Santa Hat Cupcakes Recipe with an Ice Cream Cone
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Ho Ho Ho – Thanksgiving is just around the corner and so is Elf on the Shelf and Santa. Looking for a fun Christmas Food Craft with the kids? How about fun Santa Hat Cupcakes?

Ingredients:

• 1 box Cake Mix
• 3 Eggs
• 1 cup Water
• 1/3 cup Vegetable Oil
• 24 Sugar Cones
• 1 cup butter, softened
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 4 cups confectioners sugar
• 2 tbsp milk
• 1 cup Red Candy Melts
• Red Sparkling Sugar

Directions:

1. Make cupcakes according to directions.
2. Let cool.
3. In a large bowl, cream the butter and add vanilla.
4. Mix in the sugar one cup at a time.
5. Beat in the milk mixing until fluffy.
6. Tranfer icing to the corner of large size zipper bag, try to minimaize trapped air and close. Clip a small piece off the corner to pipe.
7. Heat Red Candy Chips by microwaving for 30 seconds stirring and repeating until melted.
8. Coat each cone by rolling in melted candy.
9. Place on rack and sprinkle with sparkling sugar.
10. Allow to set.
11. Ice the top of the cupcake.
12. Place a candy cone on top of each.
13. Pipe icing in a ring around the top of each cupcake.
14. Pipe a ball at the end of the cone.

Like the Santa Hat Cupcakes Recipe? Check out these others:

• Snowmen Milk Bottles
• Chocolate Covered Cherries Cordial Cupcakes
• Gingerbread Men Cookies
• Chocolate Cherry Mice
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• Rolo PIlgram Hat Cookies
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Chocolate Covered Maraschino Cherry Mice Recipe
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Definition of When the cat’s away, the mice will play (at least if the Elf isn’t watching). This holiday season, have fun making this Christmas dessert recipe with the kids. Dip Maraschino Cherries (with their stems) in chocolate and top off with a yummy Hershey’s Kiss!

Ingredients:

• 12 drained Maraschino Cherries with stems
• 12 Hersheys Kisses
• 1/2 cup Light Cocoa Candy Melts
• 1/8 cup White Candy Melts
• 24 Almond slices

Directions:

1. Heat Light Cocoa Candy Chips in small bowl by microwaving for 30 seconds stirring and repeating until melted.
2. Hold cherry by stem and dip in chocolate making sure to get complete coverage
3. Place bottom of cherry against bottom of Hershey Kiss and place on wax paper.
4. Gently insert 2 Almond slices between the cherry and the kiss to create ears.
5. Allow to cool and set and refrigerator for 5 minutes.
6. Heat White Candy Chips in small bowl by microwaving for 30 seconds stirring and repeating until melted.
7. Using toothpick, gather up small bit of melted white chocolate and paint on each eye.
8. Allow chocolate to set.

Chocolate Maraschino Cherry Mice Recipe? Check out these others:

• Snowmen Milk Bottles
• Chocolate Covered Cherries Cordial Cupcakes
• Snowmen Peppermint Sticks
• Gingerbread Men Cookies
• Santa Hat Cupcakes
• Pumpkin Spice Doughnuts
• Cinnamon Dolce Syrup Recipe – Just like Starbucks
• Pumpkin Spice Coffee Frappuccino Recipe
• Copy-Cat Starbucks Recipes
• Copy-Cat Restaurant Recipes

Don’t forget to watch me on Rachael Ray on Tuesday 11/26 making some fun cooking crafts with the kids!

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