How to Make Mr. Potato Head Decorations for Cupcakes

Cupcakes are a delicous and mess-free way to end a birthday party.

Mr. Potato Head cupcakes are a creative and delicious dessert for any kid's party. The body of Mr. Potato Head is easily created with the cupcake and frosting. Mr. Potato Head's goofy features can replicated using candies, sweets and icing. The cupcakes can be decorated in advance for kids to gobble down or the decorations can be set out in individual dishes for each kid to decorate their own Mr. Potato Head.

Things You'll Need

• Cupcakes
• Peanut butter or white frosting
• Food coloring set
• White chocolate candies
• Black gel icing
• Black licorice
• Green gel icing
• Red jelly beans
• Circus peanuts
• Lip-shaped candy
• White gel icing
• Red jelly fruit slices

Instructions

1. 

   Textured frosting is pretty, but it doesn't represent Mr. Potato Head's smooth skin.

   Bake the appropriate number of cupcakes using your favorite cupcake recipe. Frost the cupcakes with peanut butter frosting or white frosting colored light brown with food coloring. Use a spatula to frost the cupcakes; you want the frosting to be smooth and texture free. This will provide the base and body of Mr. Potato Head.

2. 

   Mr. Potato Head has blue glasses that can be featured on various cupcakes.

   Apply the eyes and eyebrows to the Mr. Potato Head cupcakes using white chocolate candies, black icing and black licorice. Mr. Potato Head has large circular white eyes with black pupils. White M&Ms or large white chocolate chips, both found at bulk candy stores, will make suitable Mr. Potato Head eyes. Place either candy top side down into the top center of the cupcake. Use the black icing to create circular pupils in the middle of each candy. Apply Mr. Potato Head's bushy eyebrows with black licorice pieces or thick black icing.

3. Apply the nose to the Mr. Potato Head cupcake. Mr. Potato Head has a few noses to choose from; one of the noses is a big red oval and another is a large orange nose. Red jelly beans and orange circus peanuts represent the noses well. Place a red jelly bean where Mr. Potato Head's nose would be or center a circus peanut vertically underneath his eyes.

4. 

   Mr. Potato Head has a large toothy smile and a red set of lips to choose from.

   Apply Mr. Potato Head's infamous mustache and mouth. Place one or two black licorice pieces underneath the nose to create the mustache, or use black icing to create a big mustache with more details. Use lip-shaped candies, found at bulk candy stores, for his lips, or use white gel icing to create his large toothy smile instead.

5. 

   Make sure his ears are on straight before you eat him up.

   Apply the ears to your Mr. Potato Head cupcake. Mr. Potato Head has a couple of ears to choose from. He has a pair of pink half circle ears and a pair of large goofy orange ears. Pink jelly fruit slices work perfectly to recreate his pink ears. Use two pieces of candy and stick one on each side of the cupcake up near his eyes.

Tips & Warnings

• If you don't like certain candies or cannot find specific candies mentioned here, various other candies and dried goods can be used to create your own unique Mr. Potato Head cupcakes.

• Do not use peanut butter frosting if someone in the party has a peanut allergy.

References

• HASBRO -- Classic Mr. Potato Head Silly Suitcase