Friday, October 30, 2009

Festive Fall Cupcakes



These cupcakes were inspired by a photograph of cookies I came across in a magazine. The decorations were meant to top a thick, chocolate cookie but I decided to improvise and turn them into cupcakes for my students' Halloween party. I have been dying to make this design on cupcakes/cookies since the day I bought the magazine and I am so glad I finally got around to them! They came together quickly and are very impressive looking. I definitely made these for myself (and of course you!) because I am sure my kids will pull all of the decorations off and lick the frosting but that's ok- I love them!



Source: Inspired by Harvest Baking Fall 2009

Ingredients:
1 batch of cupcakes, frosted with vanilla icing
Pumpkin candies
Milk chocolate Twizzlers
Fall leaf sprinkles

Directions:

1- Cut the Twizzlers into 3 inch pieces. Take each piece and slice the top in half lengthwise. Turn the Twizzler and slice in the other direction.
2- Fan out the four "branches" of the Twizzler and push it into the icing.
3- Sprinkle on the fall leaf sprinkles around the "branches."
4- Lay a pumpkin down at the bottom!

8 comments:

  1. SO CUTE! I love the use of chocolate twizzlers... great idea!

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  2. Very cute!! Love using the different candies to create the Fall scene!

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  3. adorable!!! i love this idea! thanks for sharing :)

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  4. These are so adorable!!! Great job!!! I will have to make these for Thanksgiving for my husbands kids (he is a school teacher too!)!

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  5. They are super cute cupcakes, love the twizzler trees! We have included them in our fall feature at http://partycupcakeideas.com/25-fabulous-autumn-fall-cupcakes/

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  6. Adorable...making these for my child's first grade fall party! Thanks for the perfect idea:)

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