Easy Marshmallow Snowman Cupcakes

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Easy Marshmallow Snowman Cupcakes

Easy Marshmallow Snowman Cupcakes are chocolate cupcakes with vanilla frosting, decorated to look like the cutest little snowmen with a marshmallow head and fruit roll-up scarf.

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Prep Time 15

Cook Time 22

Total Time 37

Servings cupcakes

Calories 319kcal

Author Lise Sullivan Ode

Ingredients

For the cupcakes

1 box chocolate cake mix prepared according to package instructions, I used Pillsbury

For the frosting

1 cup vegetable shortening or softened butter I used Crisco, so it would be pure white
4 cups powdered sugar if you buy it in the plastic bag, you don't have to sift it
¼ cup heavy cream
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

For the decoration

Marshmallows
Fruit roll-ups I used Fruit by the Foot
Black and orange food coloring OR you can buy a small tube of black frosting and orange frosting

Instructions

For the cupcakes:

Preheat oven to 350°F. Place cupcake liners in muffin pans.
Prepare cake mix according to package instructions. Fill cupcake liners with batter about ⅔ full. Bake according to package instructions.

For the frosting:

Beat vegetable shortening or softened butter on medium speed with an electric or stand mixer. Beat for 3 minutes until smooth and creamy. Add powdered sugar, cream, and vanilla extract with the mixer running on low. Increase to high speed and beat for 3 minutes. Note: If the frosting is too thick, you can add a little more cream. Just add one tablespoon at a time, then mix thoroughly until you get the consistency you like. Separate ¼ cup of frosting to color orange and ¼ cup of frosting to color black. Place orange frosting in a pastry bag fitted with a #4 round tip and place black frosting in a pastry bag fitted with a #4 round tip. (OR if using store bought orange and black tubes of frosting, you can skip this step.)

For the decoration:

Frost cupcakes with white frosting.
Pipe eyes and mouth onto marshmallow with black frosting. Pipe a carrot nose with orange frosting. Make as many as you need, depending on how many cupcakes you have. I made 20. Place one marshmallow on top of each frosted cupcake.
Cut strips of fruit roll-up and place around marshmallow to look like a scarf.
Store covered at room temperature for up to 3 days. You can store them longer in the refrigerator but the marshmallow might get dried out.

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