Turn simple chocolate cupcakes into winning cupcakes with simple pretzel and candy game-time decorations.
Game Day Cupcakes
- Prep Time 35 min
- Total 2 hr 5 min
- Servings 24
- Ingredients 9
Ingredients
- 1 box Betty Crocker™ Super Moist™ Devil's Food Cake Mix
- Water, vegetable oil and eggs called for on cake mix box
- 1 tub (12 oz) Betty Crocker™ Whipped Fluffy White Frosting
- Betty Crocker™ gel food color
- Betty Crocker™ Decorating Decors stars
- 1 tube (4.25 oz) Betty Crocker™ white decorating icing
- 24 milk chocolate covered almonds (from 3 oz box)
- 4 rolls Betty Crocker™ Fruit Roll-Ups® chewy fruit snack, any flavor (from 5-oz box)
- 24 thin pretzel sticks
Instructions
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Step1Heat oven to 350°F (325°F for dark or nonstick pans). Place paper baking cup in each of 24 regular-size muffin pans.
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Step2Make and bake cake as directed on box for 24 cupcakes. Cool in pans 10 minutes; remove from pans to cooling racks. Cool completely, about 30 minutes.
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Step3To create your favorite team colors, divide 3/4 cup frosting between two small bowls. Add desired food color to each bowl, and stir until thoroughly blended. Spread frosting over cupcakes; sprinkle with stars. For footballs, pipe laces on almonds with decorator frosting. Cut each fruit snack into 6 triangles. Wrap each triangle around one end of each pretzel for flag. Decorate each cupcake with a football and flag. Store loosely covered.
Nutrition
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