Coolest Farm Animal Cupcakes 2

by Kate
(Colorado)

Homemade Farm Animal Cupcakes

I made these farm animal cupcakes for my daughter's second birthday party, a "barnyard bash." I found the idea for the pig cupcake on this site and the lamb cupcake on another (?) site.

The pig has pink frosting and uses half of a large pink marshmallow for the nose, one pink mini marshmallow cut in half to make the ears, two mini chocolate chips to make nostrils, and two brown M&Ms for eyes.

The lamb has chocolate frosting, 2 rings of white mini marshmallows to make the fleece, one red sprinkle for the mouth, 2 mini chocolate chips to make eyes, and two small inch to inch-and-a-half end pieces of Pocky (available in the Asian foods aisle of any supermarket, in a small red box) for legs.

I came up with the rooster while working with all the marshmallows and M&Ms. It has white frosting and uses yellow mini-marshmallows cut in half to make wings, two mini chocolate chips for eyes, yellow decorating gel for feet, and red/yellow M&Ms for the comb, beak, and waddle.

These were really easy to make, even with three colors of frosting--just one batch of cream cheese frosting split among three bowls, one plain, one with red food coloring, and the other with cocoa powder. I bought all the colored marshmallows, both sizes, at Walmart.

The cupcakes were a hit with kids and adults alike!