I love holidays, the more obscure the better. National Chocolate Day? Teddy Bear Day? Paperclip Day? Sign me up! Especially now that we are suffering through countless gray and rainy days, we need more things to celebrate.
Well, you’ve come to the right place because Groundhog Day is right around the corner! (Friday, February 2nd).
These cute little groundhogs are easy to make and are the perfect craft/baking project for your kids to make on a rainy day.
Start with cupcakes. You can make your own from scratch, or use a cake mix and a can of frosting, or (like me) buy a six-pack of cupcakes from your local bakery!
You will also need:
- A snack pack of Almond Joy candy bars. The kind that come on a carboard tray are perfect. Don’t be fooled into buying the tiny square ones in a bag.
- Mini M&M’s (not a Valentine bag because you need the brown ones).
- Small candy eyes
- Candy sequins (you could also use a small triangle cut from pink fruit leather)
- Chocolate frosting (a tube of frosting works great or use the leftover frosting from your cupcakes)
Instructions:
Put a small dot of frosting onto the back of your candy eyes and press them in place (see photo). Do the same with two brown M&M’s and place these below the eyes for cheeks. Put your pink tongue under the cheeks. Then, lightly press two brown M&M’s onto the top for ears. Pull them back off and fill the indents you’ve made with frosting and “glue” the ears back into place. That’s it! You have a cute groundhog. Press it onto the top of your frosted cupcake.
If you want to be extra fancy, you could color and sprinkle the cupcakes with coconut “grass”. Or, sprinkle cookie crumbs on top for dirt. German chocolate frosting would also look great.
Most of all, have fun! Let your younger kids sort the colors of M&M’s and pick out the brown ones or play tic-tac-toe with the M&M’s. Let the older kids do the decorating. Or, on a stressful day, hide and make these by yourself to surprise the family!
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