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Elmo Cupcakes

Elmo Cupcakes

These cupcakes are perfect for a birthday party treat!
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Ingredients
  

  • Piping Bags
  • Wilton Triple Star Decorating Tip
  • Couplers (if using tip 18)
  • Buttercream
  • Red Gel Food Coloring
  • Pink gel food coloring
  • Prebaked Cupcakes
  • Candy eyeballs
  • Oreo Cookies
  • Orange candy (skittles or plain M&ms)

Instructions
 

  • First, make your buttercream. Add one drop of pink gel food coloring and mix it completely. Then add 2 drops of red gel food coloring.
  • Mix for 4-5 mins to fluff up the icing and really saturate the color. Do not skip this two part coloring process.  Red + white will give you pink no matter how much you add, you MUST dye it pink first, then add the red).
  • Fit a piping bag with the triple start decorating tip or a Wilton tip 18. The triple start tip will make this go a lot faster than the single star tip.
  • Pipe Stars all around the perimeter first then the center.
  • Carefully position the large eye balls.   Next add the orange candy for the nose.
  • Open the oreos, remove the cream filled center and cut the cookie in half.
  • Place on the cupcake for the mouth.
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