Animal Cupcakes: Bee, Lady Bug, & Butterfly

Supplies needed:
– yellow-tinted frosting
– mini chocolate chips
– chocolate chips
– large yellow gumdrops
– large white gumdrops
– chocolate frosting
– black licorice strings

1. Frost a cupcake with yellow frosting.
2. Cut a yellow gumdrop in half, width-wise. Use the larger piece for the body of the bee and the smaller piece for the head. Pipe chocolate stripes onto the body.
3. Place mini chocolate chips in front of the head to serve as eyes, and a large chocolate chip behind the body to serve as a stinger. Cut small piece of black licorice rope to serve as the antennae.
4. Cut a white gumdrop in half, length-wise to use as the wings.

Supplies needed:
– red-tinted frosting
– chocolate frosting
– chocolate chips
– white frosting

1. Frost a cupcake with red frosting.
2. Pipe the eyes and “wings” on with white and chocolate frosting, respectively.
3. Place chocolate chips on the cupcake for the spots.

Supplies needed:
– green-tinted frosting
– various M&Ms
– pretzels

1. Frost a cupcake with green frosting.
2. Place the M&Ms on the cupcake to serve as the body and head.
3. Use two pretzels for the wings.