Easy Cupcakes

Here’s a pretty basket for Mother’s Day that includes a cute handle made from licorice.

What You Need: 1 cupcake; yellow frosting; shaved coconut tinted green; large confetti sprinkles (these are by Wilton); small candies or mini M&MS; colored licorice stick (this is a Twizzlers Rainbow Twist).

How to Make It: Frost cupcake. Arrange large confetti sprinkles in flower shape, with five petals each, and place smaller candy in the center. Fill in with tinted coconut. Insert ends of licorice in either side of cupcake for handle.

Put all your Easter eggs in one basket with this cute, chocolately Easter basket cupcake.

What You Need: 1 cupcake; chocolate frosting; shredded coconut tinted with green dye; candy eggs (we used Robin’s Eggs); red, twisted licorice whip; butter knife.

How to Make It: Frost cupcake. Sprinkle bit of tinted coconut in center of cupcake. Use butter knife to make slots at two opposite sides of cupcake so you can insert the licorice handle. Add eggs.