Skeleton Cupcakes

Ingredients

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  Preparation
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• 10 Chocolate Cupcakes
• 1 stick (1/4 lb.) unsalted butter 
• 1/2 cup shortening
• 3 cups confectioners' sugar 
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/8 teaspoon salt 
• 20 brown M&M's 
• 1 long strand black licorice
• 25 white mini jellybeans
• 10 mini Chocolate Cupcakes
• 1 (9 oz.) box chocolate wafers

1. Beat together butter and shortening for 2 minutes. Slowly beat in confectioners' sugar. Add vanilla and salt; beat for 1 minute. Mound 1/4 cup frosting in center of top of each larger cupcake.
2. For faces, add M&M's, pieces of licorice and halved jellybeans (see photo).
3. For hats, dab frosting on mini cupcakes, invert and stick to chocolate wafers. Put one on each icing mound.

source:myrecipe.com