Cupcake Plants
Cupcake Plants
Got a green thumb? Grow a garden full of colorful cookies and cupcakes!
Prep time: 20 min.
Baking time: 42 min.
Decoration time: 30 min.
Difficulty: Challenging
What you'll need:
  • 1 bag M&M’S® Brand MINIS® Milk Chocolate Candies
  • 1 18-oz. refrigerated cookie dough
  • 1/2 cup flour
  • 1 box confectioner’s sugar
  • 2 tablespoons egg white powder
  • 6 tablespoons water
  • Yellow, orange and red food coloring
  • 12 6-inch lollipop sticks
  • 2 cookie sheet pans
  • 1 resealable plastic bags
  • 1 can (16-oz.) vanilla frosting
  • Printable template or your favorite flower cookie cutter
  • 1 bag M&M’S® Brand Peanut Chocolate Candies
  • 1 bag SNICKERS® Brand MINIS®
  • 1 box (18.25-oz.) chocolate cake mix
  • 1 can (16-oz.) chocolate frosting
  • 2 6-cup jumbo cupcake pans
  • 12 jumbo paper cupcake liners
  • Spatula
  • 3 1/2-inch decorated terra cotta flower pots
What to do:
  1. What to Do For Cookie Flowers
  2. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line cookie sheet pans with parchment paper .
  3. Knead the flour into the dough, and roll it out to a 1/4-inch thickness. Using the printable template, cut out 12 cookies, re-rolling the scraps. Transfer cookies to cookie sheet and slip lollipop stick underneath each one.
  4. Bake for approximately 12-15 minutes, or until golden. Remove from the oven, transfer to wire rack and let cool completely.
  5. Beat the confectioner’s sugar, egg white powder and water until fluffy. Spoon 1/2 cup of the frosting in a resealable plastic bag with a small corner snipped.set aside. Divide the remaining frosting into 3 cups and tint one yellow, one orange and one red. Spread cookies with frosting.
  6. Pipe a small circle of white frosting in the center of each cookie and decorate with M&M’S® Brand MINIS® Milk Chocolate Candies using the photograph as guide. Set aside.
What to Do For Cupcakes Meanwhile, line the cupcake pans with paper cupcake liners and roughly chop 2 cups of SNICKERS® Brand MINIS®, set aside. Prepare the cake mix according to package instructions, fold in the chopped SNICKERS® Brand MINIS® and divide the batter evenly between the prepared cupcake pans. Bake for approximately 23-27 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. Spread the top of the cupcake with the chocolate frosting. Press a cupcake into a flowerpot. Insert the flower cookie stick in the center and decorate the cupcake with 2 green M&M’S® Brand Peanut Chocolate Candies.
Makes 12 Cupcake Plants.