Difficulty: Moderately Easy
Instructions
Things You'll Need:
- 1 package chocolate cake mix
- Paper or foil muffin tin liners
- 2 muffin tins
- 1 can prepared chocolate frosting
- Miniature M&M candies
- Gumdrops
- Thin mint wafers
- 1 flat chocolate candy bar
- 1 tube of red gel frosting
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Step 1
Mix the cake mix as directed on the package and pour the batter into the paper or foil-lined muffin tins. Bake as directed on the package.
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Step 2
Remove the cupcakes from the oven and allow them to cook on a wire rack. Frost the cooled cupcakes with a chocolate frosting.
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Step 3
Put two matching M&Ms on each cupcake for the bat's eyes, and put a gumdrop nose in the center of the cupcake.
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Step 4
Cut a thin mint in half and arrange one half, flat side down, on each side of each cupcake. These are the bat's wings.
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Step 5
Slice a flat chocolate bar into small triangles and put them on the top of the bat's head for bat ears.
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Step 6
Use one tube of red gel frosting to draw a mouth on each bat cupcake, along with a pair of fangs and a tiny pupil in the middle of each miniature M&M eye.
