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  • Prep 30 min
  • Total 30 min
  • Servings 6
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Have fun creating these merry-go-round charmers, made with time-saving prepared frosting and snacks and sweet you probably have on hand.
Updated Feb 23, 2010
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Ingredients

  • 6 pretzel sticks
  • 1 tablespoons semisweet chocolate chips, melted
  • 6 animal crackers
  • 1 container (1 lb) strawberry whipped ready-to-spread frosting
  • 6 unfrosted cupcakes, paper baking cups removed
  • Candy sprinkles
  • 6 small paper beverage umbrellas

Steps

  • 1
    Dip 1 inch of one end of each pretzel into melted chocolate chips; press on back of 1 animal cracker. Place on sheet of waxed paper; let stand until chocolate is set.
  • 2
    Meanwhile, spread frosting on sides and bottom of cupcakes. Sprinkle with candy sprinkles. Insert 1 animal cracker on pretzel into each cupcake. Place umbrellas in center of cupcake.

Tips from the Betty Crocker Kitchens

  • tip 1
    For fun, use any flavor of frosting and cupcakes that you like.
  • tip 2
    To make frosting the cupcakes easier, freeze them for 30 minutes before frosting.
  • tip 3
    Use melted chocolate chips as the "glue" to hold the pretzel to the animal cracker. Refrigerate the pretzels and crackers to "set" the chocolate quickly.

Nutrition

480 Calories, 17g Total Fat, 2g Protein, 80g Total Carbohydrate, 69g Sugars

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size: 1 Cupcake
Calories
480
Calories from Fat
160
Total Fat
17g
27%
Saturated Fat
12g
58%
Trans Fat
1/2g
Cholesterol
20mg
6%
Sodium
170mg
7%
Potassium
50mg
1%
Total Carbohydrate
80g
27%
Dietary Fiber
0g
0%
Sugars
69g
Protein
2g
% Daily Value*:
Vitamin A
0%
0%
Vitamin C
0%
0%
Calcium
4%
4%
Iron
4%
4%
Exchanges:
1/2 Starch; 0 Fruit; 5 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 3 Fat;
Carbohydrate Choice
5
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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