I got the height for the monster by attaching a mini cupcake to the top of the unfrosted regular cupcake. The eyes of the monster were made by stretching a gummy peach ring over a Dum Dum lollipop. Then I used a tiny bit of vanilla frosting to attach a mini- M&M to make a pupil for the eye.
They were really easy to make, once I fixed my frosting issues. To apply the tinted frosting I put the frosting into a ziploc bag and then snipped off a small piece of the corner.Then I just let the frosting drip in "strings" over the cupcake while moving it around to cover the mini cupcake & regular cupcake.
When I used my tinted Duncan Hines Rich & Creamy- it was WAY too soft & melty. Here is the first cupcake I made, it turned out ok- but after sitting for 20 mins or so, it turned into a smooth melty blob!
I ended up using some of the Wilton's White Decorator Icing (which has a nice stiff consistency) - mixing it into the already tinted Duncan Hines. This allowed me to also make some furry monsters (see the above green monster.)
The hardest part of these cupcakes was transporting them because they were tall & top-heavy! But the Birthday girl loved them!
