PUPCAKES AND CATTY CAKES

INGREDIENTS (Makes 12 of each)

For both Pupcakes & Catty Cakes, you’ll need:

1 (1 lb.) tub lemon ready-to-use frosting
24 standard cupcakes
36 brown plain M&Ms

For Pupcakes only, you’ll ALSO need:

24 rectangular cookies (pupcakes only)
24 black, brown, and/or yellow Necco Wafers (pupcakes only)
Black writing gel

For Catty Cakes only, you’ll ALSO need:

1 to 1½ (1.55 oz.) Hershey’s Milk Chocolate candy bar
12 chocolate-flavored marshmallows
12 brown mini M&Ms
Black licorice, any type
Red Fruit Roll-Up

DIRECTIONS

Set aside about 2 tablespoons of frosting; cover the tops of the cupcakes evenly with the remaining.

For Pupcakes:

1. Press two cookies into the frosting along opposite sides of 12 cupcakes for ears.
2. Place 2 Necco wafers side by side at the top inside edges of the cookies for eyes, attaching with a little set-aside frosting. 
3. Press one brown plain M&M into the frosting below the eyes for the nose.
4. Use writing gel, draw the mouth and add dots on the eyes and snout, if you’d like. 

For Catty Cakes:

1. Using a sharp knife, cut 24 small triangles from the candy bar(s) for the ears. Place two triangles in the frosting near the top of 12 cupcakes. 
2. Press two yellow plain M&Ms into the frosting below the ears for the eyes. 
3. Place one brown mini M&M centered below the eyes for the nose. 
4. Slice the ends off the marshmallows and press them side by side under the nose, uncut side up (the middles make a great snack while you’re decorating).
5. Cut licorice into short, thin pieces and insert three pieces into the frosting on each side of the marshmallows for whiskers. 
6. Cut tongue shapes from the Fruit Roll-Up and insert into the frosting under the marshmallows.
7. Using writing gel, draw vertical lines on the eyes.