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Frog Cupcakes
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kymama
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kymama
"These frog faced cupcakes are fun and easy to make for a child's birthday."
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PREP TIME
25 Min
COOK TIME
20 Min
READY IN
45 Min
Original recipe yield 24 cupcakes
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1 (18.25 ounce) package white cake mix
1 (16 ounce) can prepared vanilla frosting
6 drops green food coloring, or as needed
1/4 cup green decorator sugar
12 large marshmallows
48 semisweet chocolate chips
1 drop red food coloring
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DIRECTIONS
Bake cupcakes according to the directions on the package. Allow them to cool completely.
Scoop 2/3 of the frosting into a small bowl and mix with green food coloring. Frost the cupcakes. Sprinkle some of the green sugar over the tops.
Cut the marshmallows in half to make two circles. Dip half of each marshmallow piece into water and dip into the green sugar to make the eyelids. The remaining white will be the eyes. Place on the cupcakes. Use a little bit of white icing to glue a chocolate chip into the center of each eye for the pupil.
Mix the remaining frosting with red food coloring to make pink. Use the pink icing to draw smiling mouths and nostrils or even tongues on the frogs.
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Reviewed on Mar. 26, 2008 by
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Mar. 26, 2008
the direction said to cut the marshmallow in half to make two circles... however, my "eyes" kept slipping off because of the arc shape all around. next time, rather than cutting length to length... i'll cut it from width to width forming only an arc at the top and flat surface at the bottom. (overall, very very cute and 3 kids and husband enjoyed them. thanks for the idea.)
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the direction said to cut the marshmallow in half to make two circles... however, my "eyes"...
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Reviewed on Mar. 11, 2008 by
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Mar. 11, 2008
These are really cute and super easy to make. I used the green sugar as called for in the ingredients on half of the cupcakes and used green sprinkles for the other half. I changed the eyes on some with larger chocolate chip pieces and used various gummy candy for the mouth/lips for different "Frog" expressions! Thanks.
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These are really cute and super easy to make. I used the green sugar as called for in the...
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Reviewed on Feb. 29, 2008 by
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MYDNAS
Feb. 29, 2008
These turned out cute! They were fun to make and pretty easy too! The only change I made was I used the peel licorice to make a red mouth. Make sure you put a little more batter in the muffin cups than usual so you have a nice round surface to make your frog on! Very cute idea- big hit with everyone! I made them for "Leap Day" 2-29-2008. I look forward to making them again...in four years! :)
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These turned out cute! They were fun to make and pretty easy too! The only change I made was...
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Reviewed on Mar. 25, 2008 by
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PIKOGIRL82
Mar. 25, 2008
I used a yellow cake mix and my own buttercream frosting. I followed the rest of the instructions for the froggy assembly! Easy to make, very cute, however they do take a little bit of time. Well worth it though!
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I used a yellow cake mix and my own buttercream frosting. I followed the rest of the...
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Reviewed on Aug. 26, 2008 by
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kelcampbell
Aug. 26, 2008
I made these cupcakes today to take to a picnic playdate tomorrow and they are very, very cute...and although they are 'easy' to make, don't confuse easy with 'not time consuming'. The cupcakes took a long time to prepare (nearly 3 hours including time for the cupcakes to cool), but I think in the end, they will be well worth it - the kids will love them!
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I made these cupcakes today to take to a picnic playdate tomorrow and they are very, very...
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Reviewed on Apr. 23, 2008 by
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KIRBY97
Apr. 23, 2008
My daughter's first grade class just finished a unit on the rainforest and as a fundraiser to buy 2 acres of rainforest land, the class decided to hold a bake sale. These frogs were perfect and my daughter was so proud! Instead of sprinkling green sugar on top of the frosting, I tinted the frosting a deeper shade of green because I thought sugar on top of sugar would be a little much. I used most of an entire bottle of green food coloring. The cut of the marshmallow is crucial! Like the other user, my marshmallows kept sliding off, so I switched the direction of the cut and no longer had a problem. (It's much easier to cut the marshmallows with scissors instead of a knife.) I used red decorator gel instead of tinting the leftover frosting pink/red. The most time consuming part of the decorating is "glueing" on the chocolate chips; I used a toothpick and put the frosting right on the chip. I baked the cupcakes the day before and it took me nearly an hour and a half just to decorate them, so while they're really cute, I wouldn't make them just to make them.
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Reviewed on Mar. 11, 2008 by
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Effie
Mar. 11, 2008
These look great, kids went mad for them. They weren't too hard to make but had a really professional look. I made a batch for a fundraiser and got an order for a dozen more!
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These look great, kids went mad for them. They weren't too hard to make but had a really...
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Reviewed on Mar. 6, 2008 by astrid
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astrid
Mar. 6, 2008
Sounds cute! But I think it would be easier to figure out if there was a photo...
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Sounds cute! But I think it would be easier to figure out if there was a photo...
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Reviewed on Aug. 25, 2008 by
carrie
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carrie
Aug. 25, 2008
My son has already asked me when we can make these again. I used heavenly white cake and easiest, most delicious meringue buttercream frosting, both from this site. We made regular size and mini cupcakes because my son wanted to make mommy/daddy and baby frogs.
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Reviewed on Aug. 8, 2008 by
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