Santa Cupcakes for St. Nick's Day

on December 6, 2008 at 8:19 AM

Happy St. Nick's Day!

Celebrate the festivities with these super cute Santa cupcakes from Taste of Home. Have the kids help you create this jolly look with red food coloring, marshmallows, chocolate chips, red-hots, and coconut. I swear people will think these were professionally decorated!

Santa Cupcakes from Taste of Home

1 package white cake mix

1 can (2 cups) white frosting, divided

Red gel or paste food coloring

Minature marshmallows

Chocolate chips

Red-hot candies

Flaked coconut

Bake cupcakes. Cool completely. Place 2/3 cup frosting in a small bowl; tint with red food coloring. Set aside 3 tablespoons white frosting for decorating. Cover two-thirds of the top of each cupcake with remaining white frosting. Frost the rest of cupcake top with red frosting for hat. Place reserved white frosting in a small heavy-duty re-sealable plastic bag; cut a 1/4-in. hole in one corner. On each cupcake, pipe a line of frosting to create fur band of hat. Press a marshmallow on one side of hat for pom-pom. Under hat, place two chocolate chips for eyes and one red-hot for nose. Gently press coconut onto face for beard.

About the author Kim Conte

has shoes that make people stop her on the street and ask "Where did you get those?" but it doesn't work for taxi cabs as she was hit by one ... and lived to tell the tale. She has more freckles than Lohan but way less attitude. And she's a fierce cook with tons of recipes to share -- and wishes she could share some with Bourdain.