6 more weeks of winter

Celebrate in sugar with groundhog cupcakes.

Recipe courtesy of Family Fun Magazine

Ingredients:

• Baked cupcake
• Almond Joy candy
• White frosting
• White jelly beans

• Black decorators’ gel
• Watermelon slice candy
• Brown M&M’s Minis
• Chocolate cookie

Directions:

1. Remove a piece of cake the width of an Almond Joy candy from the center of a baked cupcake. Set the candy upright in the hole, then spread a layer of white frosting on the cupcake.
2. For the groundhog’s eyes, trim the ends from a white jelly bean, stick them in place with frosting, then dot them with black decorators’ gel. Add a tiny triangle cut from a watermelon slice candy for a nose, brown M&M’s Minis for ears and cheeks, and a tiny rectangular piece of white jelly bean for teeth. Sprinkle chocolate cookie crumbs around the partially emerged groundhog, and he’s ready to greet his fans.