Elephant Cupcakes

Name: Elephant Cupcakes
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 12
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 24 mini chocolate chips (for the pupils); 24 red gumdrop fruit slices (for the ears and tails); 12 pink gummy rings (for the trunks); 12 mini marshmallows (for the eyes); 8 liters pink sanding sugar; 473 milliliters vanilla buttercream; 12 vanilla cupcakes

You can never have too many dessert recipes, so give Elephant Cupcakes a try. This recipe makes 12 servings with 2844 calories, 4g of protein, and 1g of fat each. This recipe covers 15% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe is typical of American cuisine. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 45 minutes. Head to the store and pick up vanilla buttercream, vanilla cupcakes, pink gummy rings, and a few other things to make it today. It is a good option if you're following a gluten free, dairy free, and fodmap friendly diet.

Instructions

For the eyes: Snip each mini marshmallow in half with scissors. Press a mini chocolate chip into the cut sides of the marshmallows as a pupil for each eye. Set aside.

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Marshmallows

Chocolate

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Kitchen Scissors

For the ears: Set the red gumdrop fruit slices on the work surface on their rounded side or upright. With a small sharp knife, trim one-third off the side of the gumdrop (to decrease its weight). Reserve the trimmings. Then cut through each slice vertically about three-quarters of the way through. Twist the top half away from the bottom half and press the parts together at a 45 degree angle (they will still be attached).

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Fruit Slices

Gum Drops

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Knife

For the tails: Slice the reserved trimmings from the ears into 12 thin strips about 1 inch long.

Remove a 3/4-inch segment from each gummy ring to make a trunk.

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Gummies

To assemble: Frost each cupcake with about 2 tablespoons of the buttercream.

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Cupcakes

Place the pink sanding sugar in a small bowl. Invert each cupcake into the sugar and press gently to adhere.

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Sanding Sugar

Cupcakes

Sugar

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Bowl

Attach the eyes by pressing gently into position. Insert one end of the trunk just below eye level. Push the bottom half of the ears into the sides of the cupcake. Insert a tail on the back of the cupcake. Repeat steps for all cupcakes.

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Cupcakes