Cactus Cupcakes

Anyone want to take a wild guess where we are headed for our next family adventure?! One hint, these Cactus Cupcakes are the PERFECT representation of the area!

If you happpened to guess Texas, you are correct! In just a few short weeks we will be out of snowy NY & enjoying all of the fabulous entertainment the Dallas/Ft.Worth area has to offer. We will even be visiting AT&T Stadium and taking in a Cowboys game! So cannot wait!

So in the meantime, my daughter & I will be eating these delicious and totally easy to make Cactus Cupcakes to get us pumped for our trip!

SUPPLIES

• Unfrosted Cupcakes
• Cherry & Chocolate Frosting
• Green Frosting in a Decorating Can
• White nonpareil sprinkles
• Marshmallows
• Graham cracker crumbs
• Decorating bags
• Star decorating tip

Frost the top of each cupcake with chocolate frosting.

Dip frosted part of the cupcake into a small bowl of graham cracker crumbs.

Add a small amount of chocolate frosting to the bottom of each marshmallow and place one marshmallow on top of each cupcake.

Use your can of green frosting and different decorating tips to cover/frost the marshmallows to make them look like cacti.

Example: use the star decorating tip to frost stars all over the marshmallow.

Place a star tip in the bottom of a decorating bag and fill your bag with cherry frosting.

Use the decorating bag to add a few stars to the top of each cupcake for flowers.

Sprinkle the white nonpareil sprinkles on the green part of the cupcakes.