Cupcake a week: elmo

Ingredients

• a batch of your favorite flavor cupcakes
• large marshmallows
• brown plain M&Ms
• orange peanut M&Ms
• red icing
• Wilton decorating tip #233 & a piping bag

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Preparation

• Fill piping bag fitted with tip #233 with red icing. Squeeze icing out of tip to create fur-like sections. Start at the edge of your cupcake and go around in a circle. Continue going around in a circle until you cover the entire cupcake with red icing fur.
• Take a large marshmallow and cut it in half. On the sticky side place a brown M&M to create Elmo's eyes! Place marshmallows ontop of cupcake.
• Add an orange peanut M&M for Elmo's nose!