Chickadee Easter Cupcakes
 
 
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Recipe type: cupcakes
Ingredients
  • 1 box favorite cake mix (Yellow cake mix works well)
  • Eggs, water and oil to make cupcakes
  • 1 container of vanilla frosting
  • cupcake liners
  • Chocolate chips for eyes
  • Orange Slices candy
  • 2 cups flaked coconut (can substitute with yellow sprinkles)
  • yellow food coloring
Instructions
  1. Make cupcakes according package directions.
  2. Mix yellow food coloring into vanilla frosting, add enough drops to get desired color.
  3. (I didn't dye the frosting and it would have been better dyed yellow FYI)
  4. Frost cupcakes.
  5. Place coconut in a large ziploc bag and drop about 8 drops of yellow food coloring into the bag.
  6. Shake the bag until the coconut is completely covered yellow.
  7. Top the cupcakes with the yellow coconut.
  8. Place a chocolate chip with tip side down for each eye.
  9. Cut the orange slice into small triangles and place for beak.
  10. Cut larger triangles for the feet.
  11. You can dye some extra coconut green for grass to have the cupcakes sit in, or put them in Easter grass.
  12. Have Fun!
Recipe by Sugar n' Spice Gals at https://sugar-n-spicegals.com/chickadee-cupcakes/