April Fools Cupcakes

April Fools' Cupcakes
Recipe from recipe book Hello, Cupcake!

• Regular cupcakes in a box (and ingredients to make) or
• Perfect Cake-Mix Cupcakes (recipe here) (we used these and they ended up really light and fluffy, but they create a really nice top that is easier to frost)
  

Spaghetti and Meatballs

Cupcakes
1 can vanilla frosting with a teaspoon cocoa powder and 3 drop yellow food coloring
Ferrero Rochers (1 for each cupcake)
Strawberry preserves (low sugar has the best color)
White chocolate, grated

1. Frost cupcake regularly.
2. Put frosting into a ziplock bag, cut about 1/8 inch hold in one corner. Squeeze onto cupcakes making look like spaghetti covering completely and spilling over on the sides.
3. In a bowl, mix Ferrero Rochers and 1/2 cup jam until they are completely covered.
4. Using mixed jam (a little softened), put a dab on each cupcake, followed by "meatball".
5. Sprinkle with white chocolate shavings, "Parmesan".

Mashed Potatoes and Gravy

Cupcakes
Same frosting as with spaghetti
Yellow Starbursts (1 for each cupcake)
Caramel Syrup (*I used syrup from a squeeze bottle and it was a little thin, so I had to add it right before serving or else it ran off and looked too thin.)

1. Frost cupcake with plenty of frosting and then making a divot with a spoon on top.
2. Place Starburst on to look like butter.
3. Pour caramel in the divot (melt first if thick), getting a little outside spilling over.

Peas and Carrots

Cupcakes
Green frosting (add a few drops of green food coloring to above frosting)
Orange Starbursts, cut into fourths
Green Runts or Skittles

1. Frost cupcake.
2. Add an arrangement of peas and carrots on top of cupcakes. (*I ran a little low on toppings)