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SMARTIES Chocolate Cupcake Snake

This sneaky SMARTIES snake is sure to please the crowd!

Prep time: 20 mins.
Cook time: 20 mins.
Total time: 40 mins.
Servings: 12 cupcakes

    Ingredients

    1 bag (203 g) SMARTIES Resealable
    1 pkg chocolate cupcake mix
    1 tub vanilla frosting
    2 candy eyes
    1-inch red fruit leather

    Instructions

    1

    Bake 12 cupcakes according to package directions; let cool completely.

    2

    Ice cupcakes making sure icing evenly tops cupcakes and doesn’t create a dome. Arrange SMARTIES on their side onto centres of 11 cupcakes to form snake scales. Make sure to leave an undecorated strip of icing on both edges of each cupcake.

    3

    Using SMARTIES, decorate remaining cupcake to form face of snake. Add candy eyes, SMARTIES for the nose and, using kitchen shears, shape fruit leather to form the snake’s tongue.