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malt chocolate chips Vanilla Buttercream green gumdrop fruit slices red gumdrop fruit marshmallows vanilla cupcakes light-green sanding sugar
Viewed: 63 - Published at: 3 years agoIngredients
- 12 yogurt-covered malt balls, halved (for the eyes)
- 36 mini chocolate chips (for the pupils and the flies)
- 2 cups vanilla buttercream
- 16 green gumdrop fruit slices (for the legs)
- 4 red gumdrop fruit slices (for the tongues)
- 6 mini marshmallows (for the fly wings)
- 12 vanilla cupcakes
- 1/2 cup light-green sanding sugar
Method
- For the eyes: Place the malt balls cut side down on the work surface.
- Add a mini chocolate chip to each ball by gluing with a little buttercream as a pupil for each eye.
- Set aside.
- For the legs: Cut each of the green gumdrop fruit slices horizontally into 3 thinner slices.
- Cut 3 toes into each leg (snip with scissors).
- Set aside.
- For the tongues and flies: Place the red gumdrop fruit slices on the work surface.
- Cut each horizontally into 3 thinner slices.
- Cut each slice into a narrow strip to make a tongue.
- Place a mini chocolate chip at one end of each tongue.
- Snip tiny wedges of marshmallow with scissors to make little fly wings.
- Cut the end of each wedge off and glue 1 wedge on each side of the chocolate chip, using the sticky cut side of the marshmallow to adhere.
- To assemble: Frost each cupcake with about 2 tablespoons buttercream.
- Place the green sanding sugar in a small bowl.
- Invert each cupcake into the sugar and press gently to adhere.
- Attach the eyes by pressing gently into the frosting.
- Push the legs and tongue into the edges of the cupcake.
- Repeat steps for all cupcakes.
