Witch-hat cupcakes

Halloween Cooking School collection

Makes: 24 cupcakes

Nutrition incomplete: 8 ingredient line(s) need linking.

Ingredients

1 box (15.25 oz) chocolate cake mix
2 tablespoons cold water
1 1/2 tablespoons meringue powder
1 cup confectioners sugar
Green and yellow gel food coloring
24 chocolate-covered mint cookies
24 unwrapped chocolate kisses
Halloween sprinkles

Let's make it

Bake 24 cupcakes using the cake-mix package directions; flatten the tops gently and let them cool.
Whisk water and meringue powder until foamy. Add sugar, mix smooth, and tint the icing.
Use icing to secure a chocolate kiss on each cookie; add a pumpkin sprinkle as a buckle. Let set for 15-20 minutes.
Attach each finished hat to a cupcake with icing and let it set.

Kitchen notes

Publisher recipe summarized for this lesson. This version uses cookie-and-chocolate-kiss hats rather than ice-cream cones. Nutrition has not been calculated.

Cooking School

Witch-hat cupcakes - Paula Deen