DLTK's Holiday Activities for Kids
Easter Basket Cupcakes

contributed by Bettina

	1 cake mix (or your own scratch recipe)
	white icing
	green food coloring
	coconut
	licorice (red or black)
	jelly beans
	OPTIONAL: bunny or chick toothpicks

	Make cupcakes according to package directions.
	Ice the cupcakes. You may want to color the icing green first.
	Use dyed green coconut flakes to make 'grass' and sprinkle over green or white icing.
	Then use a red (or black) piece of stick licorice, cut in half lengthwise to make the handle.
	Bend it and stick ends into cupcake.
	Put 2-3 Jelly Beans in the 'grass' and for even more festive cupcakes, get some bunny or chick toothpicks from a party store and insert into the cupcake as well!