting pale tan with the food color.
• 2 frost top of cupcakes.
• 3 for each cupcake: place a piece of orange candy in place for nose 2 mini m&m-s for eyes.
• 4 pipe a squiggly line of brown frosting for mouth for hair and hay, press potato sticks into frosting on top and bottom edge of cupcake.
• 5 cut scarves from fruit by the foot; place on potato sticks under mouth.
• 6 for the hat, press 1 caramel into a thimble shape; flatten another into a 2-inch circle.
• 7 press thimble onto circle; then press on leaf-shape sprin-kles.
• 8 press hat onto frosting.