Mini Cupcake Mortarboards

Name: Mini Cupcake Mortarboards
Prep time: 50 min
Cook time: 50 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 60
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 60 servings Food color; 60 candy-coated chocolate or fruit-flavored candies; 128 grams box Betty Crocker® Fruit by the Foot® chewy fruit snack rolls (any flavor) or shoestring licorice; 60 squares shortbread cookies (from two 10-oz packages); 1 container Betty Crocker® Rich & Creamy vanilla frosting; 1 box Betty Crocker® SuperMoist® cake mix (any flavor)

You can never have too many dessert recipes, so give Mini Cupcake Mortarboards a try. This dairy free recipe serves 60. One portion of this dish contains about 3g of protein, 4g of fat, and a total of 368 calories. Head to the store and pick up food color, fruit-flavored candies, rich & creamy vanilla frosting, and a few other things to make it today. This recipe is typical of American cuisine. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 50 minutes.

Instructions

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

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Oven

Place miniature paper baking cups in 24 mini muffin cups, 1 3/4x1 inch. Make cake batter as directed on box. Fill cups 2/3 full of batter (about 1 rounded tablespoon each). Refrigerate remaining batter.

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Muffin Liners

Bake 10 to 15 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean; cool. Repeat with remaining batter. (Leave paper baking cups on cupcakes so mortarboards are quicker and easier to make and more portable to serve.)

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Cupcakes

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Toothpicks

Oven

Cut sixty 2 1/2-inch lengths from fruit snack rolls.

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Fruit

Roll

Cut each into several strips up to 1/2 inch from 1 end.

Roll uncut end between fingertips to make tassels. Or cut several pieces of shoestring licorice into 2 1/2-inch lengths.

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Licorice

Roll

Tint frosting with food color to match paper baking cups. Frost bottoms of cookies.

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Food Color

Frosting

Place 1 candy on center of each. For each mortarboard, place small dollop of frosting on bottom of cupcake; top with cookie. Press uncut end of fruit snack or 3 or 4 pieces of licorice into frosted cookie next to candy. Store loosely covered.

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Frosting

Candy

Cupcakes

Fruit