Lion Cupcakes - Roarrrr!

Total Time: 20 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• 24 cupcakes, premade
• 1 (14 ounce) bag flaked coconut
• 1 (16 ounce) container chocolate frosting (or caramel frosting)
• 96 pieces thin black licorice (approx 3/4-inch)
• 48 small gumdrops
• 48 brown miniature m&m's chocolate candies (or brown reeses pieces)
• pink icing

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 325.
• 2 toast coconut on a cookie sheet in a single layer for 6-10 minutes until lightly brown (stir coconut every 2-3 minutes while toasting).
• 3 frost cupcakes with frosting.
• 4 roll edges of cupcake in toasted coconut to make the lion's "mane".
• 5 place 2 gum drops side by side in the lower/middle of the cupcake.
• 6 place 2 licorice "whiskers" on each side tucked partially under the gum drops to adhere.
• 7 place 2 m&m "eyes" above the gumdrops.
• 8 place a dab of pink icing below eyes and above the gumdrops to make the "nose".