Monkey Cupcakes Recipe

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Source: Originally published as Monkey Cupcakes in Taste of Home April/May 2007, p45

Recipe type: Dessert

Prep time: 30 mins

Cook time: 20 mins

Total time: 50 mins

Serves: 24

Ingredients

1 package (18-1/4 ounces) chocolate cake mix
1 can (16 ounces) chocolate frosting
24 vanilla wafers
Black and red decorating gel
48 pastel blue and/or green milk chocolate M&M’s
12 Nutter Butter cookies

Instructions

Prepare batter and bake according to package directions for cupcakes; cool completely.
Set aside ¼ cup frosting. Frost cupcakes with remaining frosting. With a serrated knife, cut off and discard a fourth of each vanilla wafer. Place a wafer on each cupcake, with the rounded edge of wafer near edge of cupcake, for face. Add dots of black gel for nostrils. With red gel, pipe on mouths.
Place M&M’s above wafers for eyes; add dots of black gel for pupils. Using reserved frosting and a #16 star tip, pipe hair. Carefully separate cookies; cut each in half. Position one on each side of cupcakes for ears. Yield: 2 dozen.

Notes

1 cupcake equals 265 calories, 12 g fat (4 g saturated fat), 27 mg cholesterol, 247 mg sodium, 36 g carbohydrate, 1 g fiber, 3 g protein.

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