Cat Cupcakes

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup chocolate chips
• 6 thin pretzel twists, loops broken off (loops will resemble candy canes)
• 1/4 cup chocolate sprinkles (sprinkles)
• 1 (16 ounce) can vanilla frosting
• green food coloring paste (icing)
• 12 unfrosted cupcakes
• 1 1/2 cups canned milk chocolate frosting
• 12 chocolate hershey chocolate kisses
• 1 package yellow decorating frosting

Recipe

• 1 line a baking sheet with wax paper.
• 2 melt chocolate chips in a small bowl in microwave as bag directs.
• 3 for cat's tails, dip pretzel loops in chocolate, remove excess, place on lined baking sheet and sprinkle with jimmies.
• 4 refrigerate until needed.
• 5 spoon 1 tbsp vanilla frosting into a small ziptop bag; set aside.
• 6 tint rest grass-green with the food color.
• 7 frost top of cupcakes with green frosting.
• 8 for each cupcake: insert a tail into frosting at top right, letting part of tail extend over the side.
• 9 reserve 1 tsp chocolate frosting.
• 10 spoon rest into a small ziptop bag.
• 11 snip 1/4inch off corner and pipe cat's body (like a large"c") and legs.
• 12 press point of chocolate kiss into frosting for head.
• 13 snip tiny tip off corner of bag with vanilla frosting- pipe whiskers.
• 14 pipe eyes with yellow icing dip a toothpick into reserved chocolate frosting; use to make cat's ears.