Things You'll Need:
- Paper cupcake liners
- White cake frosting
- Serrated knife
- Spatula
- Food coloring
- Licorice strings
- Gumdrops
- Pastry bags and tips
- Batch of chocolate cupcakes
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Step 1
Bake one batch of chocolate cupcakes in paper cupcake liners and allow them to cool.
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Step 2
Prepare a batch of white cake frosting, and divide it into five small bowls. Use the food coloring to tint each one a different pastel color.
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Step 3
Neatly slice the rounded top off of the cupcakes with a serrated knife, and then slice each top in half. Set them aside, because they will be the wings.
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Step 4
Frost the cupcakes and use a small amount of frosting to attach the halves back on the tops, placing them slightly askew so they look like wings.
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Step 5
Refrigerate the cupcakes for about 30 minutes until they are firm and the wings stay on securely.
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Step 6
Make bug heads from the gumdrops and antennae from the licorice string. Snip the licorice string into small pieces about ½-inch long. Poke two holes on opposite sides of each gumdrop, and poke the licorice strip into the holes.
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Step 7
Frost the wings in the colors of your choice, and decorate them with the pastry bags filled with colored frosting of your choice.
