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Bug Cupcakes
  • Prep 25 min
  • Total 1 hr 25 min
  • Ingredients 7
  • Servings 24
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Ingredients

  • 1 box (16.25 oz) Betty Crocker™ Super Moist™ White Cake Mix
  • Water, vegetable oil and egg whites called for on cake mix box
  • 2 tubs (16 oz) Betty Crocker™ Rich & Creamy Creamy White Frosting
  • Green and yellow paste or gel food color
  • Assorted candies (such as round mints, jelly beans, Jordan almonds, wafer candies, pieces from candy necklaces)
  • String licorice
  • Betty Crocker™ white decorating icing (from 4.25-oz tube)

Directions

  • 1
    Heat oven to 350°F (325°F for dark or nonstick pans). Place paper baking cup in each of 24 regular-size muffin cups. Make and bake cake mix as directed on box for 24 cupcakes, using water, oil and egg whites. Cool in pan 10 minutes; remove from pan to cooling rack. Cool completely, about 30 minutes.
  • 2
    Tint frosting with desired food color; frost cupcakes.
  • 3
    Arrange candies on cupcakes to make bug heads, bodies and wings. In addition to candies, can use whole marshmallows or sliced marshmallows sprinkled with colored sugar. Use pieces of licorice for antennae. For eyes, add dots of decorating icing.

Expert Tips

  • tip 1
    For a kids’ party, have the cupcakes baked and frosted. Set out dishes of decorating candies and tubes of decorating gel, and let the kids create their own bugs.
  • tip 2
    If your birthday child prefers chocolate, make chocolate cupcakes instead.

Nutrition Information

280 Calories, 14g Total Fat, 1g Protein, 38g Total Carbohydrate, 30g Sugars

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size: 1 Cupcake (Cake and Frosting)
Calories
280
Calories from Fat
120
Total Fat
14g
21%
Saturated Fat
4g
21%
Trans Fat
3g
Cholesterol
0mg
0%
Sodium
240mg
10%
Potassium
40mg
1%
Total Carbohydrate
38g
13%
Dietary Fiber
0g
0%
Sugars
30g
Protein
1g
% Daily Value*:
Vitamin A
0%
0%
Vitamin C
0%
0%
Calcium
2%
2%
Iron
2%
2%
Exchanges:
0 Starch; 0 Fruit; 2 1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 3 Fat;
Carbohydrate Choice
2 1/2
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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