Dr.Seuss Cupcakes

This week was Dr.Seuss's Birthday and if you have children, then you know that usually the kids get to do something fun at school. Not the case for my kids this year at their new school. Yeah, I was disappointed and decided if they couldn't enjoy something fun there then I would make it up to them at home. 

        We had "Green Eggs and Ham" for dinner. I made buttermilk pancakes (you can find this recipe in my blog)and dyed them green in substitute for real ham, looked like sliced ham anyways.

I wasn't too sure anyone would be up to eating green eggs, but they demolished them. Although, it may have been for the cupcakes I made for dessert. I made "Thing 1 and Thing 2" and "Truffula Trees". Directions will follow picture.

These cupcakes are super easy. I did cut corners this time and made boxed cake mix.

"Thing 1 and Thing 2" : 

Things you will need:

• Boxed Cake Mix 
• Red Liners 
• White Frosting 
• Blue Cotton Candy

Bake your cupcakes according to box instructions and allow to completely cool, I used red velvet and chose cream cheese frosting.
Slow pull of chunks of cotton candy and place on top. 
Yup, that's it. 
           
            *Please note, the more you handle the cotton candy the faster it will stick together. Also, I would suggest not putting the hair on until you are ready to have them. Where we live there is tons of humidity and in a matter of an hour the cotton candy was melting. 


"Truffula Tree":

 Things you will need:

• Boxed Cake Mix
• Preferred Liner Color
• White frosting with Neon Green Dye or Pre-made Light Green Frosting
• Cake Pop Sticks
• Cotton Candy
• Large Candy Bar Sized Laffy Taffy in 2 colors 

Bake cupcakes according to directions and allow to cool. I used red velvet for these too, I had split the box and used half for these and half for the other cupcakes. Since, I was using cream cheese frosting I added neon green dye (yes, I would suggest getting the neon green so you can get the right color). 


While the cupcakes are cooking, take your Laffy Taffy and using a pizza cutter slice the taffy into smaller strips (they should be about the length of your cake pop sticks). I had to cut the taffy in half quite a few times to get them to the thickness I though was right , as you can see in the picture.... the middle ones are my final width. Remember you don't want them too thick. 


Once you have them sliced, wrap them around the stick so they swirl. Make sure to leave a good 1/2" or more, you need that space to stick it into the cupcake.
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Have all sticks done before adding your cotton candy to the top of the sticks. If you pull the cotton candy carefully from the center, the tops will be more fluffy. Remember what I said about the cotton candy, it applies to these as well. 
You're done! Enjoy!