Santa Cupcakes Food

SANTA CUPCAKES

Steps:

• Prepare and bake cake mix according to package directions for cupcakes, filling paper-lined muffin cups two-thirds full. Cool in pans 10 minutes before removing to wire racks; cool completely. , Tint 2/3 cup frosting red with food coloring. Place 3 tablespoons white frosting in a food-safe plastic bag; cut a 1/4-in. hole in one corner and reserve for piping., Use remaining white frosting to cover two-thirds of each cupcake. For hats, cover remaining third of each cupcake with red frosting. Pipe fur trim with white frosting; add marshmallows for pompoms. Decorate with M&M's, Red Hots and jimmies for faces; add coconut for beards.

SANTA HAT CUPCAKES

Steps:

• Fill a pastry bag fitted with a large round tip with the white frosting and frost the cupcakes. Sprinkle with the white nonpareils.
• Melt the red candy wafers and coconut oil in a small heatproof bowl in the microwave, 30 seconds.
• Trim an inch off the pointed side of each ice cream sugar cone with a serrated knife. Coat the ice cream cones with the melted red candy and sprinkle with the red sanding sugar. Top with a white gummy candy. Chill in the refrigerator until set, about 5 minutes.
• Place the Santa hat on top of the cupcake and serve.

CHRISTMAS SANTA CUPCAKES

Steps:

• Frost each cupcake with a thin layer of vanilla frosting. Pour red sprinkles into a small bowl and dip the lower third of each frosted cupcake into the sugar to make Santa's hat. Create a white rim for the hat by placing about 6 white chocolate chips, flat-side up, at the edge of the red sugar section. Stick 1 white chocolate chip on the top as a pom-pom.
• Place 2 mini chocolate chips in Santa's face for the eyes and a red candy-coated chocolate piece for the nose. Sprinkle coconut flakes over the bottom third for the beard.