Food/Cooking

DIY Tutorial: Graduation Cupcakes!!!

Congratulations 2013 graduates!!!  Celebrate with these fun graduation cupcakes. It surely will put a smile on a graduates face :)

Cupcakes with Graduation Caps and Diplomas!

What You'll Need:

Cupcakes with icing

Red hots or m&ms

Square chocolate cookies

Fruit rollop or similar gummy strips cut into thin strips and 1 1/2 inches long

Waffle cookies or Oreo Funstix cut into 1 1/2-2  inch pieces

Reese's Mini Peanut Butter Cups

Decorating Gel or similar

Step 1:

Add your Reese's Mini Peanut Butter Cup with the large side onto the icing.

Step 2:

Turn your cookie upside down, and add a touch of your icing gel to the middle of the cookie.

Step 3:

 Place cookie on top of the peanut butter cup so that the gel is aligned with the candy.
Refridgerate for a few minutes to let it set.

Step 4:

Add a touch of icing gel to two gummy strips and place in the middle of your cookie.

Step 5:

Add a touch of icing to the top of the gummy strips and add a Red Hot or m&m.

Your cupcake should look something like this.

Place in the refrigerator for a few minutes to let the gel set.

Step 6:

Add a gummy strip and wrap it around the waffle cookie and press into place.

Step 7:

Place waffle cookie on your cupcake and add a fun cupcake liner if you like.

Voila!

Courtesy of: Anna and Blue Paperie