Awesome Alien Cupcakes

Name: Awesome Alien Cupcakes
Prep time: 1 h 55 min
Cook time: 1 h 55 min
Total time: 1 h 55 min
Yield: 24
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 3 Tbsps butter or margarine; 48 candy-coated chocolate candies; 1 liters Kix® cereal; 19 grams tube Betty black decorating gel; 0 teaspoons orange neon gel or paste food color (from 2.7-oz tube); 1 container Betty Whipped fluffy white frosting; 20 drops green food color; 946 milliliters miniature marshmallows; 48 gummy peach ring candies (from three 4.25-oz bags); 48 thin pretzel sticks; 1 box Betty devils food or yellow cake mix

Awesome Alien Cupcakes might be just the dessert you are searching for. This recipe covers 14% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 24. One portion of this dish contains about 5g of protein, 7g of fat, and a total of 375 calories. This recipe is typical of American cuisine. Head to the store and pick up paste food color, pretzel sticks, marshmallows, and a few other things to make it today. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 1 hour and 55 minutes.

Instructions

Heat oven to 350F (325F for dark or nonstick pans).

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Place paper baking cup in each of 24 regular-size muffin cups.

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Muffin Liners

Make and bake cake mix as directed on box for 24 cupcakes. Cool in pans 10 minutes; remove from pans to cooling rack. Cool completely, about 30 minutes.

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Cake Mix

Cupcakes

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Wire Rack

Oven

Meanwhile, line 2 cookie sheets with waxed paper. In large bowl, place cereal.

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Cereal

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Baking Sheet

Bowl

In 4-quart saucepan, melt butter over low heat.

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Butter

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Sauce Pan

Add marshmallows; stir until completely melted.

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Marshmallows

Remove from heat. Stir in orange food color.

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Orange Food Color

Pour marshmallow mixture over cereal in bowl, stirring until well coated.

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Marshmallows

Cereal

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Bowl

For feet, place 2 gummy candies on cookie sheet. Spray inside of 1/4-cup measuring cup with cooking spray. For body, fill measuring cup with warm cereal mixture; place over feet, releasing cereal mixture and covering back half of feet. Repeat with remaining gummy candies and cereal mixture to make 24 aliens. Use 2 candy-coated chocolate candies for eyes and black decorating gel to make centers of eyes. Insert 2 pretzels for antennae.

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Candy

Decorating Gel

Cooking Spray