Baby Animal Cupcakes
These adorable cupcakes are cute enough to cuddle!
Prep time: 20 min.
Baking time: 21-25 min.
Decoration time: 25 min.
Difficulty: Easy
What you'll need:
- 1 bag 3 MUSKETEERS® Brand MINIS® for Easter
- 1 bag M&M’S® Brand MINIS® Milk Chocolate Candies
- 1 bag STARBURST® Brand Jellybeans
- 1 bag STARBURST® Brand Fruit Chews
- 1 18.25-oz. box yellow cake mix
- 1 16-oz. can vanilla frosting
- Red and yellow food coloring
- Large marshmallows
- Chocolate sprinkles
- Pink sugar crystals
- 2 12-cup cupcake tins
- 24 paper cupcake liners
What to do:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line the muffin cups with the paper cupcake liners.
- Unwrap and chop 1 bag of 3 MUSKETEERS® Brand MINIS® for Easter. Prepare the cake mix according to the package instructions, and stir in the chopped 3 MUSKETEERS® Brand Minis for Easter.
- Divide the batter between the cups. Bake for 21-25 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
- Remove from the oven, transfer to a wire rack, and let cool completely.
To decorate, use the photo as a guide:
For Bunny- Tint vanilla frosting light pink and frost the top of the cupcake.
- Cut a marshmallow in half crosswise and squeeze the sides to make ears. Dip the sticky cut edges in pink sugar crystals and attach as the ears.
- Cut a STARBURST® Brand Fruit Chew diagonally and arrange as the bow tie.
- Use M&M’S® Brand MINIS® Milk Chocolate Candies for the eyes and button, a STARBURST® Brand Jellybean for the nose, and chocolate sprinkles for the whiskers.
- Tint vanilla frosting a pale yellow and frost the top of the cupcake.
- Use STARBURST® Brand Jellybeans for the rooster comb and beak, and M&M’S® Brand MINIS® Milk Chocolate Candies for the eyes.






