Cupcake Scarecrow

• Condiments

  • 1 Peanut butter

• Pasta & Grains

  • 2 Wheat

• Baking & Spices

  • 1 1/4 cup Frosting, brown
  • 1 Royal icing
  • 1 1/4 cup Tan frosting

• Nuts & Seeds

  • 1 Candy-coated sunflower seeds
  • 1 Chocolate-coated sunflower seed, orange
  • 1 Chocolate-coated sunflower seeds, Yellow
  • 1 Double chocolate-coated sunflower seed

• Bread & Baked Goods

  • 14 Cupcakes, mini
  • 14 Standard-size cupcakes

• Snacks

  • 1 Nutter butter cookie
  • 1 Nutter butter cookies, mini
  • 1 Oreo, mini
  • 2 Oreos, large

• Desserts

  • 1 Candy corn
  • 2 Candy eyeballs
  • 1 M&m's, orange
  • 1 Wafer candies, Black

• Other

  • 1 c. orange buttercream, plus more for decorating (about 5 3/4 cups total
  • 2 1/4 c. blue buttercream, plus more for decorating

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Ingredients

• 14 standard-size cupcakes
• 14 mini cupcakes
• 1 c. orange buttercream, plus more for decorating (about 5 3/4 cups total)
• 2 1/4 c. blue buttercream, plus more for decorating
• 1 1/4 c. tan frosting
• 1 1/4 c. brown frosting
• Shredded wheat
• Orange M&Ms
• mini Nutter Butter cookies
• Black wafer candies
• candy corn
• Yellow chocolate-coated sunflower seeds
• Double chocolate-coated sunflower seed
• 2 large Oreos
• 1 mini Oreo
• 1 orange chocolate-coated sunflower seed
• 2 candy eyeballs
• Nutter butter cookie
• Candy-coated sunflower seeds
• Royal icing
• Peanut Butter
• Shredded wheat

Directions

• For the Scarecrow: Arrange standard-size cupcakes into a scarecrow body (we used 6 across for arms and top of chest, 2 for the midsection and 3 for each leg). Arrange mini cupcakes into the head and hat (7 each). Frost 4 standard-size cupcakes with 1 cup orange buttercream (homemade or store-bought, tinted as directed throughout) and 10 standard-size cupcakes with 2 1⁄4 cups blue buttercream. Use 1 1⁄4 cups tan frosting for the face and 1 1⁄4 cups brown frosting for the hat.Use pieces of shredded wheat as straw, 2 orange M&M’s for buttons, 2 mini Nutter Butter cookie halves for eyes, 2 large black wafer candies for pupils, 1 candy corn for the nose, yellow chocolate-coated sunflower seeds and 1 double chocolate–coated sunflower seed for the flower. Use additional orange frosting to pipe on stitches and additional blue frosting to pipe on the hat band.For the Crow: 2 large Oreos for the body and wings, 1 mini Oreo for the face, 1 orange chocolate-coated sunflower seed for the nose, and 2 candy eyeballs.For the Corn: Nutter Butter cookie for the cob, candy-coated sunflower seeds glued on with royal icing for the corn, peanut butter for the husk, and pieces of shredded wheat as straw and hay bales.