Melting Snowman Cupcakes
Melting Snowmen Cupcakes
I am going to dinner with friends tonight and offered to bring dessert. With storms looming in the near future I decided to make something with a winter theme. I ended up making Melting Snowmen Cupcakes- or Global Warming Cupcakes- you decide. They were pretty easy to make. I just baked some vanilla cupcakes- you can make whatever kind you like. I had 2 containers of marshmallow cream a friend had given me so I used them for the frosting. You could just as easily use vanilla frosting- store bought or homemade. I set a marshmallow on the top and decorated them with frosting for eyes, scarves and carrot “noses” . Since I had some kisses I used them for hats.
Melting Snowman Cupcakes
24 prepared cupcakes
2 jars marshmallow cream- or 2c. white frosting
24 marshmallows
1/2 c. chocolate frosting- for eyes, mouths and scarves
small amount of orange frosting for carrot noses
24 kisses candies
If using the marshmallow cream, place in microwave-safe dish and warm up in the microwave for a minute or so- stir until smooth. Dollop cupcakes with a small amount of the cream and allow it to melt over the cakes. Place a marshmallow on top of each cupcake to form the snowman’s head- I used toothpicks to affix the marshmallows until the marshmallow cream set up. If you are using frosting,just frost the cupcakes allowing a little frosting to drip over the sides. Use a small writing tip with a decorating tube to make eyes and mouths with chocolate frosting. I used the same frosting for the scarves, but you can tint white frosting any color you like for the scarves. Use a small writing tip to make the orange carrot noses. If you have used toothpicks to affix the marshmallows- remove them. Affix the kisses to the heads of the snowmen with a little frosting- any kind you have extra of. Makes 24.
Marshmallow cream spreading over the cupcakes
Marshmallows are placed on top
A trio of snowmen
