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Graduation Cupcakes

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  • Prep 20 min
  • Total 9 hr 45 min
  • Servings 24
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Celebrate graduations with easy cupcakes! They're easy to personalize with favorite flavors and school colors.
Updated May 18, 2022
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Ingredients

  • 2 rolls Fruit by the Foot™ chewy fruit snack (from 4.5-oz box), any flavor
  • 1 box Betty Crocker™ Super Moist™ Yellow Cake Mix (or your favorite flavor)
  • Water, oil and eggs called for on cake mix box
  • 2 tubs (12 oz) Betty Crocker™ Whipped Fluffy White Frosting
  • Betty Crocker™ assorted gel food colors, if desired
  • Betty Crocker™ decorating gels (from 0.68-oz tube) in any color
  • Betty Crocker™ decorating sprinkles and sugars, if desired
  • Additional rolls Fruit by the Foot™ chewy fruit snack, if desired
  • Miniature peanut butter cup candies, if desired
  • Chocolate-covered graham crackers, if desired

Steps

  • 1
    Cut fruit snack rolls into 12-inch pieces. Cut each piece lengthwise into 4 strips, using knife and straightedge. Roll each strip in a spiral around handle of wooden spoon. Store at room temperature at least 8 hours to set curl.
  • 2
    Bake cake mix as directed on box for cupcakes, using water, oil and eggs. Cool completely, about 1 hour.
  • 3
    Tint half of frosting with food color. Frost cupcakes with frosting. Write "Congratulations" or "Congrats" and the graduate's name on cupcakes with decorating gel. Decorate other cupcakes with candy sprinkles and colored sugar. Unwrap fruit snack streamers from spoon handles. Reshape into desired curl; place on cupcakes. Cut additional fruit snack into small pieces and flower petal shapes; arrange on some of the cupcakes.
  • 4
    Top some of the cupcakes with candy graduation caps. To make, place small amount of frosting on bottom of peanut butter cup. Press graham cracker onto peanut butter cup. To make tassel, tightly roll up small square of chewy fruit snack; cut fringe in one end and press other end to center of graham cracker.

Tips from the Betty Crocker Kitchens

  • tip 1
    To celebrate a special anniversary, write "Happy Anniversary" on the cupcakes.

Nutrition

Nutrition Facts are not available for this recipe
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