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Bug Cupcakes

Bugged with plain old cupcakes? Add some fun decorations, and create a kid-friendly picnic.
Prep Time: 1 hour 0 min
Total Time: 2 hours 10 min
Makes: 24 cupcakes
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1box Betty Crocker® SuperMoist® cake mix (any flavor)
Water, vegetable oil and eggs called for on cake mix box
1container Betty Crocker® Whipped fluffy white or vanilla frosting
Assorted gumdrops
Betty Crocker® Fruit by the Foot® chewy fruit snack rolls (any variety)
1tube (0.68 oz) Betty Crocker® black decorating gel
1.Heat oven to 350°F (325°F for dark or nonstick pans). Make and cool cake as directed on box for 24 cupcakes.
2.Frost cupcakes. Decorate with whole or cut-up gumdrops, cut-up or thinly rolled fruit snacks and gel to look like ladybugs, bumblebees, butterflies, caterpillars and beetles.
High Altitude (3500-6500 ft): Follow High Altitude directions on cake mix box.
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If you have only one 12-cup muffin pan, cover and refrigerate the rest of the batter while baking the first batch. Then bake the rest of the batter in the cooled muffin pan, adding 1 or 2 minutes to the bake time.
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When cutting gumdrops, dip knife or kitchen scissors into water to keep from sticking.
Special Touch
Look for paper baking cups in festive colors and special designs at your supermarket, party store or paper warehouse.

Nutrition Information:

1 Cupcake (Cake and Frosting): Calories 240 (Calories from Fat 80); Total Fat 9g (Saturated Fat 2 1/2g, Trans Fat 1 1/2g); Cholesterol 25mg; Sodium 180mg; Total Carbohydrate 41g (Dietary Fiber 0g, Sugars 26g); Protein 1Percent Daily Value*: Vitamin A 0%; Vitamin C 2%; Calcium 4%; Iron 2Exchanges: 1/2 Starch; 2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Vegetable; 2 Fat Carbohydrate Choices: 3 
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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