Owl Cupcakes

31 Days of Fun Fall Ideas- Idea #12

These cute little cups cakes could be made four different ways: regular cupcakes with oreos, mini cupcakes with mini oreos or mini cupcakes with mini marshmallows or my personal favorite, using regular cupcakes and regular marshmallows

Owl Cupcakes

Chocolate cake mix

chocolate frosting

oreos and chocolate chips

OR

Marshmallows, wilton melting chips (yellow or orange) and mini chocolate chips

candy corn

Any cake batter will do, I prefer to make a more dense cake, so here is a pound cake recipe I got from a friend.

Cake Batter:

1 box mix

1 package chocolate pudding

1/2 cup oil

3 eggs

1 cup chocolate chips

1 cup water

Mix together.  Fill cupcakes and bake at 350 degrees 18-20 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean.  Let cool.  

Oreo Owls:

Carefully separate enough Oreos to create 2 cream filled eyes for each owl, using a butter knife, carefully scrape off any black Oreo crumbs from the cream center.  Frost cupcake evenly with chocolate frosting and gently press oreo eyes into frosting.  Press one candy corn upside down in cupcake near eyes to create a beak.  Dab a little chocolate frosting onto the back of a chocolate chip and place in the center of each Oreo eye.

Marshmallow Owls:

Cut a regular marshmallow in half.  Place each half, sticky side down, close to each other on the top of an UNFROSTED cupcake top.  Place in microwave 15-25 seconds, just until marshmallow to starts to grow.  Remove from microwave and quickly press one wilton melting chip into the center of each marshmallow half.  Then, dab a little frosting on the back of a mini chocolate chip and place in center of wilton melting chip to create an eye.

NOTE: When microwaving cupcakes, it works best to do one cupcake at a time.  

-Follow same directions for a mini cupcake version using mini supplies.  Instead of a wilton melting chip, use a butterscotch chocolate chip on center of mini marshmallow, but place upside down into marshmallow center.